Synod Meetings
The Synod Council meets twice a year in March and October, chaired by the Synod Moderator: Revd Paul Whittle and the Synod Clerk Keir Hounsome.
Location: Christ Church URC, Braintree, London Road, Braintree, CM7 2LD 
Timing: Synod Meetings begin at 10.30am, with refreshments served from 10.00am. Meetings finish with worship at 3.30pm, with refreshments served following worship at 4.00pm.
We do not arrange a creche as a matter of course at our meetings, but please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in good time to allow us to investigate setting up a creche if you would make use of the facility.
Eastern Synod Year Books
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Synod Meeting Minutes - Presentations and Reports
Download: Minutes October 2019
Revd Paul Whittle Address to Synod
Revd Paul Whittle Visiting Vellore 2019
Lindsey Brown Reflection
Dr Sam Richards Head of Children's and Youth Work 20-40s in the URC
Richard Lewney Report on visit to Palestine/Israel
Diana Paulding Report on visit to Palestine/Israel
Andrew East Report on Street Pastors
Download:Minutes March 2019
Revd Paul Whittle Reflection on Forty Years (and what next) of Ministry
Revd Nigel Uden's Presentation - Blessed to be a blessing: living as those baptised into Christ (pdf)
Dr Christine Macleod - Health and Healing WHO definition of health (pdf)
Download:Minutes 13th October 2018
Supporting Local Churches Presentation A Denominational View (pdf)
Download:Minutes 17th March, 2018
Youth Assembly Talk - Save our World, save God's world
Download: Minutes 14th October 2017
Simon Goddard's - Missional Discipleship
Peter Ball's - Synod Reflection
Download: Minutes 18th March 2017
David Cornick's - 'Living with unforeseen consequences: Luther's theses and ecumenism'
Tim Yau Pioneer Reflections - URC Pioneer Pathways?
Download:Minutes 8th October 2016
Reflective account on Synod Meeting - by Louise Tailford - at Stowmarket URC on 8th October 2016 
Download:Minutes 19th March 2016
Report and Pictures from Children's Synod 19th March 2016 - 'Dream'
Reformed Roofrack Talk by - Revd John Proctor - Prospects and Possibilities for the URC
Refugee Crisis March 2016 - by Melanie Smith - 5 years since the start of the war in Syria.
