Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Christmas DayThe Rev’d Susan Henderson Opening Music: In Dulce Jubilo, by Mike Oldfield Introduction Good morning and a very happy Christmas to you all today. My name is Susan Henderson, and I am the minister of the Inverclyde Churches of Greenock East, Greenock West, and Port Glasgow United Reformed […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday December 24, 2021 The Reverend Carole Elphick.
Friday 24th December 2021St Luke 1: 67 – 80 Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them.He has raised up a mighty saviour for us in the house of his servant […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday December 23, 2021
St Luke 1: 57 – 66 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday December 22, 2021The Reverend Dr Matthew Prevett,
St Luke 1: 46 – 56 And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday December 21, 2021The Reverend Sue Henderson
Tuesday December 21, 2021 St Luke 1: 39 – 45 In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with […]
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URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 19th December 2021 – Advent 4 – The Revd. Jonnie Hill
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for the Fourth Sunday of Advent19th December 2021 Phil Hearing / Unsplash The Rev’d Jonnie Hill Opening Music: The Magnificat Sung by Aubrey Brawner & Kate Templeton from St Peter’sEpiscopal Church Savannah, Georgia. Introduction Good morning! And welcome to this service of worship for the fourth Sunday of Advent. I’m the […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday December 18, 2021
St Luke 1: 1 – 24 Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday December 17, 2021
Romans 8:28-35 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday December 16, 2021
Witnessing to God’s love 11 (read by Hilary Eveleigh) Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came […]