Wednesday 9th September 2026 Reading Job 3:1-10 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Job said:‘Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said,“A man-child is conceived.”Let that day be darkness!May God above not seek it, or light shine on it.Let gloom and deep darkness […]
Education / Life Long Learning Sunday
Education Sunday Dear Friends, For over 100 years churches in England and Wales have marked the second Sunday in September as Education Sunday as a day of prayer for anyone involved in Education. Resources are prepared by Churches Together in England by representatives of the Baptist Union, the Catholic Church, the Church of England National Society, […]
Daily Devotion Monday 7th September 2026
Monday 7th September 2026 Reading Job 1:1-5, 13-22; 2:9-13 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five […]
Job and Trauma
Job and Trauma Dear Friends, I hope you have enjoyed the last two weeks’ worth of Devotions written by the Cascades of Grace network. We turn now to two weeks from Dr Diana Paulding-Sturdy who is one of theologians and a member of our onlline congregation yourchurch. Diana is an Old Testament specialist and has […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th September 2026
Readings 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.” Ephesians 6:18 “Pray at all times in the Spirit.” 1 Timothy 2:8 “I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands.” Reflection Pray without ceasing? Paul, have you seen my life? There are emails to answer…meals to cook…people to care for…deadlines to meet…laundry that mysteriously […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th September 2026
inspiration in your inbox Friday 4th September 2026Shiphrah & Puah Exodus 1:15-21 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, ‘When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd September 2026
1 Kings 17:8-14 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd September 2026
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build,a time to weep and a […]
Tuesday 1st September 2026
Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.’ But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples […]
Monday 31st August 2026
John 4:1-15 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, ‘Jesus is making and baptising more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized — he left Judea and started back to Galilee. But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called […]