Haggai 1:12-15 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the Lord. Then Haggai, the messenger […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 15th May 2023
Monday, 15 May 2023 Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: Thus says the […]
Haggai and Zechariah
Haggai and Zechariah 1-8 Dear <<First Name>> I hope you’ve found the Joint Public Issue Team’s Six Hopes for Society an interesting way to reflect on our justice making. It’s been good to read them and hear from their interns, and from Simeon Mitchell, our Secretary for Church and Society, in particular. It’s a joy to […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 13th May 2023
Saturday 13th May 2023 Hope for a society that welcomes the stranger Reading Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 12th May 2023
Friday 12th May Hope for a society that welcomes the stranger (part 1) Reading Revelation 7:9-10 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 […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 11th May 2023
Thursday 11th May Hope for a world that actively works for peace (part 2). Reading St Matthew 25:35-40 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me […]
Some More Worship Resources
Some More Resources Dear Friends, Yesterday I sent out the material for this coming Sunday and was then reminded that Christian Aid week starts on Sunday. Christian Aid’s website has a video, a powerpoint for a children’s talk, and an order of service, as well as a lot of information about Malawi which is this year’s […]
Weekly Intercessions and Worship Notes for 14th May
Resources for Worship Dear Friends, Worship is at the heart of our life as God’s people. Whatever else we do, worship is at the core as it is through meeting God – in the hymns and the music, the movement and the silence, the Word and the words, in friend and stranger as well as […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th May 2023
8th May 2023 Hope for a politics characterised by listening, kindness and truthfulness (part 1) Reading Ephesians 4:14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in […]
Sunday Worship 7 May 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 7 May 2023 Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Call to Worship Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! One: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God’s throne! Jesus, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation! Many: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of […]