inspiration in your inbox Wednesday, 31 January 2024 St Mark 4: 21 – 29 Jesus said to them, ‘Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand? For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except to come […]
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 The Rev’d Simon Copley,
When he was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables; in order that “they may indeed look, but not perceive, and may […]
Monday, 29 January 2024 Alexandra Priddy,
Again Jesus began to teach beside the lake. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the lake on the land. He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to […]
Sunday Worship 28 January 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Nicola Durley-Smith Welcome My name is Nicola Furley-Smith, Secretary for Ministries and today’s service comes from Purley. Call to Worship As Christians living in a broken world, we are aware of the need for healing in our own lives, in the lives of others, and in our world. […]
Saturday, 27 January 2024 The Rev’d Ian Gow Minister:
Saturday, 27 January 2024 St Mark 3: 31 – 35 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ And he replied, ‘Who […]
Friday, 26 January 2024 The Rev’d Dr David Whiting
Friday, 26 January 2024 St Mark 3: 21 – 30 Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ And the scribes who came […]
URC Daily Devotion 25 January 2024
St Mark 3: 13 – 19 He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. So […]
URC Daily Devotion 24 January 2024
St Mark 3: 1 – 12 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Come forward.’ Then he […]
URC Daily Devotion 23 January 2024
St Mark 2: 23 – 28 One sabbath he was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ And he said to them, ‘Have you never read what […]
URC Daily Devotion 22 January 2024
St Mark 2 18 – 37 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As […]