inspiration in your inbox Friday 17 March 2023 St Matthew 21: 18 – 22In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, […]
Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions
Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions for Lent 4 Dear Friends, this week’s Worship Notes for the Fourth Sunday of Lent have been prepared by the Rev’d Dr Alex Clare-Young and can be found here. Alex examines two of the readings set for today: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (where Samuel meets Jesse and his sons to discern which of them […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 15th March 2023
St Matthew 21: 1 – 11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 14th March 2023
Tuesday 14th March 2023 St Matthew 20: 29 – 34 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!’ The crowd sternly ordered them to be quiet; […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 13th March 2023
St Matthew 20: 20 – 28 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, ‘Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your […]
Sunday Worship 12 March 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 12 March 2023 Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Adam Scott Introduction & Call to Worship Welcome to worship on this the third Sunday of Lent. My name is Adam Scott and I’m the Principal of Northern College. We join together in the name of God: Creator, Christ and […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th March 2023
‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the market-place; and he […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th March 2023
Then someone came to him and said, ‘Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?’ And he said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.’ He said to him, ‘Which ones?’ […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th March 2023
9th March 2023 St Matthew 19: 13 – 15 Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th March 2023
8th March 2023 St Matthew 19: 1 – 12 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there. Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man […]