St Luke 8: 26 – 39 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As Jesus stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the […]
URC Daily Devotion 8 January 2025
St Luke 8: 22 – 25 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A gale swept down on the lake, and the boat was […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 January 2025
St Luke 8: 19 – 21 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’ But he said to them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear […]
Daily Devotion for 6th January 2025
St Luke 8: 16 – 18 ‘No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become […]
Sunday Worship 5 January 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome We explore, in worship today, themes of light shining in the darkness, mysterious visitors bringing the Holy Family even more mysterious gifts, and consider how a people struggling in exile and defeat were enlightened with God’s glorious light. My name is Andy Braunston and I […]
URC Daily Devotion for 4th January 2025
St Luke 8: 4 – 15 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to Jesus, he said in a parable: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd January 2025
St Luke 8: 1 – 3 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd January 2025
St Luke 7: 36 – 50 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st January 2025
St Luke 7: 18 – 35 The disciples of John reported all these things to Jesus. So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ When the men had come to him, they said, […]
URC Daily Devotion 31 December 2024
St Luke 7: 11 – 17 Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with […]