St Luke 6: 6 – 11 On another sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. Even though he knew what […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 12th December 2024
St Luke 6: 1 – 5 One sabbath while Jesus was going through the cornfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’ Jesus answered, ‘Have you not read what David […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 11th December 2024
St Luke 5: 33 – 39 Then they said to Jesus, ‘John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.’ Jesus said to them, ‘You cannot make wedding-guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 December 2024
inspiration in your inbox 10 December 2024 St Luke 5: 27 – 32After this Jesus went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 December 2024
inspiration in your inbox 9 December 2024 St Luke 5: 17 – 26One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting nearby (they had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. Just then some men […]
Sunday Worship 8 December 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Elaine Colechin Words of Scripture “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;for you will go before the Lord to prepare this ways,to give knowledge of salvation to his people.”Luke 1:76-77a Welcome and Introduction On this second Sunday of Advent when we are reminded […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 December 2024
St Luke 5: 12 – 16Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ Then Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, […]
URC Daily Devotion 6 December 2024
St Luke 5: 1 – 11Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into […]
Thursday 5 December 2024 The Revd Jacky Embrey,
Thursday 5 December 2024 St Luke 4: 42 – 44 At daybreak Jesus departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, ‘I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of […]
Wednesday 4 December 2024 The Revd Jenny Mills,
After leaving the synagogue he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her. Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. As the sun was setting, all those who had any […]