After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized— John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. Now a discussion […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 15 May 2025
St John 3: 1 – 21 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 14 May 2025
St John 2: 13 – 25 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and […]
URC Daily Devotions 13 May 2024
13 May 2025 St John 2: 1 – 12 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ […]
Daily Devotion Monday for 12th May 2025
Monday 12 May 2025 St John 1: 43 – 51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses in the […]
Sunday Worship 11 May 2025
Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Nick Jones Introduction Hello everybody. My name is Rev Nick Jones and I am minister of two United Reformed Churches in Mersey Synod – Chester Road URC in Ellesmere Port, and Heswall URC, where I am speaking to you from today. Thank you for joining me in worship. […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 May 2025
Saturday 10 May 2025 St John 1: 35 – 42 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th May 2025
St John 1: 29 – 34 The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.” I myself […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th May 2025
St John 1: 19-28 This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah.’ And they asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th May 2025
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, ‘This was he of whom I said, “He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before […]