“This is a great honour and a wonderful opportunity to serve the church that has nurtured me, welcomed, and affirmed me, and which I am proud to serve,” she said. She accepted the role after the election held at the 2026 meeting of the United Reformed Church General Assembly “with gratitude, and in all humility.” Durber thanked the South Western Synod for its nomination and the General Assembly for issuing “this call to serve our church and to continue ministry in this way. “In our family when anyone goes to take an exam or do something daunting we say ‘JDYBL’ – ‘Just do your best love.’ I shall get a wristband made. … I do not underestimate either the size of the task or your generosity in calling me to it. Thank you.” Durber recalled that it was Maundy Thursday when she received a letter from the United Reformed Church general secretary to tell her that she had been nominated to serve as moderator of the General Assembly – and that she was the only candidate. “That weekend I then went to several services where we sang Isaac Watts’ lines – ‘Love so amazing, so divine/Demands my soul, my life, my all.’ I knew that I had to say yes. “I will have a whole year to prepare for this role – and I shall keep on singing and praying.” As moderator-elect, Durber will serve on a number of committees for the following year and, after her year in office, will serve on them for a year as immediate past moderator. | 
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