Thursday 18th March 2021 St Mark 14:3 – 9 While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. But some […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 17th March 2021
Wednesday 17th March St Mark 14: 1- 2 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, ‘Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 16th March 2021
Tuesday 16th March 2021 St Mark 13: 32 – 37 ‘But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 15th March 2021
Monday 15th March 2021 St Mark 13: 28 – 31 ‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship – 14th March 2021 – The Revd. Clare Downing
URC Daily Devotions Worship for Sunday 14th March 2021 The Fourth Sunday of Lent The Rev’d Clare DowningModerator of URC General Assembly Opening Organ Music – Prelude in E Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Introduction Hello. My name is Clare Downing and I am delighted to be able to share in today’s service. My ‘day job’ is as […]
URC Daily Devotion 13th March 2021
Saturday 13th March St Mark 13: 24 – 27 But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in clouds” with […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 12th March 2021
Friday 12th March St Mark 13: 14-23 ‘But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; someone on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away; someone in the field […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 11th March 2021
Thursday 11th March St Mark 13: 1-13 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’ When […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th March 2021
Wednesday 10th March St Mark 12: 41 – 44 He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th March 2021
Tuesday 9th March St Mark 12: 38 – 40 As he taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the market-places, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and […]