St Luke 2: 41 – 52 Now every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents […]
Sunday Worship 24 November 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Nicky Gilbert Introduction Welcome to this service for 24th of November the day for the traditional feast of Christ the King. I am Nicky Gilbert, a non-stipendiary Area Minister in the Wessex Synod on the south coast of England. As we near the season of Advent, we join […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 23 November 2024
Luke 1: 67 – 80 Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them.He has raised up a mighty saviour for usin the house of his servant David,as he spoke through […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 22 November 2024
St Luke 1: 57 – 66 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 21 November 2024
St Luke 1: 5 – 24 In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 20th November 2024
St Luke 1: 1 – 4 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 19th November 2024
inspiration in your inbox Tuesday 19 November 2024Safeguarding 8 Let us build a (safe) house Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 18th November 2024
1 Timothy 3: 1 – 13 The saying is sure: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money. He must […]
Sunday Worship 17 November 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Introduction Hello and welcome to worship for Safeguarding Sunday. As we hear Tracy Chapman’s haunting song about domestic violence fade away we think about this year’s theme for Safeguarding Sunday “let’s talk about it”. For some this will mean talking about what’s happened to them, for […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 16th November 2024
2 Samuel 11: 1-5, 26: 12:7 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and […]