Reading 1 Kings 10.1-10 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with hard questions. She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 November 2023
St Matthew 12:1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to […]
Worship Notes and Resources for Sunday and Beyond…
Worship Matters Dear Friends, the Church often wonders about its mission. For years we’ve said the Church doesn’t have a mission but is God’s mission in the world – and then we struggle to articulate what that might mean for our life together! Many churches try and discern their work using the Five Marks of […]
Sunday Worship 5 November 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 5 November Today’s service is led by the Revd Walt Johnson Call to Worship O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.God’s steadfast love endures forever!From the East and West, from the North and the South, we come.And the Lord has saved us.In our times […]
Remembrance Sunday Resource
Remembrance Sunday Resource Dear Friends, Many churches will observe Remembrance Sunday next week. Some may devote the whole of the service to this theme, others will use part of their time together to have an Act of Remembrance. There are two resources which may help you. An Order of Service here is based on the […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday, 3 November 2023
1 Corinthians 12: 20-26 As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’, nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, […]
Daily Devotion Thursday 2nd November 2023
inspiration in your inbox Thursday, 2 November 2023 Reading 1 Peter 2: 11 – 12 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Genesis 17.15-22 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday, 31 October 2023
1 Corinthians 13: 1-7, 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday, 30 October 2023
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