Books

NEW: Constance - Pioneer, Pastor, Preacher - edited by Janet Wootton

A digital version of the book can be purchased from the Issuu website.This book is a celebration of pioneers – of one particular pioneer, the Revd Constance Coltman, but also many wonderful pioneers in our own day, wonderful women and men. "The legacy of her courage is a perpetual challenge to the many churches who are yet to embrace the ordination of women."Lydia Neshangwe, Moderator of the Council for World Mission 2020-24, the first woman to serve in this role"My prayer is that as you re..

£7.99

NEW: Faith, Hope and Mischief: Tiny Acts of Rebellion by Andrew Graystone

Andrew Graystone is an everyday activist who believes in the power of tiny acts to change the world. He is the person whose image went viral when, after the mass shooting in the Christchurch mosque, he stood outside the mosque in his Manchester neighbourhood with a cardboard sign saying ’I’ll watch while you pray’. Faith, Hope and Mischief tells funny, prophetic and powerful stories of tiny acts of rebellion Andrew has carried out, alongside arresting reflections on what it means to live in fait..

£11.99

NEW A Great Cloud of Witnesses Part 3: Death and Beyond

At the beginning of the 1980s, Barbara Bennett’s minister asked her to write a series of short meditative services for Holy Week. Most of the reflections in this book were produced for members of church to use at home as they prepared for Easter.“The reflections are the imagined thoughts of those who witnessed the momentous events at the end of Jesus’ earthly life and his resurrection. In preparing this book I have added to them and extended their number.“We too are able to witness to God’s good..

£6.99

NEW Hook - A five-week course of spiritual journeying based on the film ‘Hook’

This course is an attempt to offer a contemporary spiritual experience, an exploration of Jesus’ observation that we must become like children to enter the kingdom of heaven, alongside the very real need to search for our true selves – that which is at the very heart of our being. Beautifully illustrated by Laura Jones of the URC Communications Team. The author is the Revd Heather Whyte, a United Reformed Church minister, currently serving five churches in Luton and Dunstable. 48pp, A5..

£3.99

NEW Holy Habits: Following Jesus by Andrew Roberts

Explore the Holy Habits through the life of Jesus with this Lent group resource exploring and encouraging Holy Habits.. This resource provides seven weeks of material for church groups to use during Lent. Each session includes the printed Bible passage, a suggestion for a simple symbolic worship centre, music suggestions, reflection, poem, questions, prayer and take-home ideas. Additional material for Holy Week provides daily reflections that can be used as the basis of a gathered act of worship..

£6.99

The 2021 URC Yearbook

Containing the definitive list of United Reformed churches and ministers, alongside a wealth of other information about the denomination, the yearbook now includes Celebrated Lives, remembering ministers and others in the life of the URC who have died in the past 12 months. The 2021 Yearbook follows the 2020 redesign to make its information easier to read. ..

£17.99

Time For Thought

The URC Guide & Scout Fellowship have produced Time for Thought to provide reflection and prayer ideas for use with children and young people. All the items can be used in part or as they stand according to your situation.The content of many of the prayers can also trigger reflection if this approach is preferred.The topics are all ones which may be part of programmes run with children and young people...

£1.50

The 2021 URC Prayer Handbook - Conversations

This year’s Prayer Handbook comes in two sections. The first follows the set lectionary readings; the second section, contributions arising out of the personal experiences of conversing with God, deep reflection, and responding to God’s voice as h

£4.99

The 2021 URC Prayer Handbook - Conversations - A4 Lectern/Large Print edition

This year’s Prayer Handbook comes in two sections. The first follows the set lectionary readings; the second section, contributions arising out of the personal experiences of conversing with God, deep reflection, and responding to God’s voice as h

£9.99

Old Grey Prayers by Bernard Thorogood

Old Grey Prayers is a beautifully illustrated collection of prayers and meditations reflecting on old age. The late Bernard Thorogood, a former General Secretary of the URC and CWM, writes from his own experiences, taking the reader on a journey of the changing moods, fears, longing and joys that people may face in their later years. With illustrations by the Revd Neil Thorogood, the author’s son, the book has been described as ‘a blessing’. Old Grey Prayers is perfect for use in corporate worsh..

£3.99

URC wooden paperweight

A new, eco-friendly, wooden paperweight with the URC logo and quote from the Rt Revd Lesslie Newbigin.

£14.99

Good Practice 5

Policy and good practice guidance in safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk - 5th EditionGood Practice 5 is the URC’s latest comprehensive policy and good practice guide. Every church using the URC's safeguarding policies has been sent a copy. Further copies can be ordered here for £4.99 +p&p, or it is also available as a free download: www.urc.org.uk/safeguardingGood Practice 5 is supported by several other appendices which are available on the URC website. For any enquiries..

£4.99

The Journey to the Mayflower: God’s Outlaws and the Invention of Freedom

2020 sees the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower, the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. It's a foundational event in American history, but it began as an English story, which pioneered the idea of religious freedom. Stephen Tomkins (Editor of Reform magazine) tells this fascinating story, one that is rarely told as an important piece of English, as well as American, history, which is full of contemporary relevance: religious violence, the threat to national secu..

£12.00

Daily Devotions booklet - Vocations

A new A5 booklet for use in groups or by yourself. A collection of readings from the URC's Daily Devotions, a Bible reading, reflection and prayer for every day of the year, commissioned, edited, written and recorded by volunteers from across the URC. This 28-page booklet features the series on Vocations, with contributions from the Revd Andy Braunston, a URC Minister in Glasgow; Leo Roberts, a URC Children's and Youth Development Officer in the North Western Synod; the Revd Ruth Whitehead, Mode..

£0.25

URC notebook and pen

A black A5 hardback notebook with the URC logo subtly printed on the cover, which comes with a blue curvy URC logo pen, a blue marker ribbon and an elastic pen holder. 192 sides of lined, ivory, eco-friendly paper.

£3.99

The Knowable God by Peter Brain

The Knowable God comprises twenty-three self-contained chapters on the key issues raised and the emphases made in John's Gospel. It is not a critical commentary nor a set of devotional meditations; it is rather an exposition of key episodes, characters and themes, always trying to interpret the text for our own time. It centres on the fact that John's controversial distinctiveness is usually missed in Christian worship, teaching and belief. Within the New Testament there are several ..

£9.99

The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible Dictionary

The Bible is awesome, but some of the places, names and words can make many translations difficult to understand. The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible Dictionary is a packed A-Z full of definitions for kids (and adults!). Ideal for Bible study, junior church, Sunday school, Messy Church, Godly Play, holidays clubs and more. ..

£4.99

Crucicentric, Congregational, and Catholic: The Generous Orthodoxy of Alan P F Sell

This book presents a synthesis of Alan Sell's theology drawn from his voluminous publications. What emerges is a theology rooted in and flowing from the Cross-Resurrection event. The result is a generous, if eclectic, expression of Christian orthodoxy. The critical phase of the book turns upon the question whether Sell's "generous" orthodoxy is generous enough: do his theological conclusions actually do justice to the life and ministry of Jesus? And secondly, are they credible in..

£14.99

Church Engagement Diary

An A4 diary for use by churches, with spaces for the hymns, notices for the week, church engagements, regular and occasional events, advanced notices, special announcements and space to share the amount of the offertory. Ideal for secretaries and lettings officers. ..

£4.99

Church of Snails by Lucy Berry

"Churches too often sift people and situations, involving themselves only with those people and things which won’t embarrass, hurt or challenge; we decide who are the sheep and who are the goats. Our decisions are plain for the world to see. Sometimes they look funny or silly. Sometimes just ugly." Lucy Berry, poet-in-residence for the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) and formerly for the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, has wrestled with the essential meaning of the Christian life and Church for..

£5.99

The Illuminated Life of Christ - The Gospels and Great Master Paintings

The Illuminated Life of Christ brings together the words of the Gospels and the art of the great masters in a beautiful book. Eighty passages from the Bible and 120 works of art, printed in colour, recall the life of Jesus paired with beloved works of art including Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, Venziano's Walking on Water, Van der Weyden's Annunciation, Raphael's Madonna and Child, Gerard van Honthorst's Adoration of the Shepherds and more. Printed with a silk cover with flexible bin..

£4.99