St Matthew 25: 1 – 13 ‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday, 10 March 2026
St Matthew 24: 45 – 51 ‘Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 9th March 2026
St Matthew 24: 36 – 44 ‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating […]
Sunday Service 8th March 2026
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 8th March Today’s service is led by The Revd Lisa Moore Wilson Welcome and Introduction Hello, and a warm welcome to you wherever you are listening to this service. We come before God in prayer with our call to worship, let’s pray. Call to Worship O come, let us sing to the Lord; […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 7th March 2026
St Matthew 24: 9 – 35 ‘Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 6th March 2026
St Matthew 24: 1 – 8 As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. Then he asked them, ‘You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all […]
Opening Words for Worship in a Time of War
Opening Words for Worship in a Time of War Dear Friends, One of our more gifted liturgists, the Revd Phil Nevard, has written these words for the opening responses of worship. He is happy for them to be freely used wherever it is helpful. Where rockets and missiles and bullets prevail GOD IS NOT GLORIFIED […]
URC Daily Devotion 4 March 2026
St Matthew 23: 29 – 36 ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, and you say, “If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.” Thus […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 March 2026
St Matthew 23: 23 – 28 ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practised without neglecting the others. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow […]
URC Daily Devotion 2 March 2026
St Matthew 23: 13 – 22 ‘But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a […]