St Luke 6: 6 – 11On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. Even though he knew what […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 16th January 2022 – John Ellis
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service16th January 2022 John Ellis Introduction Welcome to this online worship, whoever you are and wherever you are accessing it. Using a Lectionary reading for Sunday 16th January, this material aims to help you feel in the presence of God today even if you are not able to be physically in the presence […]
URC Daily Devotion 15th January 2022
Saturday 15th January 2022 St Luke 6: 1 – 5 One sabbath while Jesus was going through the cornfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ Jesus answered, ‘Have you […]
URC Daily Devotion 14thJanuary 2022
St Luke 5: 33 – 39 Then they said to him, ‘John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.’ Jesus said to them, ‘You cannot make wedding-guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be […]
URC Daily Devotion 13th January 2022
St Luke 5: 27 – 32 After this he went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd […]
URC Daily Devotion 12th January 2022
St Luke 5: 17 – 26 One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting nearby (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. Just then some men came, carrying a paralysed man on […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th January 2022
St Luke 5: 12 – 16 Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ Then Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th January 2022
St Luke 5: 1 – 11 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for Epiphany, 9th January 2021 – The Revd. Neil Riches
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 9TH January 2022 – Epiphany Photo Credit Inbal Malca – UnsplashThe Rev’d Neil Riches Opening Music: Unto Us Is Born A Son (traditional)Worcester Cathedral Choir Introduction Welcome to worship. I’m Neil Riches, URC minister in Weymouth on Dorset’s beautiful Jurassic Coast. Epiphany – the visit of the magi to […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 8 January 2022
Saturday 8 January 2022 St Luke 4: 42 – 44 At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, ‘I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of […]