image from https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/10/saint-james-deacon.html Introduction There is a river in north Northumberland near Crookham called Pallinsburn, named after Paulinus, who was a key figure in Pope Gregory the Great’s mission to these islands in the late 6th century, before the monastic community on Holy Island had been conceived. Working northwards from Canterbury, the Gregorian mission reached […]
Sunday Worship 23 April 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 23 April Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Michael Hopkins. Welcome & Call to Worship Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here. Welcome to this service from the United Reformed Church. My name is Michael Hopkins, I’m minister of group of […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 22nd April 2023 St Oscar Romero
inspiration in your inbox Saturday 22 April 2023 St Oscar Romero Arzobispado de San Salvador; Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum – https://anep.or.cr/media/uploads/fotos/cyclope1_sin_cat/Romeroao4282_big.png, Public Domain, Information Oscar Romero (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a Catholic priest and bishop in El Salvador. In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass. Romero […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 21st April 2023 St Colmcille
Introduction St Colmcille (in Irish meaning ‘Dove of the Church’) is a person of multiple names, many legends and – we might even say – different sanctities. Born in 521 in Gartan, County Donegal, to a wealthy family associated with the powerful O’Neills. Some say his given name at birth was “Crimthann”, meaning a “fox”. […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 20th April 2023 St Elizabeth the Wonder Worker
Thursday 20 April 2023 St Elisabeth the Wonderworker Icon of St Elizabeth the Wonderworkerfrom the Orthodox Church of America’s website, http://oca.org/ and used with their kind permission. Introduction Born around the fifth century in Heraklea, St Elisabeth the Wonderworker showed early signs of holiness. By the age of three she could recite the lives of […]
Weekly Intercessions & Worship Notes for 23rd April
Intercessions and Worship Notes Dear Friends, This Sunday’s Worship Notes have been prepared by the Rev’d Dr Michael Hopkins. Michael looks at the story of the distraught disciples on the road to Emmaus, gives some good contextual notes on the passage, as well as lots of prayers and hymn suggestions to help you craft a service […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 18th April 2023 St Cuthbert
Tuesday 18 April 2023 St Cuthbert (634-687) photo credit British Museum, Creative Commons Licence Introduction Cuthbert grew up in what is now North Northumberland/the Scottish Borders, entering the monastic life at Old Melrose under the tuition of St Boisil. Cuthbert moved on from Melrose to Lindisfarne upon the death of Aidan. Monk, a most reluctant […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 17th April 2023 Dorothy Day
inspiration in your inbox Monday 17 April 2023 Dorothy Day, Servant of God Photo Mottke Weisman, Loaves and Fishes Introduction Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist, and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. Raised […]
Sunday Worship 16 April 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 16 April Today’s service is led by the Revd Jayne Taylor Call To Worship Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! One: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God’s throne! Jesus, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation! Many: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! One: Rejoice, O […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 15th April 2023 St Bridget
Introduction Irish folklore abounds with stories of St Brigid of Kildare, born around 455 CE, the daughter of a powerful chieftain Dubhtach and a Christian slave girl. The young Brigid was wearingly generous…with the property of her father! She gave away his cattle, his supply of freshly churned butter – and on one occasion […]