This afternoon hundreds of members of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly and Children’s Assembly, which has been meeting in Scarborough this weekend, joined with members of the congregation of St Andrew’s Church, South Cliff, and marched from the church to Scarborough Town Hall, St Nicholas Street.  This Walk of Witness was devised to give expression to the concerns of many – including members of the United Reformed Church – about the disproportionate impact of spending cuts and welfare reforms on the most vulnerable in our society.

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Two new churches have been formally received into the United Reformed Church fold at General Assembly. Both began as Mission projects of the Church – and both are thriving.

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General Assembly this morning announced the results of elections for the roles of moderators of General Assembly. The Revd David Grosch-Miller (pictured left) is elected as ministerial moderator for 2014-16. Mr John Ellis (right) is elected as lay moderator for 2013-16.

The Revd David Grosch-Miller is currently moderator of the URC's South Western Synod. He was ordained at St John's Fagley, Bradford, where he remained for 10 years before accepting a call to St Andrew's Roundhay, Leeds. In both Bradford and Leeds he was heavily involved in the community, acting as chair of governors of schools in both cities. He worked to build a youth and community centre in Bradford and helped establish a charity to serve the needs of elderly people in their own homes in Leeds.

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