Daniel 8: 15 – 27 When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man, and I heard a human voice by the Ulai, calling, ‘Gabriel, help this man understand the vision.’ So he came near where I stood; and when […]

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Daniel 8: 1 – 14 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me at first.  In the vision I was looking and saw myself in Susa the capital, in the province of Elam, and I was by the river […]

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Daniel 7: 15 – 28 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me.  I approached one of the attendants to ask him the truth concerning all this. So he said that he would disclose to me the interpretation of the matter:  ‘As for these four […]

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Worship Notes and Intercessions Dear Friends, Just a reminder than the Worship Notes for September and October are loaded up on the URC website.  Go to urc.org.uk click on the Your Faith link, then select Prayer and Worship, and then Worship Notes. Elizabeth Welch has kindly provided intercessions for Sunday 8th September which can be […]

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Daniel 6: 19 – 28 Then, at break of day, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions. When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously to Daniel, ‘O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you faithfully serve been able to deliver you […]

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 Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston  Welcome Welcome to worship for this the first Sunday of Creationtide.  Over 30 years ago the then Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople asked Christians and all believers to pray for the environment on the 1st of September.  This has become now an ecumenical season of the Church’s […]

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Although Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open towards Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously. The conspirators came and […]

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Daniel 6: 1 – 8 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom,and over them three presidents, including Daniel; to these the satraps gave account, so that the king might suffer no loss. Soon Daniel distinguished himself above all the other presidents and satraps because […]

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Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, ‘So you are Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? I have heard of you that a spirit of the gods is in you, and that enlightenment, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in […]

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