Saturday 5th December Wait for the Lord The Taizé Community in France was founded by Reformed pastor Roger Schutz who had helped Jews escape over the border into Switzerland during the war. It is an ecumenical community working with the young in particular with distinctive worship based on simple chants. Today’s song takes up the […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th December 2020
Friday 4th December In the popular mind Advent is about preparing for Christmas but we’re also called to prepare for the Second Coming of our Lord. Wesley’s great hymn reminds us of this. Revelation 1: 3 – 8 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who […]
Some More Recorders Needed
Could you Help? Hi folks, we have a small team of people who can, at reasonably short notice, record either a Daily Devotion or a part of a Sunday service. We like to have a variety of voices, especially in the Services. How it Works…. I send out an email asking people to volunteer to […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd December 2020
Wednesday 2nd December Today’s song was written by the 4th Century bishop Ambrose of Milan. He was elected bishop before being baptised or ordained! He became famous for his preaching and was influential in converting St Augustine. Isaiah 9:6-7 For a child has been born for us, a son given to us;authority rests upon his shoulders; and […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 1st December 2020
Tuesday 1st December – The Advent Responsory The Advent Responsory often marks the start of Advent Carol services and comes from the Magnificat and Matins; it reminds us that Advent is intended to be a time of preparation and repentance. We remember Christ’s coming in glory as both judge and saviour. St Matthew 25: 31-33, […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th November 2020
Monday 30th November Philemon Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. When I remember you in […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship – 29th November 2020
URC Daily Devotion Worship for Sunday 29th November 2020Advent 1: ‘Waiting and Longing’ Opening Music Tomorrow – by U2 (abridged) …Won’t you come back tomorrow?Won’t you be back tomorrow?Will you be back tomorrow?Can I sleep tonight?‘Cause I want you, I, I want youI really, I, I want, I, II want you to be back […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th November 2020
Saturday 28th November Hebrews – Final Words Hebrews 13 Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th November 2020
Friday 27th November Hebrews – Unfaithfulness is Punished Hebrews 12: 14 – 29 Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and through it many […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th November 2020
Thursday 26th November Hebrews – Jesus’ Example Hebrews 12: 1 – 13 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the […]