Tuesday 16th June 2020 – Judah and Tamar from Genesis 38 It happened at that time that Judah … saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; he married her and went in to her. She conceived and bore a son; and he named him Er. Again she conceived and bore a son […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 15th June 2020
Monday 15th June 2020 – Birth and Death Genesis 35: 16 – 26 Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel was in childbirth, and she had a difficult labour. When she was in her difficult labour, the midwife said to her, ‘Do not be afraid; for now you […]
URC Worship for Sunday 14th June The Rev’d Sarah Moore
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 14th June The Rev’d Sarah Moore Introduction Hello. My name is Sarah Moore, and I am currently serving as Transition Champion within the National Synod of Scotland. This is a special category ministry post that aims to work with congregations, and those who lead them, […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 13th June 2020
Saturday 13th June 2020 – The Rape of Dinah from Genesis 34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force. And […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 12th June 2020
Friday 12th June 2020 – Esau and Jacob 6 Genesis 33: 1-17 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. He put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 11th June 2020
Thursday 11th June 2020 – Wrestling with God Genesis 32: 22 – 32 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 10th June 2020
Wednesday 10th June 2020 – Esau and Jacob 5 from Genesis 32 Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him; and when Jacob saw them he said, ‘This is God’s camp!’ So he called that place Mahanaim. Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 9th June 2020
Tuesday 9th June 2020 The rest of the tribe from Genesis 30 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, ‘Give me children, or I shall die!’ Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, ‘Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 8th June 2020
Monday 8th June 2020 – Jacob, Rachel and Leah from Genesis 29 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of the east. As he looked, he saw a well in the field and three flocks of sheep lying there beside it; for out of that well the flocks were […]
Sunday Worship 7th June The Rev’d Neil Thorogood
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 7th June Today’s Service is led by the Rev’d Neil Thorogood Introduction Introit I Bind Unto Myself This Day (St Patrick) I bind unto myself today the strong name of […]