Judges 12:1-6 The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, ‘Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down over you!’ Jephthah said to them, ‘My people and I were engaged […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 27 April 2026
Judges 11:29-40 Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, […]
Sunday Service 26th April 2026
Introduction Hello, my name is Nicola Furley-Smith and I am the Deputy General Secretary for Ministries. Our service today comes from Purley United Reformed Church. Call to Worship Come and worship the living God, whose goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives. Come and worship the living God who gathers us to his side, as […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 25 April 2026
Judges 11:1-28 Now Jephthah the Gileadite, the son of a prostitute, was a mighty warrior. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. Gilead’s wife also bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah away, saying to him, ‘You shall not inherit anything in our father’s house; for you are the son […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 24 April 2026
Judges 10: 6-18 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Thus they abandoned the Lord, and did not worship him. […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 23 April 2026
Reading Judges 9:1-7, 16-21, 50-57 Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s kinsfolk and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family, ‘Say in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, “Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 22 April 2026
Judges 8:22-35 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.’ Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.’ Then […]
URC Daily Devotion for 21 April 2026
Reading Judges 7:1-4, 9, 16-25; 8:10-12, 21 Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the troops that were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them, below the hill of Moreh, in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, ‘The troops with you […]
URC Daily Devotion for 20 April 2026
Judges 6:25-40 Reading That night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the sacred pole that is beside it; and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of […]
Sunday Service 19th April 2026
Introduction Hello everybody. My name is Nick Jones and I am minister of two churches in Mersey Synod: Chester Road URC in Ellesmere Port, and Heswall URC on the Wirral, which is where I am speaking to you from today. It’s the season of Easter, the time of the Church year set aside to specifically remember and […]