St Luke 14: 25 – 34 Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th March 2022
St Luke 14: 15 – 24 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th March 2022
St Luke 14: 1-14 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, ‘Is it lawful […]
Digital Content Assistant Job
Digital Content Assistant Dear Friends, When General Assembly created my new role as Minister for Digital Worship it also agreed to the creation of a support role which has been entitled Digital Content Assistant. This post has now been advertised here. This, Church House based role (which after the probationary period can be hybrid or […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th March 2022
St Luke 13: 10 – 21Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 6th March 2022 – The Revd. Dr Michael Hopkins
Daily Devotions from the URCService for Sunday 6th March 2022The First Sunday of Lent Picture credit: Andra C Taylor Jr/Unsplash The Rev’d Dr Michael Hopkins Introduction Good morning and welcome to worship today. My name is Michael Hopkins, and our service today comes to you from the Spire Church in Farnham, which is a Methodist and […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th March 2022
St Luke 13: 1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, ‘Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you […]
URC Daily Devotion 4 March 2022
St Luke 12: 49 – 59 ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 March 2022
St Luke 12: 35 – 48 ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert […]
500 Years of Lenten Sausages…
Why I shall be eating a sausage for Ash Wednesday 2022,and why you should too! Eating a sausage on Ash Wednesday 2022 marks the 500th anniversary of a very important event, and sausage is far more appropriate than an act of piety at home or in church! The Reformation began in Zurich on Ash Wednesday […]