Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions Dear Friends, Millennia ago the prophet Habakkuk, when faced with war, environmental disaster and consequent famine, sung:  Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines;though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food;though the flock is cut off from the …

 Romans 8: 18 – 30 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.  For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God;  for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but …

Romans 8: 12 – 17 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh —  for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  For all who …

Join us this Sunday 13 August at 11:00 for worship inspired by the story of Jesus walking on water and Peter’s attempt to step out amidst the raging sea. When we are overwhelmed by life’s challenges, where do we find solace and rescue? All will be most welcome. After the service we serve fresh coffee …

7th August 2023  Romans 8: 9 – 11 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,  since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of …

Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 6 August 2023  Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston.  Call to Worship  Come and wrestle with the Ancient of Days; feel God’s presence in your minds and bodies, knowing that you will be forever changed by the struggle.  We long to see God, face to …

5 August 2023   Romans 8: 1 – 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.  For God has done what the law, weakened by the …

4 August 2023   Romans 7: 14 – 25 For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin. I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.  Now if I do what …

What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet.’  But sin, seizing an opportunity in the …

Our monthly Communion service will be on Sunday 6 August at 11:00.  The Revd Barbara Pearson (retired URC minister from Tolworth) will lead our worship and all will be most welcome. After the service we serve fresh coffee in the Old Hall, offering a chance to get to know each other better and to welcome …