Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church Service for Sunday 3rd April 2022The Fifth Sunday of Lent Photo credit Christina Deravedisian/unsplash  Introduction Good morning.  I am the Revd Dr Janet Tollington.  Until 2016 I taught Old Testament and Hebrew at Westminster College; and I now continue to serve the church in diverse ways in retirement. I’m a member …

inspiration in your inbox Saturday 2 April 2022  St Luke 20: 27 – 47  Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him  and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man  shall marry the widow and …

We look forward to the service on Sunday 3 April at 11:00. This will be led by the Revd Andy Twilley (Southern Synod’s Training & Development Officer).  Holy Communion will NOT be celebrated this Sunday.  Our next Communion services will be on Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday. The Bible reading will be  1 Peter 1: 1-2. …

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Friday 1 April 2022  St Luke 20: 20 – 26 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. So they asked him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are …

After carrying out extensive listening to the opinions of many local residents and selecting its priorities at an assembly in which a group of Trinity members participated, Merton Citizens are hosting a pre-election Assembly. The assembly is an opportunity for local Merton party political leaders and the member organisations of Merton Citizens to come together …

St Luke 20: 9 – 18 He began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time.  When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the …

St Luke 20: 1 – 8 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?’ He …

St Luke 19: 28 – 48 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you …

St Luke 19: 1 – 27 He entered Jericho and was passing through it.  A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.  So he ran ahead …