Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 26 February 2023 Today’s service is led by The Revd Dr Elizabeth Welch Call to Worship Let us worship God, who, at the beginning, freely offered the gift of creation and who calls us to care for this gift. Let us worship Jesus, who struggled in the wilderness […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 25 February 2023
St Matthew 15: 29 – 39 After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down. Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 24th February 2023
St Matthew 15: 21 – 28 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.’ But he did not answer her at […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 23rd February 2023
St Matthew 15: 1 – 20 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, ‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.’ He answered them, ‘And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? […]
Ash Wednesday Worship
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Ash Wednesday Today’s service is led by The Revd Andy Braunston Call to Worship One: Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming.Many: Yet even now, says the Most High, return to me! One: Return […]
Weekly Intercessions and Worship Notes for Lent 1
Resources for Lent 1 Dear Friends, This week’s Worship Notes for the First Sunday of Lent have been prepared by the Rev’d Dr Elizabeth Welch. They can be found here. All the material for Lent, including for tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, is there too to help you with your (last minute) planning. We’ve also got material […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 20 February 2023 The Rev’d Martin Knight
He came to his home town and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, ‘Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph […]
Sunday Worship 19 February 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 19 February 2023 Today’s service is led by The Revd Andy Braunston Call to Worship Come as eyewitnesses of God’s majesty! We come and worship. Come and give honour and glory to God in your praise and song.We come and worship. Come into God’s light like a lamp shining in […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 18 February 2023 The Rev’d Nicola Furley-Smith,
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. ‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 17 February 2023 John Ellis,
He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as […]