Saturday, 27 January 2024 St Mark 3: 31 – 35 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ And he replied, ‘Who […]
Friday, 26 January 2024 The Rev’d Dr David Whiting
Friday, 26 January 2024 St Mark 3: 21 – 30 Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ And the scribes who came […]
URC Daily Devotion 25 January 2024
St Mark 3: 13 – 19 He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. So […]
Newstand – February 2024
PDF version to view online or download: Newstand 2024-02 February NOTE: Newstand is formatted onto A5 pages. If you print the PDF you should specify to print as a booklet on A4 paper, double-sided, flipping on short edge. Flipbook version to view online. Click the broken square at the top of the viewer to view […]
URC Daily Devotion 24 January 2024
St Mark 3: 1 – 12 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Come forward.’ Then he […]
URC Daily Devotion 23 January 2024
St Mark 2: 23 – 28 One sabbath he was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ And he said to them, ‘Have you never read what […]
URC Daily Devotion 22 January 2024
St Mark 2 18 – 37 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As […]
Sunday Worship 21 January 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome As the strains of George and Ira Gershwin’s controversial song, It Ain’t Necessarily So fade away we gather to listen to God’s word, found in scripture, sermon, song and silence. The Gershwin brothers were Jewish, well versed in the Bible and the music of the […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 20th January 2024
Saturday 20th January 2024 St Mark 2: 13 – 17 Jesus went out again beside the lake; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them. As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and […]
Weekly Intercessions, Worship Note, and Some Help Needed
Notes, Prayers, and Help Dear Friends, I am sorry I am late sending out this reminder; I was in London and then had a rather complex journey home arriving after midnight on Wednesday. I have prepared this week’s worship notes where I explore the Jonah story and the call of the first disciples in St […]