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 […]
URC Daily Devotion 25 January 2025
Saturday 25 January 2025 St Luke 10: 17 – 20 The seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over […]
URC Daily Devotion 24 January 2025
St Luke 10: 13 – 16 Jesus said ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But at the judgement it will be more tolerable for Tyre and […]
URC Daily Devotion 23 January 2025
St Luke 10: 1 – 12 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 22 January 2025
inspiration in your inbox Wednesday 22 January 2025 St Luke 9: 57 – 62 As they were going along the road, someone said to Jesus, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 21 January 2025
inspiration in your inbox Tuesday 21 January 2025 St Luke 9: 51 – 56 When the days drew near for Jesus to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 20 January 2025
St Luke 9: 49 – 50 John answered, ‘Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.’ Reflection What a short, punchy reading […]
Sunday Worship 19 January 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Matt Stone Introduction & Call to Worship Welcome to our worship for this Sunday! My name is Matt Stone; I’m a URC minister in Rotherham and Doncaster. I’m the chair of GEAR – the Group for Evangelism and Renewal in the URC. As we gather to worship I’m going […]
Saturday 18 January 2025
St Luke 9: 46 – 48 An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me […]