{"id":438,"date":"2020-08-19T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=438"},"modified":"2020-08-19T00:15:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:15:27","slug":"moderator-of-scottish-synod-answers-new-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Moderator of Scottish synod answers new call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/David-Pickering-scotland-moderator1_002.jpg\" alt=\"David Pickering scotland moderator1 002\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>The Revd Dr David Pickering is to step down as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move comes after David received and accepted a call to serve the Pastorate of Emmanuel URC, West Wickham and Elmers End Free Church, in the URC\u2019s Southern Synod.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3562-moderator-of-scottish-synod-answers-new-call.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Revd Dr David Pickering is to step down as Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland. 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