{"id":668,"date":"2021-02-15T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T10:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3728-new-moderator-of-urc-s-mersey-synod-nominated.html"},"modified":"2021-02-15T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T10:37:58","slug":"new-moderator-of-urcs-mersey-synod-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"New Moderator of URC\u2019s Mersey Synod nominated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Geoff-Felton-web.jpg\" alt=\"Geoff Felton web\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" title=\"The Revd Geoff Felton.\" \/>The Revd Geoffrey Felton, Minister of Plume Avenue Church in Colchester, has been nominated as the next Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Mersey Synod.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geoff was born and raised in Higher Bebington on the Wirral where he spent his teenage years before moving away to study.<\/p>\n<p>He became a Christian in 1984 at Anfield during Mission England, a gathering led by late American evangelist Dr Billy Graham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3728-new-moderator-of-urc-s-mersey-synod-nominated.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Revd Geoffrey Felton, Minister of Plume Avenue Church in Colchester, has been nominated as the next Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) Mersey Synod.&nbsp; Geoff was born and raised in Higher Bebington on the Wirral where he spent his teenage years before moving away to study. 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