Saturday 20th April Reading Luke 23:23-26 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. So Pilate decided to grant their demand. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will. As […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 19th April 2024
Reading 2 Timothy 4:1-5 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 18th April 2024
Reading 1 Corinthians 1:18-21 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’Where is the one who is […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 17th April
Reading 1 Peter 3:13-16 Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to […]
URC Daily Devotion 16 April 2024
Romans 10:13-15 For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And […]
URC Daily Devotion 15 April 2024
Matthew 16:24-26 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the […]
Sunday Worship 14 April 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Introduction Hello, and a warm welcome to worship today. My name is Peter Ranscombe – I’m a freelance journalist and copywriter, and I’m a locally-recognised lay preacher at Saughtonhall United Reformed Church in Edinburgh. Let’s begin our worship today with a word of prayer – let us pray… […]
Daily Devotion for Saturday 13th April 2024
Information Father John B. Giuliani was born Greenwich, Connecticut in 1932, to Italian immigrants to America. After studying art for three years he studied for the Catholic priesthood and was ordained in 1960. After some years teaching Fr Giuliani was given permission to establish a small monastic community of brothers who lived and worshipped together […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 12 April 2024
Information This is the work of Filipino artist Emmanuel Garibay, an artist who has received wide recognition in his native country for his challenging and moving realist images of Filipino society. He is a person of great warmth with a steely eye for injustice and pompous self righteousness. In a country that is mainly Christian, […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 11th April 2024
image used with the artist’s kind permission Information Alma Lee lives in rural Wisconsin and notes that she sits down to work and never knows what is going to come out. She des not usually do preliminary drawings or plan or pray, but merely open herself to the flow of Christ and sees what […]