When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite; and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son
Continue readingTrinity Sunday Dear Friends, Sunday’s service will reflect on the Trinity and is led by the Rev’d Neil Thorogood who is finishing his ministry at Westminster College and preparing to move to Gloucestershire. Our worship is aided by lovely music including part of St Patrick’s Breastplate, John Bell and Graham
Continue readingWednesday 3rd June – Like father, like son… Genesis 26 1 – 16 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to King Abimelech of the Philistines. The Lord appeared to Isaac and
Continue readingTuesday 2nd June 2020 – Esau and Jacob 2 Genesis 25: 29-34 Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. Esau said to Jacob, ‘Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!’ (Therefore he was called Edom.) Jacob
Continue readingMonday 1st June – Esau and Jacob 1 Genesis 25: 19 – 28 These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed
Continue readingSunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 31st May Today’s service is led by the Rev’d Andy Braunston who works with Barrhead, Priesthill, Shawlands and Stewarton URCs in and around Glasgow in Scotland’s central belt. You may wish to light a candle during the Call to Worship You
Continue readingSaturday 30th May – Abraham and Issac Genesis 22: 1 – 19 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as
Continue readingFriday 29th May – Jealousy within the Family Genesis 21: 1 – 21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very
Continue readingThursday 28th May – Lot and His Daughters Genesis 19: 30-38 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our
Continue readingPentecost’s Coming Dear Friends, On Sunday we mark Pentecost – the culmination of the Easter season, the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. This year the 50 joyful days of Easter have felt more like a never ending Lent. As restrictions are
Continue readingWednesday 27th May – Sodom Destroyed Genesis 19: 1 – 25 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. “My
Continue readingTuesday 26th May – Pleading for Sodom Genesis 18:20-33 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> We have now finished our long journey through the Saul – David – Solomon saga. Well done for sticking with the story, the long readings and, I hope, the interesting practical reflections on them. We try to alternate between Old and New Testament and mix various styles of
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