Hello Again
If you belong to the United Reformed Church you’ll know that we’re organised into thirteen geographical ‘Synods’ which are roughly, very roughly, the equivalent of Anglican and R.C. dioceses. There is one Synod each for Scotland and Wales and eleven for England. Our own Synod, ‘Northern’, extends from the Scottish borders in the North to Cleveland in the South and across to Bellingham and Thropton etc in the West.
The URC Retreats Group, which encourages quieter, more reflective ways of praying as well as promoting retreats for spiritual and personal development, has a link person in each of the Synods. One of jobs I’ve been doing over the last month or so is to coordinate a series of daily Lenten Reflections from each of the Synods which will be available on various websites – details later in the letter.
Perhaps one of the most exciting programmes that the URC has undertaken recently is called Vision 4 Life which is commissioning and promoting material for paper and website publication. This material helps our members (and any interested others) to take a good look at how we understand the Bible, Prayer and Evangelism over a three year period. More importantly it helps us to seek the mind of God as a company of God’s people who want to deepen our relationship with him and live out the fruits of that relationship with the world around us. And this is the main website that our Lenten Reflections are going to appear on. You can find it at www.vision4life.org.uk if you want to take a look. The reflections can also be accessed via our Northern Synod website and might be a useful resource for your own Lenten reflections.
Barry