Saturday 16th January St Mark 3: 13 – 30 St Mark 3: 13 – 30 He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 15th January 2021
Friday 15th January St Mark 3: 1 – 12 St Mark 3: 1 – 12 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 14th January 2021
Thursday 14th January St Mark 2: 18 – 27 St Mark 2: 18 – 27 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot fast […]
URC Daily Devotion 13th January 2021
Wednesday 13th January St Mark 2: 13 – 17 Jesus went out again beside the lake; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them. As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed […]
URC Daily Devotion 12th January 2021
Tuesday 12th January St Mark 2: 1 – 12 When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them. Then some people […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th January 2021
Monday 11th January St Mark 1: 35 – 45 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, ‘Everyone is searching for you.’ He answered, […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 8th January 2021
Friday 8th January St Mark 1: 14 – 20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;[k] repent, and believe in the good news.’ As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 7th January 2021
Thursday 7th January St Mark 1: 1 – 13 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 6th January 2021- We Three Kings
Wednesday 6th January – We Three Kings John Henry Hopkins, a priest of the Episcopal Church in America wrote this for a Christmas pageant and it has become a firm favourite though often banished from our hymnbooks! It theologies the meaning of the three gifts. St Matthew 2: 7-11 Then Herod secretly called for the […]
Faith in Lockdown
Hello Lockdown My Old Friend…. Dear Friends, Now all the nations of the UK are in various forms of lockdown I thought it might be useful to remind you that, even in these difficult times, we will still be sending out a daily reading, reflection and prayer early each morning AND, every Sunday, we will still […]