Worship Notes Dear Friends, I hope you are enjoying Lent! I’m pleased to say that a complete set of Worship Notes for April are now loaded up onto the website here https://urc.org.uk/your-faith/prayer-and-worship/worship-notes/ We have also three of the four notes needed for May loaded up and three of the five needed for June. It’s unlikely the […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 11th March 2025
St Luke 17: 11 – 19 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them, ‘Go and show yourselves […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 10th March 2025
St Luke 17: 1 – 9 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come! It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these […]
Sunday Worship 9 March 2025
Before we consider some answers to those opening questions, let us sing together a song of adoration based on Psalm 42, which echoes in the deep yearning for God within each of us. Hymn As the Deer Pants For The WaterMartin Nystrom © 1983 Restoration Music OneLicence # A-734713 Performed by Emmaus Music and […]
URC Daily Devotion 8 March 2025
St Luke 16: 19-31 ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come […]
Prayer for the Covid 19 Day of Reflection
Covid 19 Day of Reflection Dear <<First Name>> The UK Government has asked people to use Sunday 9th March as a day to reflect on Covid 19 as we approach the 5th anniversary of the first lockdown. This is one of the ten recommendations set out by the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration. It is suggested […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 6 March 2025
St Luke 16: 1 – 13 Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of […]
Service for Ash Wednesday 5 March 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Introduction Hello and welcome to worship for Ash Wednesday. Today we mark the start of Lent – a time of preparation for Easter. We prepare through attending to the spiritual aspects in our lives, with prayer, giving and maybe through fasting but those preparations are always […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 4 March 2025
St Luke 15: 8 – 10 ‘Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the […]
URC Daily Devotion 3 March 2025
St Luke 15: 1 – 7 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of […]