St Luke 21 5-19 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, ‘As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.’ They asked him, ‘Teacher, when […]
URC Daily Devotion 1 April 2025
1 April 2025 St Luke 21: 1 – 4 Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have […]
URC Daily Devotion 31 March 2025
St Luke 20 : 41 – 47 Then Jesus said to them, ‘How can they say that the Messiah is David’s son? For David himself says in the book of Psalms, “The Lord said to my Lord,‘Sit at my right hand,until I make your enemies your footstool.’” David thus calls him Lord; so how can […]
URC Daily Devotion for Sunday 30th March 2025
We give thanks to you, O God,we give thanks and call upon your name.We recount your wonderful deeds. “When I reach the appointed time,then I will judge with justice.Though the earth and all who dwell in it may rock,it is I who uphold its pillars. To the boastful I say: ‘Do not boast,’to the wicked: […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th March 2025
St Luke 20: 20 – 26 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. So they asked him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are right in what you […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th March 2025
St Luke 20: 8 – 19 Jesus began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th March 2025
inspiration in your inbox Wednesday 26 March 2025 St Luke 20: 1-8 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it […]
Tuesday 25th March 2025
St Luke 19: 45 – 48 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there; and he said, ‘It is written, “My house shall be a house of prayer”; but you have made it a den of robbers.’ Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, […]
Monday 24th March 2025
As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround […]
Sunday Worship 23 March 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Lance Stone Welcome Hello and welcome to our service of worship. My name is Lance Stone. I’m a retired United Reformed Church minister. I’ve served the URC in London and in Cambridge. I’ve also served the Church of Scotland in Aberdeen and Amsterdam. Let us begin with […]