Trinity United Reformed Church Wimbledon
Carving of Rǫgnvaldr in Kirkwall Cathedral Introduction It was through his mother, Gunnhildr, that Rǫgnvaldr had a claim on the Orkney earldom. He grew up in Norway and, at the age of 29, was appointed Earl of Orkney and Shetland by the Norwegian King Sigurd I. The title wasn’t too accurate and it was anticipated …
Tuesday 18 April 2023 St Cuthbert (634-687) photo credit British Museum, Creative Commons Licence Introduction Cuthbert grew up in what is now North Northumberland/the Scottish Borders, entering the monastic life at Old Melrose under the tuition of St Boisil. Cuthbert moved on from Melrose to Lindisfarne upon the death of Aidan. Monk, a most reluctant …
inspiration in your inbox Monday 17 April 2023 Dorothy Day, Servant of God Photo Mottke Weisman, Loaves and Fishes Introduction Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist, and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social and anarchist activism. Raised …
inspiration in your inbox Sunday 16 April 2023 – Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you;O Lord God, hear me calling.Incline your ear to my distressin spite of my rebelling.Do not regard my sinful deeds.Send me the grace my spirit needs;without it I am nothing. 2 All things you send are full …
Introduction Irish folklore abounds with stories of St Brigid of Kildare, born around 455 CE, the daughter of a powerful chieftain Dubhtach and a Christian slave girl. The young Brigid was wearingly generous…with the property of her father! She gave away his cattle, his supply of freshly churned butter – and on one occasion …
A modern depiction of St Guinefort by L Bower used with permission Introduction Our saint today is so on the edge that he falls off the perimeter of orthodoxy and acceptability for many. He is St Guinefort, the holy greyhound. In the thirteenth century a Dominican monk named Etienne de Bourbon documented, in disapproving terms, …
Thursday 13 April 2023 Magnús Erlendsson, martyr 1080 – 1117 Image from an article by the the BBC here Introduction Magnus’s grandfather was Thorfinn Sigurdsson, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty and Earl Thorfinn. He had twin sons, Erlend and Paul, who after Thorfinn’s death went on to serve as joint Earls of Orkney. In …
Watch the live stream of the Service of Thanksgiving on April 15th starting at 2.00pm. The links to watch the service will available on the URC website www.urc.org.uk/50 later this week. You will be able to watch the service again on our YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/URCUK .
Our worship on Sunday 16 April at 11:00 will be led by the Revd Simon Asquith of Holy Trinity Church, Wimbledon. We look forward to welcoming Simon back to Trinity. The Bible readings will be from Exodus 14: 10-31 and John 20: 19-23. Our Chinese Group will have a time of worship together in the …
Wednesday 12 April 2023 St Aiden (590-651) Introduction St Aidan was an Irish monk, and a member of the monastic community on Iona. When the community first sent Cormán from their monastery to evangelise Northumbria at King Oswald’s request, the mission failed. Cormán returned testily blaming the hard-heartedness and obstinacy of the Northumbrians. In their …