Friday 11 November 2022 Acts 25: 23 – 27 So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then Festus gave the order and Paul was brought in. And Festus said, ‘King Agrippa and all […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th November 2022
Acts 25: 13 – 22 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus. Since they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, ‘There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix. When I was in Jerusalem, the chief […]
Weekly Intercessions for Remembrance Sunday
Weekly Intercessions for Remembrance Sunday Dear Friends, As you know each week different ministers prepare intercessions, primarily, for use in Sunday worship. Many people find them useful for personal prayer and for prayer in small groups or Elders’ meetings. We try to have a resonance with the readings, and any theme, for the Sunday. This […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th November 2022
Acts 24: 10 – 27 When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: ‘I cheerfully make my defence, knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation. As you can find out, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem. They did […]
Worship Notes for Remembrance Sunday
Worship Notes Dear Friends, Every week we offer worship to God, bringing our prayers and our pain, our praises and our persistence in many different ways and styles. Our people meet in small and large groups, in church, chapel and community centres, sometimes in fellowship with sisters and brothers from other traditions, sometimes as stand […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday Worship 6th November
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 4 November 2022 Today’s service is led by The Revd Fiona Bennett The Season of Remembrance Introduction Good morning and welcome to the URC’s Sunday Service with Daily Devotions. I am Fiona Bennett, minister of Augustine United URC in Edinburgh and currently also service as the URC’s Moderator […]
URC Daily Devotion 5 November 2022
Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, ‘Get ready to leave by nine o’clock tonight for Caesarea with two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Felix the governor.’ He wrote a letter to this effect: ‘Claudius Lysias to his […]
URC Daily Devotion 4 November 2022
In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy. They went to the chief priests and elders and said, ‘We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 November 2022
inspiration in your inbox Thursday 3 November 2022 Acts 22:30 – 23:11 Since he wanted to find out what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to meet. He brought Paul down and had him stand before them. […]
Intercessions for Sunday 6th November 2022 (or before!)
Weekly Intercessions Dear Friends, In addition to the Worship Notes (which are prepared some months in advance) we also prepare Prayers of Intercessions which can be used by local churches on Sundays, in mid week groups or for personal use. These refer to more up to date news items than is possible in the Worship […]