Your church
Information, advice and guidance to help you take a more active role in your church, manage your church activities, and get involved in your local and global community
Information and Support
Information and Support
Guidance, support and information on a range of topics to support local churches.
Church Finance
Financial information and guidance for our church and synod treasurers.
To tithe or not to tithe?
Considering proportional giving: A guide for everyone.
The Church Buildings Fund
Providing either grants or loans for local church building projects.
In the local and global community
In the local and global community
From engaging with your local community to supporting fairtrade and global justice, find out how your church can make a difference
Commitment for Life
Find out more about Commitment for Life, what it means to be part of the programme and how your church can get involved.
Greener Church
In the light of the climate emergency, we know we need to act urgently, discover how your church can become a greener church.
Church Related Community Work
Discover how your church can have a positive impact on local communities and neighbourhoods by becoming a Church Related Community Work (CRCW) project.
Family-friendly church
Family-friendly church
Resources, support and activities to help make your church welcoming to children and young people, and their families.
Regenerational
Resources aimed at introducing churches to intergenerational ministry through gathered worship.
Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme
The Children and Youth Friendly Church Scheme can help your church improve the welcome it gives to children, young people and families.
Lundie Memorial Award
Nominate a child or young person for the Lundie Memorial Award and celebrate the good work they do for their church and community.
Church Guides
Church Support Guides
From using social media to crisis communications planning, we’ve produced a series of guides to help support you and your church.
Setting up public wi-fi for your church
Advice and guidance exploring the options available for setting up public wi-fi for your church.
Livestreaming your church service
Advice and guidance exploring the options available for livestreaming your church service.
Online and contactless giving
Advice and guidance on online and contactless giving options for churches.
Taking a role in your church
Taking a role in your church
Find out more about all the different types of church positions available and decide which one is right for you.
Become a church secretary
Find out more about the role of church secretary and what would be expected from you.
Become a church treasurer
This guidance is for those who are considering taking up or have very recently been appointed to the role of church treasurer in their local Â鶹´«Ã½ Church.
Working with children & young people
From becoming a youth worker to a children’s work volunteer, find out how you can support young people in the URC.
Prayer and Worship Resources
Prayer and worship resources
Prayer, hymn and worship resources to help your church.
Worship Notes
Worship Notes is a free resource for anyone who leads and plans worship. We offer prayers for Sunday Services, thoughts on the readings, and hymn suggestions.
URC Worship Book
Material for Holy Communions, Baptisms, Confirmations, weddings, funerals, ordinations, inductions, public worship and the Lord’s Prayer.
As part of the URC’s support of local churches we are pleased to make Powerpoint Pulpit Supply Materials freely available to churches.
Other Resources
Grants & funding opportunities
Find out about the grants and funding opportunities the URC offers churches, community groups and individuals
Mission Enabling Fund
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Church is a Multicultural Church engaging in Mission in the world and working to become an anti-racist church. Through the Mission Enabling Fund we aim to give some financial support to Mission projects.
URC Church Update
URC Church Update enables you to make changes to the information we hold on your church and information we hold about people in key roles in your church at any time of the year.
Useful websites
The URC History Society is open to anyone interested in the history of the denomination
A website that helps churches to think creatively about the potential and the missional use of buildings