2 Corinthians 5 18:21 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on […]
URC Daily Devotion 14 November 2023
St Matthew 7:7-12 Jesus said: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 November 2023
Isaiah 55: 10-13 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,but it […]
Sunday Worship 12 November 2023
We seek refuge in the Most High, who is always pleased to deliver us!We shelter in Christ, our rock and redeemer, who makes haste to help us!We find strength in the Abiding Spirit, who rejoices in our salvation! Hymn Christ is Coming! Let CreationJohn R Macduff (1853) Public Domain. Sung by Matt Scott from his album Poets and Saints. […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 November 2023
11 November 2023 Matthew 9:36 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them…” Reflection Early in September 2022, more than three thousand people from all continents and Christian traditions gathered in Germany for the assembly that the World Council of Churches (WCC) holds every 8 years. They came together to celebrate unity in […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 November 2023
10 November 2023 Philippians 4:2 “I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.” Reflection We cannot be entirely sure who Euodia and Syntyche were. They clearly were in dispute, but we don’t know why. These two women must have been influential in the nascent Philippian church; the […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 November 2023
St John 17: 20 – 21 Jesus said “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may […]
URC Daily Devotion 8 November 2023
Reading 1 Kings 10.1-10 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 November 2023
St Matthew 12:1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to […]
Worship Notes and Resources for Sunday and Beyond…
Worship Matters Dear Friends, the Church often wonders about its mission. For years we’ve said the Church doesn’t have a mission but is God’s mission in the world – and then we struggle to articulate what that might mean for our life together! Many churches try and discern their work using the Five Marks of […]