St Matthew 1: 18 – 25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday, 9 October 2025
St Matthew 1: 1 – 17 An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday, 8 October 2025
1 Timothy 6: 11 – 21 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 7 October 2025
1 Timothy 6: 2b – 10 Teach and urge these duties. Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness, is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 6 October 2025
1 Timothy 6: 1 – 2 Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honour, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful to them on the ground that they are members of […]
Sunday Worship 5 October 2025
worship to comfort & inspire, excite & energise Order of Service Below you will find the Order of Service, prayers, hymns and sermon for today’s service. You can either simply read this or you can to listen to the service and sing along with the hymns. This will open up a new screen, at the bottom of […]
URC Daily Devotion for 4-10-2025
1 Timothy 5: 23 – 25 No longer drink only water, but take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some people are conspicuous and precede them to judgement, while the sins of others follow them there. So also good works are conspicuous; and even when […]
URC Daily Devotion for 3-10-2025
1 Timothy 5: 21 – 22 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality. Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. Reflection The […]
A Prayer following today’s tragic events
A Prayer Following today’s tragic events in Manchester, the URC offers the following prayer for use in personal and corporate worship. It may be reproduced freely. With our Jewish sisters and brothers, we grieve, mourn, and pray,bringing to the Eternal One, our pain and protest, our tears and tenderness, our fears and failures. O Most […]
URC Daily Devotion for 1-10-2025
1 Timothy 5: 17 – 18 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in preaching and teaching; for the scripture says, ‘You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain’, and, ‘The labourer deserves to be paid.’ Reflection Whatever our particular ministry […]