St Luke 7: 11 – 17 Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 25th January 2022
St Luke 7: 1 – 10 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 24 January 2022
St Luke 6: 46 – 49 ‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 23rd January 2022 – The Revd. Catherine McFie
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church Service for Sunday 23rd January 2022 Picture Credit Kamil Mehmood/Unsplash The Rev’d Catherine McFie Introduction Hello and welcome to worship. My name is Catherine McFie and I am a minister within Mersey Synod. Half my time is dedicated to being the minister of two congregations in the Liverpool area: St Columba, […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 22 January 2022
Saturday 22 January 2022 St Luke 6: 43 – 45 ‘No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good […]
Pandemic Prayers in January
Pandemic Prayer Dear Friends, this week’s pandemic prayer has now been loaded up to the URC website and you can see it here. It can be used in personal and public worship. with every good wish Andy The Rev’d Andy BraunstonCo-ordinator, Daily Devotions from the URC
URC Daily Devotion 20th January 2022
St Luke 6: 27 – 36‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th January 2022
St Luke 6: 17 – 26He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those […]
URC Daily Devotion 18th January 2022
St Luke 6: 12 – 16Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th January 2022
St Luke 6: 6 – 11On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. Even though he knew what […]