Monday 30th March1st Station Jesus is condemned by Pilate Surrender Sieger Koeder St Matthew 26: 57. 27: 24 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders had gathered….So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, […]
Stations of the Cross
Dear <<First Name>> As Lent enters its last stages we move, in our Daily Devotions, to the Stations of the Cross. These devotions have fascinated artists for over 400 years as they trace the journey Jesus took from Pilate’s court to Golgotha. The accounts in the Gospels are supplemented with pious legend and so we reflect on […]
Minister’s Reflection – 29 Mar 2020 – Death and Life
Bible Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Image: Shibboleth, Doris Salcedo (Tate Modern, 2007)[1] The image above is from an artwork by Doris Salcedo, a Columbian artist, who installed it in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in 2007. It is a huge crack in the Hall floor. Those of you […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th March 2020
Saturday 28th March O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale) RS 220Paul Gerhardt (1607-76) O sacred Head, sore wounded,with grief and shame weighed down;O royal head surroundedwith thorns, thine only crown;O Lord of life and glory,what bliss ’til now was thine!I read the wondrous story,I joy to call thee mine. 2 What thou, my Lord, […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th March 2020
Friday 27th March My Song is Love Unknown (R&S) 207Samuel Crossman (1624 – 84) My song is love unknown,My Saviour’s love to me;Love to the loveless shown,That they might lovely be.O who am I,That for my sakeMy Lord should takeFrail flesh, and die? He came from His blest throneSalvation to bestow;But men made strange, and […]
Sunday’s Coming
Dear <<First Name>> Welcome to all our new subscribers. Since last Thursday over a 1,000 of you have subscribed. I hope you are finding the daily prayer and reflection helpful. As you know each Sunday we are sending out the transcript and recording for a Sunday service. This week the service is led by the Rev’d […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th March 2020
Wednesday 25th March At The Cross Her Vigil Keeping CH4 38713th Century At the cross her vigil keepingstood the mournful mother weepingwhere he hung, the dying Lord.for her soul, of joy bereaved,bowed with sorrow, deeply grieved,passed the sharp and piercing sword. 2. Who, on Christ’s dear mother gazing,pierced with anguish so amazing,born of woman, would […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th March 2020
Tuesday 24th March Lifted High On Your Cross CH4 386Ian Cowie (1923-2005) Tune Pulling Bracken Lifted high on your cross,drawing all folk, drawing all folk;lifted high on your cross,drawing all folk to you. Down you came to live among uspart of your creation,knowing poverty and sorrowsharing each temptation. On the gallows there they nail youGod […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd March 2020
Monday 23rd March Here Hangs a Man Discarded CH4 385Brian Wren Tune Shrub End (Passion Chorale works well if verses are doubled)© Stainer and Bell 1975 Here hangs a man discarded,a scarecrow hoisted high,a nonsense pointing nowhereto all who hurry by. Can such a clown of sorrowsstill bring a useful wordwhen faith and hope seem phantomsand […]
Sunday Service from the URC for 22nd March 2020
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 22nd March Today’s service comes from the Spire Church, a Methodist and United Reformed Church local ecumenical partnership at Farnham in Surrey. The service is led by the Rev’d Michael Hopkins. Call to Worship Come to the God who loves you.Come to the God in whose presence you are […]