United Reformed Church Daily Devotions Service for Sunday 24th October 2021Dorothy Courtis Introduction Hello. My name is Dorothy Courtis and I’m a lay preacher in East Anglia, a member and elder at Wortwell URC in the Waveney Valley Ecumenical Partnership. Call to Worship We lift up our eyes to the hills— from where will our help come? Our help […]
Newstand – November 2021
PDF version to view online or download: Newstand 2021-11 November A5 final NOTE: This month’s Newstand is formatted onto A5 pages rather than A4 as has been used in previous months. This should only be an issue if you print the PDF, where you should specify to print as a booklet on A4 paper, double-sided, […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday October 23, 2021
Saturday October 23, 2021 Proverbs 12: 25 – 26 Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.The righteous gives good advice to friends, but the way of the wicked leads astray. Reflection Most of us have experienced the familiar twinge of anxiety in our lives, whether it’s anxiously […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday October 22, 2021
Friday October 22, 2021 Proverbs 12: 22 – 23 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly. Reflection It might (or might not) have been Abraham Lincoln who said “Better to remain […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday October 21, 2021
Thursday October 21, 2021 Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight. Reflection In these days of pre packaged food and a move, during my lifetime, to metric weights and measures this verse seems a little odd. We have laws, and local councils have […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday October 20, 2021
Wednesday October 20, 2021 Proverbs 9: 7 – 12 Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th October 2021
Proverbs 8: 22 – 36 The Lord created me [Wisdom] 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 there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.Before the mountains had been […]
URC Daily Devotion 18th October 2021
Proverbs 8: 1 – 13 Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:‘To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live. O simple ones, […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 17th October 2021 – The Revd. George Watt
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Sunday 17th OctoberPhoto Credit John Cameron Unsplash The Rev’d George Watt Good morning. My name is George Watt. I am Moderator of Thames North Synod. I am married to Linda and have three sons, Nathan, Jacob and Reuben – some of you may know that Reuben is currently […]
URC Daily Devotion 16th October 2021
Saturday October 16, 2021 Proverbs 6: 16 – 19 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil, a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family. […]