Genesis 21 The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. And […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 June 2023
Monday, 12 June 2023 Abraham the Pimp Genesis 12: 10 – 20 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘I know well […]
Things They Didn’t Teach You in Sunday School
Things They Didn’t Teach You in Sunday School Dear <<First Name>> I hope you found Janet Tollington’s reflections on Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 interesting as we consider how the Jewish people of old rebuilt their national life at a time when so much in the life of our nations needs renewal and restoration. Day by day […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 10th June 2023
Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Come, let us go to entreat the favour of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ Many peoples and strong nations shall […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 9th June 2023
Zechariah 8:14-19 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Just as I purposed to bring disaster upon you, when your ancestors provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do […]
This Week’s Intercessions and Worship Notes
Resources for Worship Dear Friends, Worship is at the heart of our life as God’s people. Whatever else we do, worship is at the core as it is through meeting God – in the hymns and the music, the movement and the silence, the Word and the words, in friend and stranger as well as […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 June 2023
Zechariah 8:1-8 The word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath. Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall […]
URC Daily Devotion 6 June 2023
Zechariah 7:8-14 The word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgements, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. But they refused to listen, […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday, 5 June 2023
Zechariah 7:1-7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men, to entreat the favour of the Lord, and to ask the priests of the […]
Sunday Worship 4 June 2023
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Call to Worship With cherubim and seraphim, we bind unto ourselves this daythe strong name of the Trinity! By power of faith, Christ’s incarnation, baptism, death and bursting from the spiced tomb, we bind unto ourselves this day:the strong name of the Trinity! By virtue of starlit heaven, […]