Haggai 2:20-23 The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month: Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of […]
Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions 21st May
Resources for Worship Dear Friends, Worship is at the heart of our life as God’s people. Whatever else we do, worship is at the core as it is through meeting God – in the hymns and the music, the movement and the silence, the Word and the words, in friend and stranger as well as […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Haggai 2:1-9 In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying: Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Haggai 1:12-15 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the Lord. Then Haggai, the messenger […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 15th May 2023
Monday, 15 May 2023 Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: Thus says the […]
Haggai and Zechariah
Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 Dear <<First Name>> I hope you’ve found the Joint Public Issue Team’s Six Hopes for Society an interesting way to reflect on our justice making. It’s been good to read them and hear from their interns, and from Simeon Mitchell, our Secretary for Church and Society, in particular. It’s a joy to […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 13th May 2023
Saturday 13th May 2023 Hope for a society that welcomes the stranger Reading Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 12th May 2023
Friday 12th May Hope for a society that welcomes the stranger (part 1) Reading Revelation 7:9-10 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 11th May 2023
Thursday 11th May Hope for a world that actively works for peace (part 2). Reading St Matthew 25:35-40 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me […]
Some More Worship Resources
Some More Resources Dear Friends, Yesterday I sent out the material for this coming Sunday and was then reminded that Christian Aid week starts on Sunday. Christian Aid’s website has a video, a powerpoint for a children’s talk, and an order of service, as well as a lot of information about Malawi which is this year’s […]