Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill.  So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’  But […]

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At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.  So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, ‘How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.’  Jesus answered, […]

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Isaiah 2: 1 – 4 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s houseshall be established as the highest of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;all the nations shall stream to it.Many peoples shall come and say,‘Come, let us go up […]

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Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ He answered, ‘And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.’  Jesus said to him, ‘You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.’  […]

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 Today’s service is led by the Revd Cara Heafey  Welcome Hello and welcome to today’s worship from the URC.  My name is Cara, I am a minister at Marston and Wheatley United Reformed Churches and part time in the Oxford hospitals.  It’s a pleasure to be worshipping with you today on Trinity Sunday.  Whoever you […]

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inspiration in your inbox Saturday 14 June 2025   St John 9: 13 – 34  They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.  Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.  Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. […]

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inspiration in your inbox Friday 13 June 2025 St John 9: 1 – 12   As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.  His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’  Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born […]

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St John 8: 39 – 59 They answered him, ‘Abraham is our father.’ Jesus said to them, ‘If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing what Abraham did,  but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham […]

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