Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Nick Jones Introduction Hello, and welcome to today’s worship. My name is Rev Nick Jones and I’m a URC minister in Mersey Synod, serving Chester Road United Reformed Church in Ellesmere Port, and also Heswall URC where I am speaking to you from today. Here at Heswall […]
Waymarks
Waymarks“The longest journey is the journey inwards”* Dear Friends, I hope you enjoyed Neil’s short series exploring a range of themes that came to him in Lockdown. We now turn to a week’s worth of reflections by Stephen Dawson, an elder at Ipswich Road URC in Norwich using ideas from Dag Hammarskjöld. Stephen writes: “Vägmarken”, […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 21st June 2024
Friday, 21 June 2024 Reflection I wonder what your daily routine includes? What are the little essentials that add up to normality for you? For me, coffee is pretty much an essential. A standing joke is that when we’re out for the day, I’m keeping an eye open for a likely coffee stop. I’m almost […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 20th June 2024
Thursday, 20 June 2024 Reflection The apple blossom glows and promises the possibility of harvest long months ahead. The dainty flowers are edged with hints of pink. The annual rhythms of nature carry on in all their tiny and not so tiny splendours. Some things are, simply, good. God made them so… Life goes onand […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 19th June 2024
Reflection The little blocks of paint in my box are waiting for water, a brush and paper. Painting with watercolour, as so many discover, is endlessly fascinating because it is always a bit unforgiving. There’s a run and unexpected combination as colours mix. I can lift some paint off the page with a wet brush […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 18th June 2024
What can we bear witness to? What story might we tell of all that faith means for us? What account might we give of what God is up to in our lives? We read a powerful companion piece to this thief’s crucifixion confession in Hebrews: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 17th June 2024
inspiration in your inbox Monday, 17 June 2024 Reflection Someone stands before supermarket shelves stripped by panic buyers. Desperation and fear have worked their worse. Shared endurance has collapsed into survival of the fittest. I’m grabbing all I can for my needs. Even if I’m thinking about your needs, I’m not going to let them […]
Sunday Worship 16 June 2024
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come!2 Corinthians 5.17 Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Elizabeth Welch Introduction Hello. I am the Revd Dr Elizabeth Welch, a semi-retired URC minister. I still lead worship on average every other week and am involved […]
Daily Devotion for Sunday 16th June
O Lord, plead my cause against my foes;fight those who fight me.Take up your buckler and shield;arise to help me. Take up the javelin and the spearagainst those who pursue me.O Lord, say to my soul:“I am your salvation.” Let those who seek my lifebe shamed and disgraced.Let those who plan evil against mebe routed […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 14th June 2024
Reading Selected verses from Romans 12 For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another… Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is […]