ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
A podcast highlighting news, views and inspiration from the North Western Synod of the United Reformed Church, with an emphasis on discipleship and mission. Expect an emphasis on justice, being church with people on the margins, inclusion, diversity, ecumenism and a critique of Empire.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 36 days
Average audio length:
33 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
22 episodes
since Feb. 19, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What is Citizens UK, and why are we members?
Friends, welcome to this episode of You Are Connected, in which Sophie Morby, Senior Organiser for Greater Manchester Citizens, explains how community organising builds relational power to win concrete change across the region. The North Western Synod o…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
This episode celebrates Leo Roberts' 30 years as Children and Youth Development Officer in the Northwestern Synod of the United Reformed Church. Leo shares his journey into youth work, the challenges he faced, and key achievements such as gathered youth groups and national resources used worldwide.…
Friends, welcome to this edition of UR Connected, featuring Maggie McDonald — singer, vocal coach and church musician. Maggie shares her journey from the Royal Northern College of Music and Glyndebourne to teaching and coaching with major choirs, singing for royal audiences, and leading worship. Sh…
Friends, meet Reverend Mike Thomason, the newly appointed moderator of the Northwestern Synod. In this episode Mike recounts his journey from Salford and army chaplaincy to local church leadership, sharing stories from Iraq, Afghanistan, and community ministry.
He outlines his pastoral, presence-c…
Friends, welcome to another edition of UR Connected, where Reverend David Ireland reflects on a remarkable life of ministry, architecture, and leadership in children’s palliative care. From designing Francis House to establishing international pain clinics and pioneering care for teenagers and youn…
This episode introduces a new partnership between the Northwestern Synod and Place for Hope offering free mediation, facilitated conversations, and one-to-one conflict coaching to help churches handle disputes, long-standing hotspots, and difficult conversations constructively.
Listeners learn how…
This episode brings together Palestinian human rights lawyer Sahar Francis, Reverend Ashraf Tanuz and Reverend Dr Graham Adams to examine the situation in Gaza and the West Bank through the lens of the Kairos document from South Africa in 1985.
They discuss parallels between state theology and the…
Welcome to our podcast. Today we bring together Sahar Francis, a Palestinian human-rights lawyer; Reverend Ashraf Tanuz, pastor of the Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem; and Rev Dr Graham Adams, lecturer at Luther King House in Manchester, to discuss the situation in Gaza, Palestine and the We…
Two Palestinian community leaders—human-rights lawyer Sahar Francis and Reverend Ashraf Tannous —share firsthand testimony about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, the treatment of prisoners, and life for Palestinian Christians and citizens under occupation.
They discuss the limits…
Friends, welcome to this edition of the Northwest Synod podcast. Today Lawrence speaks with Michael Harvey about cultivating a culture of invitation in Synod churches and the surprising power of asking, "How are you?".
They explore how a genuine question can unlock personal stories of pain and hop…
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