You and your church are invited to join The National Conversation to have ‘your say’ on the future of our country and contribute ideas about how to shape a more united future for England. See, https://www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk/
kategray
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Activist. Practitioner Pastor. Dr. Theologian. Researching faith responding to poverty in the UK & trauma theology. Interest in politics, climate crisis, overcoming exclusion, faith capture & fascism. #Manchester #UnitedReformedChurch
There’s still time to book for this year’s Greenbelt Festival. The URC will be there, at its Table venue in partnership with Trussell, the Joint Public Issues Team and the Open Table Network. Be nurtured in body and soul. 27-30 August, Boughton House near Kettering. https://bit.ly/GBtkts
In this volunteer role, you will help address issues of worship, faith and order on behalf of the URC; also participate in ecumenical and interfaith discussions. Elders and lay people especially welcome to apply. Further information at urc.org.uk/jobs
There’s still time to book for this year’s Greenbelt Festival. The URC will be there, at its Table venue in partnership with Trussell, the Joint Public Issues Team and the Open Table Network. Be nurtured in body and soul. 27-30 August, Boughton House near Kettering. https://bit.ly/GBtkts
The URC’s Racial Justice Advocates are urging members of the URC to sign a petition calling for the Windrush Compensation Scheme to be taken out of the government’s hands. Read the full story and find out how you can support the campaign: urc.org.uk/news
URC Racial Justice Advocates urge Andy Burnham to honour Windrush pledge
The United Reformed Church’s (URC) Racial Justice Advocates (RJAs) are calling on the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour promises made to the Windrush generation.
urc.org.uk
Today, A level results are published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Here is our prayer, for private and public use, as results are received, understood, digested and as future plans are made. https://bit.ly/resultsprayer
The Eclipse picnic communion party in the park in South Manchester our churches hosted turned into amazing encounters with local teens, families, & genuine conversations about wonder and what amazes us & sharing food. Yey! No strings attached openness. #TheUnitedReformedChurch
Birdy Mae is hilarious, real, and an important model for so many people in this moment in time. We talk about books like Live Laugh Love and The Sin of Certainty that have helped us grow, expand our minds and keep our love for Jesus. @kkdumez.bsky.social #christianity #deconstruction #SBC
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UK people - For many disabled workers, PIP isn't extra, it's what pays for the equipment or transport that gets them to work. The government's review could take that away to hit a savings target, not because people need less support. Help Kate stop it. the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
Stop PIP reform being decided by budget, not need
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SAMMY DAVIS JR. tearing it up on the Drums and Vibraphone in 1963. He was quite simply, a phenomenon.
“When the corn is ripe, flocks of sparrows raid the heavy-grain ears.” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart
Remembering astronomer Bernard Lovell, who died on this day 2012, aged 98.
Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · last yr.Made in Manchester: radio astronomer Bernard Lovell (1913-2012) created Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, the world’s largest steerable dish radio telescope at the time (now the third largest). 1/6
Sixty-one years ago, the Voting Rights Act became the law of the land after generations of Americans refused to accept that the right to vote should depend on who you are.
Almost 70-year-old retiree whispering to a baby hummingbird while feeding it after it was too exhausted to fly. "Pops" served in the military & spent 35 years working at the VA Hospital before retiring. Tough hands, soft heart. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Henri Matisse View of Collioure and the Sea, 1911 Oil on canvas Museum of Modern Art, New York
The brilliant composer Felix Mendelssohn composed the Hebrides Overture named “Fingal’s cave” while/after visiting.
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) (Abbado)
YouTube video by ArtyClassical
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Deborah Sandidge Photography "A Roseate Spoonbill casts a perfect mirror reflection as she stretches and flaps her vibrant pink wings across a calm lagoon."
Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptors take roughly 24 months to produce from order to finished missile, largely because of long-lead components like solid‑fuel rocket motors that can themselves have 24–30‑month timelines. A Patriot cost about $4–5 million per missile. We have less than a thousand left. 🔄
The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine
The U.S. and its partners depend on Patriot interceptors to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. But Russia and Iran are firing their weapons at rates far higher than Patriots can be produced.
npr.org
Friends! I am so excited to share that I have a new chapbook out, "Swim Poems." These lines were written over the course of a year swimming in the San Francisco Bay (April 2025 to April 2026). Get yourself a copy here (or buy one for a friend who swims!): bottlecap.press/products/swi...
Swim Poems, by Beth Winegarner
Poetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Beth Winegarner’s Swim Poems is a collection of brief poems written in the afterglow of swimming in the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay. Each on...
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By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable, says journalist and author Natalie Morris
theguardian.com