St John 7: 40 – 52 When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, ‘This is really the prophet.’ Others said, ‘This is the Messiah.’ But some asked, ‘Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th June 2025
St John 7: 37 – 39 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of […]
Daily Devotion for 4th June 2025
St John 7: 32 – 36 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him. Jesus then said, ‘I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will search for me, […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd June 2025
St John 7: 14 – 21 About the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. The Jews were astonished at it, saying, ‘How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?’ Then Jesus answered them, ‘My teaching is not mine but his who sent […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 2nd June 2025
Monday 2 June 2025 St John 7: 10 – 13 But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret. The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, ‘Where is he?’ And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. […]
Sunday Worship 1 June 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome Hello and welcome to worship. Today we celebrate the Ascension – which actually fell on Thursday but, like many churches, we observe the festival today. Ascension draws us to the end of the Easter stories where Jesus hands over his work to his friends – […]
URC Daily Devotion 31 May 2025
St John 7: 1 – 9After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths was near. So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea so that your […]
URC Daily Devotion 30 May 20205
St John 6: 52 – 71The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 29th May 2025
St John 6: 41 – 51 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 28th May 2025
St John 6: 35-40 Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to […]