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 […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th March 2021
Monday 8th March St Mark 12: 28 – 37 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship for 7th March – The Revd. Helen Everard
URC Daily Devotions Service for Sunday 7th March The Third Sunday of Lent The Rev’d Helen Everard Opening Organ Music – Ach Gott Von Himmel Sieh Darein (“O God from heaven see this”) by Johann Pachelbel Introduction Hello and welcome to today’s worship for Sunday 7th March, the 3rd Sunday in Lent. My name is Helen Everard and […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th March 2021
Saturday 6th March St Mark 12: 18 – 27 Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his […]