Introduction The global theme of the Season of Creation movement in 2024 is “To hope and act with Creation”, and the symbol is “The first fruits of hope”, inspired by Romans 8:19-25 . Reading Romans 8: 19 – 25 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the […]
URC Daily Devotion 29 April 2024
‘otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.’ Proverbs 8: 22 – 31 The Lord created me at the beginning of his work the first of his acts of long ago.Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.When […]
Sunday Worship 28 April 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Sue McCoan Welcome Hello, and welcome to this service of worship for the 5th Sunday of Easter. My name is Sue McCoan, and I’m the minister of two churches in West London. It’s good to be with you. Let’s worship God together. Call to Worship O give […]
URC Daily Devotion 27 April 2024
Luke 15:1-7 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave […]
URC Daily Devotion 26 April 2024
2 Corinthians 6:1-3 As we work together, with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, ‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’ See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 25th April 2024
Reading Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said: ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 24th April 2024
Reading 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10 Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, ‘My […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Reading Acts 17: 20-25 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.) Paul then stood up in the […]
Worship Resources for next Sunday
Worship Matters Dear Friends, the Church often wonders about its mission. For years we’ve said the Church doesn’t have a mission but is God’s mission in the world – and then we struggle to articulate what that might mean for our life together! Many churches try and discern their work using the Five Marks of […]
Sunday Worship 21 April 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Adam Payne Welcome & Call to Worship My name is Adam Payne. I am the minister at Godalming United Church in Godalming, Surrey. I’m honored to have been asked to participate in worship and so I welcome you to this service, no matter where you are joining us […]