A Wee Update Dear Friends, The Services Many of you have been asking if the Daily Devotion services will continue now that dates have been set, in England at least, for when churches may offer public worship again. We are conscious that not every congregation will wish to resume public worship straight away given our […]
Worship for Sunday 28th June, The Rev’d Dr Susan Durber
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 28th June Today’s service is led by the Rev’d Dr Susan Durber Introduction Good morning, and welcome to worship! My name is Susan Durber and I am the minister of the United Reformed Church in Taunton, the county town of […]
A Strange bit of Latin
We’re not sure why…. Hi folks, some of you who receive the Devotions as plain text seemed to have received just the placeholder Latin text this morning and not the devotion nor reading. Some of you have got upset by this thinking we’re now sending the Devotions out in Latin! We’re not. The templates start […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 26th June 2020
Friday 26th June 2020 – Bricks without Straw Exodus 5 Afterwards Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Let my people go, so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness.”’ But Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should heed him and […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 25th June 2020
Thursday 25th June 2020 – Moses returns to Egypt Exodus 4: 18 – 31 Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, ‘Please let me go back to my kindred in Egypt and see whether they are still living.’ And Jethro said to Moses, ‘Go in peace.’ The Lord said to Moses in […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 24th June 2020
Wednesday 24th June 2020 – Moses Commissioned Exodus 4:1 – 17 Then Moses answered, ‘But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, “The Lord did not appear to you.”’ The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ He said, ‘A staff.’ And he said, ‘Throw it on the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Tuesday 23rd June 2020 – The Divine Name Exodus 3: 13 – 22 But Moses said to God, ‘If I come to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your ancestors has sent me to you”, and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’ God said to Moses, […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 22nd June 2020
Monday 22nd June 2020 – The Burning Bush Exodus 3: 1 – 12 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out […]
Worship for Sunday 21st June The Rev’d Richard Church
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 21st June The Rev’d Richard Chuch Good Morning! My name is Richard Church. My role, for a few more weeks, is as Deputy General Secretary (Discipleship) and I live in Streatham, South West London and I am speaking to you from my home. Call to Worship We meet in […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 20th June 2020
Saturday 20th June 2020 Moses Flees to Midian Exodus 2:11-25 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labour. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him […]