St John 12: 14 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Reflection I learnt the wonders of the butterfly life cycle as a child. An egg hatches into a caterpillar, which eats, […]
URC Daily Devotion Good Friday 10th April 2020
Friday 10th April – Good Friday – 12th Station – Jesus Dies “Holocaust” Sieger Koeder St Matthew 27: 46 And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Reflection Jesus Dies. Two very powerful yet overlooked words in our […]
Stations of the Cross for Wednesday in Holy Week
Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross are associated with Catholic, and many Anglican/Episcopalian Churches. They have their origins in the 13th Century when the Franciscan Order started to commemorate Jesus’ journey between Pilate’s court and the Cross. By the 16th Century the devotion had become widespread in Europe and many churches have […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th April 2020
Monday 6th April – Monday in Holy Week – 8th Station – Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem “Nurturing” Sieger Koeder St Luke 23: 28 -31 Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For the days are surely coming when […]
Palm Sunday Service
Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Palm Sunday Today’s service was developed by the Rev’d Andy Braunston who works with Barrhead, Shawlands, Priesthill and Stewarton URCs in and around Glasgow in the central belt of Scotland. Introduction Good morning, my name is Andy Braunston; I work with four churches in and around Glasgow but much […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th April 2020
“With Us” Sieger Koeder (2 versions) Reading: St Luke 14: 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Reflection Today on Palm Sunday, we remember previous years when we may have received a new ‘palm cross’ and hear how the crowds cried “Hosanna!” (‘save us’), which later […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th April
Saturday 4th April – 6th Station – Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus True Icon, Sieger Koeder St Matthew 25: 40 And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Reflection […]
Good Friday Worship
Worship for Good Friday from the United Reformed Church Today’s service has been developed by the Rev’d Andy Braunston who workswith Barrhead, Shawlands, Priesthill and Stewarton URCswhich are either in or near Glasgow. Introduction Good afternoon. My […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd April 2020
Thursday 2nd April 4th StationJesus meets His Mother “No Words” Sieger Koeder St Luke 2: 34-35 Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st April 2020
Wednesday 1st April3rd Station Jesus Falls for the First Time “Cornerstone” Sieger Koder Isaiah 53: 5-7 But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way,and the Lord […]