The United Reformed Church was created by three church unions in 1972, 1981 and 2000. That simple statement does not mention the earlier unions that had created the churches that eventually united to become the URC. This is a living demonstration of the way as members of the URC we do believe in “the holy […]
Daily Devotion 3rd August 2018
Jesus said: ‘When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.” Reflection Recently we enjoyed an afternoon tea in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. We watched couples of all shapes, sizes and ages glide around the ballroom […]
Daily Devotion 2nd August
‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the […]
Daily Devotion 1st August 2018
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s […]
Daily Devotion 31st July 2018
While Jesus was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. Reflection In the Ascension Chapel at Walsingham, a sculpted cloud on the ceiling has two feet hanging from it. Two wounded feet are seen in frozen animation, held there in the sculpture while the rest of the body is hidden […]
Daily Devotion 30th July 2018
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes […]
Daily Devotion 29th July 2018
1 Have mercy on me, Lord;to you my soul holds fast.Your cov’ring wings will shelter meuntil the danger’s past. 2 I cry to God Most High,to God who answers me,For he fulfils his purposesfor me most perfectly. 3 He sends his help from heavenand saves me from above,Rebuking those who seek my life;God sends his […]
Daily Devotion 28th July 2018
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former times did not […]
Daily Devotion 27th July 2018
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge’s bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha. Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, ‘Here is your King!’ They cried out, ‘Away with […]
Daily Devotion 26th July 2018
The angel said to Mary, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. Reflection The Creed refers strangely to two participants in a drama we more usually encounter in wintry […]