St Luke 15: 1 – 7 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of […]
Sunday Worship 2 March 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome Hello and welcome to worship. Today we ponder God’s glory seen in mountain top and on the face of God’s chosen ones. Moses had to veil his face to protect the people from the terror of reflected glory, Paul wanted veiled minds to be liberated […]
URC Daily Devotion 1 March 2025
St Luke 14: 34 – 35 Jesus ‘Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure heap; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’ Reflection In an age where we worry about having too […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 28th February 2025
St Luke 14: 25 – 33 Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 27th February 2025
St Luke 14: 15 – 24 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to […]
URC Daily Devotion 26 February 2025
St Luke 14: 7 – 14 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable. ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and […]
URC Daily Devotion 25 February 2025
St Luke 14: 1 – 6 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, ‘Is […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 24 February 2025
St Luke 13: 31 – 35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I […]
Sunday Worship 23 February 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Sue McCoan Welcome Hello, and welcome to this service of worship for the seventh Sunday after Epiphany. My name is Sue McCoan, and I’m the minister of two churches in West London. It’s good to be with you. Let’s worship God together. Call to Worship Do not fret because […]
URC Daily Devotion 22 February 2025
Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, ‘Lord, will only a few be saved?’ He said to them, ‘Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the […]