15 November 2024 Safeguarding 5 Justice – What might this look like? Proverbs 21: 15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. Reflection We are passionate about justice; we have boycotted Nestle, promoted Fair Trade, and given money through our Commitment for Life programme to help various projects around the world. […]
URC Daily Devotion 14 November 2024
Safeguarding 4 Forgiveness – the last step? St Matthew 6: 9-14 Jesus said: ‘Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox 13 November 2024 Safeguarding 3 Speaking the truth in love – What do we need to know about ourselves? Ephesians 4: 14 – 16 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox 12 November 2024 Safeguarding 2 Good and Bad Shepherds Ezekiel 34: 1 – 10 The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox 11 November 2024 Safeguarding 1 Nothing Is Covered Up That Will Not Be Uncovered St Luke 12: 2 – 3 Jesus said: “Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, […]
Sunday Worship 10 November 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Lance Stone Introduction Hello and welcome to this online service. My name is Lance Stone and I am a retired URC minister who has served the church in London and in Cambridge, as well as ministering in the Church of Scotland in Aberdeen and in Amsterdam. Call to […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox Saturday 9 November 2024 James 5: 13 – 20Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the […]
URC Daily Devotion 8 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox Friday 8 November 2024 James 5: 7 – 12Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox Thursday 7 November 2024 James 5: 1 – 6Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat […]
URC Daily Devotion 6 November 2024
inspiration in your inbox Wednesday 6 November 2024 James 4: 13 – 17Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you […]