Come & join us on Sunday 26 March at 11:00 We are delighted that the service on Sunday will be led by the Revd Fiona Bennett, Moderator of General Assembly, and look forward to welcoming her to Trinity. Fiona is minister of Augustine United Church in Edinburgh.  You can read more about her background and experience …

Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 19 March 2023   Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr Alex Clare-Young  Sentences from Psalm 23  God is my shepherd, I shall not want.They enable me to lie down in green pastures; they guide me beside still waters;God restores my soul, guiding me in directions that honour their name.Even though …

inspiration in your inbox Saturday 18 March 2023   St Matthew 21: 23 – 27When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?’  Jesus said to them, …

inspiration in your inbox Friday 17 March 2023   St Matthew 21: 18 – 22In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, …

Come & join us on Sunday 19 March at 11:00 Everyone will be very welcome – especially mothers & grandmothers!  Come and bring your friends. We will celebrate Mothering Sunday, thinking of all those who give the love and care of a mother to the children, young people and adults in our community. It will be a …

Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions for Lent 4 Dear Friends, this week’s Worship Notes for the Fourth Sunday of Lent have been prepared by the Rev’d Dr Alex Clare-Young and can be found here.  Alex examines two of the readings set for today: 1 Samuel 16:1-13  (where Samuel meets Jesse and his sons to discern which of them …

St Matthew 21: 1 – 11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. …

Tuesday 14th March 2023  St Matthew  20: 29 – 34 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. There were two blind men sitting by the roadside. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!’ The crowd sternly ordered them to be quiet; …

St Matthew 20: 20 – 28 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favour of him.  And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, ‘Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your …

Recommended reading! ‘The sun shone on London for 5 October 1972.  Three thousand people, Congregationalists and Presbyterians, gathered to become the United Reformed Church, celebrating the fruition of nine years’ work and full of hope for the future.  Leading churchmen danced in the aisle. They did not rejoice for the creation of a new Church, …