St John 4:4-30But Jesus had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 October 2023
inspiration in your inbox 13 October 2023 I’m a Christian Despite…despite sexism. St Matthew 12: 46-50 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’ […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 October 2023
2 Corinthians 4: 1 – 15 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 October 2023
Habakkuk 3: 17 – 19 Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines;though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food;though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls,yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God […]
Weekly Intercessions & Worship Notes for Sunday 15th October
Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions Dear Friends, Millennia ago the prophet Habakkuk, when faced with war, environmental disaster and consequent famine, sung: Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines;though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food;though the flock is cut off from the […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday, 9th October 2023
St Luke 7:36-50 Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then […]
Sunday Worship 8 October 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 8 March 2023 Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Phil Wall Call to Worship Today is Sunday, a day when Christians across the globe gather together. We gather as communities of faith in God’s created world. We gather to celebrate that no darkness can extinguish light, to remember that […]
Daily Devotion Saturday 7th October 2023
Matthew 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, […]
Daily Devotion Friday 6th October 2023
Luke 13: 6-9 Then [Jesus ] told this parable: ‘Someone had a fig tree planted in their vineyard; and they came looking for fruit on it and found none. So they said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. […]
Daily Devotion Thursday 5th October 2023
Exodus 3:1-2 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, […]