St Luke 16: 1 – 13 Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of […]
Service for Ash Wednesday 5 March 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Introduction Hello and welcome to worship for Ash Wednesday. Today we mark the start of Lent – a time of preparation for Easter. We prepare through attending to the spiritual aspects in our lives, with prayer, giving and maybe through fasting but those preparations are always […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 4 March 2025
St Luke 15: 8 – 10 ‘Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 March 2025
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 […]