St. Margaret's United Reformed Church - South Shields

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News Update Extra               December 2025

Keeping you informed with the latest news from around the URC.

Christmas cards, resources and gifts from the URC

We send Christmas cards to share the joy of Jesus’ birth and to keep Christ central to the festive season, by reminding others of its true meaning, offering greetings with friends and family along with blessings of peace and hope. The URC Bookshop has a range of cards that is raising money for Shelter, Shelter Scotland, Marie Curie and Barnabas Aid. 

Browse the collection: www.urcshop.co.uk/christmas-cards

The 2026 URC Prayer Handbook, Touching God

The 2026 URC Prayer Handbook is the first from new editors Susan Durber and Jonnie Hill. It comes in A5 and A4 Lectern editions. 
“The United Reformed Church is well known for its hymn writers, and the prayers in this 2026 edition come from many and diverse writers, both from within and beyond the United Reformed Church. All of them are shaped by scripture; the lectionary-based prayers in the first part, but no less the prayers for worship together and private devotion in the second part. Many relate to the theme for the year, reflecting on times when God comes close to us and when we, in prayer and in daily life, may come close to God.”

Find out more or place your order. Limited availability 

Gifts from the URC Bookshop

Browse the range of gifts and books from the URC Bookshop, including Nativity sets, cooking gifts, ceramics, titles by URC Ministers, craft activites, badges, scarves, cufflinks and much more: 

https://urcshop.co.uk/christmas-gifts/

The 2026 URC Diary – pocket, A5 and A4

The 2026 URC Diary includes the following: calendars to 2028, year planners to 2028, notable dates for the URC and the wider Church, metric measures, Lectionary readings, Assembly officers and URC staff, useful addresses, Assembly committee details, Synod information, 2025 diary one week to a page (from September), 2026 diary one week over two pages, 2027 diary one week to a page (to June), month notes for the rest of 2027, year planner 2027-2028 for advanced engagements. The A4 and A5 diaries also include world maps. 

https://urcshop.co.uk/2026-urc-pocket-diaries/

Christmas closing

The last date for orders is 12 noon on December 19. The bookshop will reopen on January 5. 

Christmas greetings

May the blessings of the Christ child bring peace and joy to you this Christmas.

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The United Reformed Church, United Reformed Church House, 
86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT
Tel: 020 7916 2020 Email: [email protected]

The United Reformed Church was created by church unions in 1972, 1981 and 2000, facilitated by Acts of Parliament passed in each of those years. It has a number of associated bodies: The United Reformed Church Trust (URC Trust) is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales (Registered Number: 135934); it is also a registered charity (Registration Number: 1133373). The United Reformed Church Ministers’ Pensions Trust Ltd is a limited company registered in England & Wales (Registered Number: 2821011). The United Reformed Church Retired Ministers’ Housing Society Ltd. is a registered Community Benefit Society under the Co-operative & Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Number 15986R). The Registered Office for all the aforementioned bodies is Church House, 86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT. 

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