The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.

Chester Road URC, Ellesmere Port, has opened a meeting place, "The Table" providing a warm safe hub for those in crisis and supplying free hot meals and snacks, puddings, cakes and refreshments. It also provides food parcels for those referred from the West Cheshire food bank. Additionally, the church offers a baby and toddler area and its vestry is available as a safe place with advice from citizens advice representative.

“Walking with Jesus will often take you to some of the most unexpected places." Revd Timothy Meadows has been duly elected as Moderator of General Assembly 2024/25.

At its 2023 General Assembly, the URC celebrated 25 years of its Community Project Awards and Causeway Community Garden at St John’s URC was listed as one of the winners.

There are now 12 churches in the Mersey Synod area registered for the Eco Church awards. Seven of the churches have achieved a Bronze award and one a Silver award.

Over 100 URC (United Reformed Church) Mersey Synod members gathered at Hoole URC for a day of encouragement and to challenge how we can talk faith with each other and those we live amongst. 

Fifteen URC members and friends from across Mersey Synod recently travelled to Iona Abbey, to spend a week living in the Abbey in community, and experienced a spiritual retreat at this international, ecumenical Christian centre.

Romans 2:8

through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Once a month, Peasley Cross URC welcome the local community and church members to grab a brew and spend time with friends. This is just one event the church hosts as part of several community and special interest groups.

Christian Aid supporters are gearing up for a week of focussed action and prayer - and this year will be supporting families in Malawi, who are paying a harsh price for the global cost of living and climate crises.

Do you know a child or young person who is playing their part in the mission of God in their church, synod, local community or the wider world?

We would like to encourage more applications for the Discipleship Development Fund Large Grant Group as there is money available to support lay discipleship. The opportunities, experiences and events supported so far are many and varied.

St George's URC, Maghull, has found many opportunities for strengthening their identity and promoting community work and talking faith, after taking part in Leading your Church into Growth.

This event provides churches with an opportunity to work together in welcoming thousands of visitors to the city and to proclaim the love of God.

The 50th Anniversary Service will be livestreamed and available on YouTube after the event on 15th April.

This short film shows how the members of Ormskirk St URC in St Helens decided they were going to 'Talk Faith' to their local community this Easter.

Mersey Synod - In Conversation With...

These are a series of conversations helping us to delve deeper into different aspects of our faith and church life.

The Church Life Review Group will be presenting its work to the 2023 General Assembly. The group has created a video introducing the review and its various workstreams.

We took the opportunity to ask some of the children in the synod, what they thought about church and God.

Spread some song across your heart at the Café Jam events this year.