When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, ‘This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd February 2025
St Luke 11: 27 – 28 While Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!’ But he said, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!’ Reflection Is this […]
Sunday Worship 2 February 2025
worship to comfort & inspire, excite & energise Order of Service Below you will find the Order of Service, prayers, hymns and sermon for today’s service. You can either simply read this or you can to listen to the service and sing along with the hymns. This will open up a new screen, at the bottom of […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st February 2025
St Luke 11: 14 – 27 Now Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, ‘He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.’ Others, to test him, kept […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 31 January 2025
31 January 2025 St Luke 11: 5 – 13 And he said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.” And […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 30 January 2025
St Luke 11: 1 – 4 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily […]
URC Daily Devotion 29 January 2025
St Luke 10: 38 – 42 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th January 2025
St Luke 10: 25 – 37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th January 2025
inspiration in your inbox Monday 27 January 2025 St Luke 10: 21 – 24 At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, […]
Sunday Worship 26 January 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Nicola Furley-Smith Who’s agenda? Welcome & Call to Worship Good morning and welcome to this morning’s service, which comes to you from Purley United Reformed Church. My name is Nicola Furley Smith and I am the Secretary for Ministries. The Psalmist says: “How clearly the sky reveals God’s […]