[from the Yorkshire Synod website]
In 2003 the York Diocese and the York and Hull District and Darligton District of the Methodist Church entered into a Covenant for closer co-operation and working relationship. At that time the United Reformed Church could not get agreement for various reasons to join that Covenant. However work went ahead to resolve the issues and at a Service held in York Minster on All Hallows Eve 2007 a new Covenant was signed welcoming the URC into the Covenant.
The Covenant was signed on behalf of the Anglican Church by The Archbishop of York ,the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, For The Methodist Church by the Chairs of the York and Hull District and the Darlington District Rev’s Stephen Burgess and Graham Carter, and for the United Reformed Church, the Moderator of the Yorkshire Synod Rev Arnold Harrison.
The signing was witnessed by members of all the churches involved and by the Lord Mayor of York. Special tribute was paid to the work of Rev Graham Maskery for his work in bringing the URC into the covenant.
