Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd;there is nothing I shall want.Fresh and green are the pastureswhere he gives me repose.Near restful waters he leads me,to revive my drooping spirit. He guides me along the right path;he is true to his name.If I should walk in the valley of darknessno evil would I fear.You are […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday, 9 March 2024
St Mark 12: 18 – 27 Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. There were […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday, 8 March 2024
St Mark 12: 13 – 17 Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said. And they came and said to him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday, 7 March 2024
St Mark 12: 1-12 Then he began to speak to them in parables. ‘A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watch-tower; then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the season came, he sent a slave to the […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday, 6 March 2024
inspiration in your inbox Wednesday, 6 March 2024 St Mark 11: 27 – 33 Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?’ […]
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Reverend Margaret Ali
Tuesday, 5 March 2024 St Mark 11: 15-19 Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves; and he would not […]
Monday 4th March 2024 John Collings
St Mark 11: 12 – 14, 20-25 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the […]
Sunday 3rd March 2024 Reverend Sue Cossey
Parched as burnt clay is my throat,my tongue cleaves to my jaws. Many dogs have surrounded me,a band of the wicked beset me.They tear holes in my hands and my feetand lay me in the dust of death. I can count every one of my bones.These people stare at me and gloat;they divide my clothing […]
Covid Memorial Day on Sunday
Covid Memorial Day on Sunday 3rd March Dear Friends, Covid Memorial Day is observed on the anniversary of the first death from Covid in the UK. The URC has made the following prayer available for personal and public prayer. It may be used freely. O Most High,source of all that lives,we still remember those […]
Friday, 1 March 2024 John Collins
They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered […]