Esther 3: 7 – 14 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur—which means ‘the lot’—before Haman for the day and for the month, and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. Then […]
Sunday Worship 4 August 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome As Dolly Parton’s song, highlighting how hard work doesn’t bring riches or reward, fades into the background we come to worship the One who freely gives us bread from heaven. God invites us all, without regard to wealth or riches, to the feast. God shows […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 August 2024
Esther 3: 1 – 6 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the officials who were with him. And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so […]
URC Daily Devotion 2 August 2024
Esther 2: 12 – 23 The turn came for each girl to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their cosmetic treatment, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics for women. When the girl […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 1st August 2024
Thursday, 1 August 2024 Esther 2: 5 – 11 Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite. Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of […]
Devotions, Worship Notes and Intercessions
Devotions, Worship Notes, & Intercessions Dear Friends, I hope you found John Proctor’s four week study of Hebrews useful. It’s not a book we tend to know well and I hope spending such a concentrated time on it has helped us understand it better. You will have seen we’ve moved on now to to the […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 30th July 2024
Esther 1: 13 – 22 Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws (for this was the king’s procedure towards all who were versed in law and custom, and those next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media, who had access to […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 29th July 2024
Esther 1: 1 – 12 This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for […]
Sunday Worship 28 July 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome Like Bonnie Tyler we might be holding out for a hero! In our culture we tend to like the larger than life figures that capture the national imagination. We’re just over a General Election campaign where for 6 long weeks our political leaders offered their […]
Intercessions for Tomorrow
Intercessions Dear Friends, I’ve been on leave this week so didn’t get these out earlier; please accept my apologies. Ruth Watson has produced these intercessions for tomorrow designed to reflect the themes in the service in the Worship Notes. With every good wish Andy The Rev’d Andy BraunstonMinister for Digital Worship