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 …
Romans Dear <<First Name>> I hope you found the reflections we’ve read over the last week from ministers who’ve come to work with the URC from other countries stimulating. We now turn to the letter to the Romans – written by another stranger in a strange land – which has been a key text for Christians …
Hebrews 10:24 – 25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Reflection I came to the UK through the Council …
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. Reflection I come from a crowded country, India, where 1.4 billion people live. Before coming to the UK, I …
Galatians 5: 1 – 15 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. Once again I testify to every man who lets …
Resources for Worship Dear Friends, Worship is at the heart of our life as God’s people. Whatever else we do, worship is at the core as it is through meeting God – in the hymns and the music, the movement and the silence, the Word and the words, in friend and stranger as well as …
This week our service at 11:00 will be led by members of Trinity’s Choir. Inspired by the book, “50 hymns for 50 years” by Anne Sardeson, published by the United Reformed Church, we will reflect on and sing a selection of hymns that tell something of the journey of the URC in its first 50 …
1 Peter 2.11-14 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honourable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge. For the …
Luke 19: 1 – 10 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 …
Let’s stand together in prayer on 12 July for victims of modern slavery and also for political leaders as they deliberate the Illegal Migration Bill. You may be aware that politicians are currently debating new legislation in parliament that, if passed, will have a significant impact on those who are trafficked to the United Kingdom …