Trinity United Reformed Church Wimbledon
We hope you will be able to join us for our Lent Course, a weekly time of sharing, discussion and prayer, as we read 1 Peter together. In his letter to scattered groups of Christians in what is modern-day Turkey, the apostle Peter ignites imagination and inspires hope for the possibilities of everyday life in a …
Daily Devotions from the URCService for Sunday 6th March 2022The First Sunday of Lent Picture credit: Andra C Taylor Jr/Unsplash The Rev’d Dr Michael Hopkins Introduction Good morning and welcome to worship today. My name is Michael Hopkins, and our service today comes to you from the Spire Church in Farnham, which is a Methodist and …
St Luke 13: 1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, ‘Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you …
St Luke 12: 49 – 59 ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, …
The Service on Sunday 6 March at 11:00 will include the Sacrament of Holy Communion. It will be led by the Revd Alistair Cumming (Church of Scotland minister, Clerk of the Presbytery of England). We look forward to welcoming Alistair back to Trinity. All very welcome. Bible reading: Psalm 91: 1-2 & 9-16 and Luke 4: 1-13. We …
We pray for the people of the Ukraine and the people of Russia, for their countries and their leaders. We pray for all those who are afraid; that your everlasting arms hold them in this time of great fear. We pray for all those who have the power over life and death; that they will …
St Luke 12: 35 – 48 ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert …
Why I shall be eating a sausage for Ash Wednesday 2022,and why you should too! Eating a sausage on Ash Wednesday 2022 marks the 500th anniversary of a very important event, and sausage is far more appropriate than an act of piety at home or in church! The Reformation began in Zurich on Ash Wednesday …
Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered in thousands, so that they trampled on one another, he began to speak first to his disciples, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. Therefore whatever you have said …