1 Timothy 5: 21 – 22 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, I warn you to keep these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality. Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. Reflection The […]
A Prayer following today’s tragic events
A Prayer Following today’s tragic events in Manchester, the URC offers the following prayer for use in personal and corporate worship. It may be reproduced freely. With our Jewish sisters and brothers, we grieve, mourn, and pray,bringing to the Eternal One, our pain and protest, our tears and tenderness, our fears and failures. O Most […]
URC Daily Devotion for 1-10-2025
1 Timothy 5: 17 – 18 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in preaching and teaching; for the scripture says, ‘You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain’, and, ‘The labourer deserves to be paid.’ Reflection Whatever our particular ministry […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 30 September 2025
1 Timothy 5: 3 – 16 Honour widows who are really widows. If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents; for this is pleasing in God’s sight. The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God […]
URC Daily Devotion 29 September 2025
1 Timothy 5: 1 – 2 Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers, to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity. Reflection Sometimes in the New Testament there is a possible confusion in the Greek, since the […]
Sunday Worship 28 September 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Nicola Furley-Smith Introduction Hello, my name is Nicola Furley-Smith and I am the Deputy General Secretary for Ministries. Today’s service is coming to you from Purley United Reformed Church. Call to Worship Happy are those whose hope is in the Lord their God. Praise the Lord, O […]
Daily Devotion for Saturday 27th September 2025
1 Timothy 4: 11 – 16 These are the things you must insist on and teach. Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I arrive, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching. Do not […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 26th September 2025
1 Timothy 4: 6 – 10 If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed. Have nothing to do with profane myths and old wives’ tales. Train yourself in […]
An Update
An Update Dear Friends, I thought I’d take this opportunity to update you on a number of things… Firstly about Worship Notes. The final notes for Creationtide have been added to this coming Sunday’s file, all the October notes have been up for some time and now November’s have been completed. November includes notes for […]
URC Daily Devotion 24 September 2025
1 Timothy 3: 14 – 16 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that, if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. […]