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Rev Christopher Collins, Trustee of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, shares his thoughts, dis-ease, and prayers for VE Day 75 If I’m honest, the upcoming VE Day commemorations had largely slipped me by, buried under Covid-19 life and ministry. Lockdown means it will feel like any other day. This changed when someone asked me what the […]

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, called for a global ceasefire in light of the coronavirus, saying: The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war. The threats we face as a planet, health pandemics and climate change among them, demand a coordinated international response with no room for continuing to waste resources on armed

The URC Peace Fellowship has announced that its work is to continue as part of the ecumenical charity, the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The Peace Fellowship was set up in 1999 to raise the profile of issues of peace and justice in the United Reformed Church, and support members in peace making initiatives at local, national

This year the Fellowship is taking time to reflect back and to look forward. We’re exploring where our story has taken us and considering where we could go next. This time of reflection intends to both challenging and inspiring. It’ll give the Fellowship a chance to celebrate successes, reflect on things that didn’t work out

We asked Rev Dr Inderjit Bhogal, FoR Member and President of the Methodist Peace Fellowship, to share a prayer for use in this time of change: Feel free to use and share his words:_____________________________________________________  PRAYER FOR OUR TIMES Holy GodCreator of the universes, the heavens and the earth.You make all people in your image;You know

We invited Reverend Dr Barbara Glasson, President of the Methodist Conference, to reflect on what the Covenant of Peace could mean today: On a hilltop overlooking Bethlehem, David who farms these olive groves looks out over the settlements that move towards his land  ‘I refuse to have enemies, I refuse to hate, hope is resistance.’

Richard Bickle, Chair of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, said there was a need for accountability and an investment in peace if elements of today’s Queens Speech are to be met. He said: “The Fellowship shares wider concerns of the Peace and Human Rights movements that Government plans to tackle so-called “vexacious claims” against British Personnel

FoR welcomes the appointment of well known peacemaker Bishop Stephen Cottrell as the next Archbishop of York.

The 11th November provides the nation(s) a chance to pause and reflect upon the very human cost of warfare. But what images are conjured up in that moment of remembrance? Black and white images of ‘going over the top’? Men and women of the military with horrific wounds (either physical or mental) from a more

The Fellowship was thrilled to hear that Rev Inderjit Bhogal has been award the 2018 World Methodist Peace Award. His extensive lifetime commitment to living out a witness to peace has been a challenge and inspiration to us all. Speaking in response to the news Inderjit said “I am surprised but also deeply honoured to