Luke 8:40-56Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th May 2024
inspiration in your inbox Friday 17th May 2024 Luke 8: 1-3Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 16th May 2024
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying,‘Salvation belongs to our God who […]
Worship Resources for Pentecost
Pentecost Resources Dear Friends, On Sunday the Church celebrates Pentecost as the Easter season draws to a close and we focus on how the Holy Spirit propels the Church into mission in the complexities of our world. The Revd Cara Heafey has prepared this week’s Worship Notes. Cara suggests having a party theme for the younger […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 14th May 2024
Tuesday 14th May 2024Religious oppression of Queer minorities. Reading Isaiah 56: 1-8 Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right,for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. Happy is the mortal who does this, the one who holds it fast,who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and refrains from doing any evil. Do […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 13th May 2024
Monday 13th May 2024 Reading Mark 5: 24-34 So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was […]
Sunday Worship 12 May 2024
Introduction Hello. I am the Revd Jenny Mills, and I serve the URC in my role as Secretary for Education and Learning and am a member of Church Without Walls in Milton Keynes. I am pleased to be able to join with you in worship today, following the week where we celebrate the Ascension of […]
Daily Devotion for Saturday 11th May 2024
Reading 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 10th May 2024
Reading Isaiah 58:3-6 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it?Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarrelling and strife, and in striking each other […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 9th May 2024
Reading Luke 4: 17-19 He [Jesus] unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to […]