Sunday Worship from theUnited Reformed Church’s Daily Devotions5th July 2020 The Rev’d Ruth Browning Introduction Good morning, welcome to our worship this morning. My name is Ruth Browning and I am speaking to you from our home in South Gloucestershire. At the
Continue readingSunday 5th July Psalm 4 1 O God, defender of the poor,have mercy when I pray:you listened to my prayer beforeLord, hear my prayer today! 2 How long will people choose vain things,love empty words and wrong?They scorn to serve the King of kingsO living God, how long? 3
Continue readingSaturday 4th July Jonah 4 Jonah 1:11-16 Then they said to him, ‘What shall we do to you, that the sea may quieten down for us?’ For the sea was growing more and more tempestuous. He said to them, ‘Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the
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To that end we as a fellowship have prayerfully decided that the risk is too great at this present moment in time to open our doors. Though this is regretful to us we need to consider the most vunerable in our congregation and thus have decided to delay any
Continue readingFriday 3rd July Jonah 3 Jonah 1:7-10 The sailors said to one another, ‘Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know on whose account this calamity has come upon us.’ So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Then they said to him, ‘Tell us why
Continue readingJonah 1:4-6 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a mighty storm came upon the sea that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the
Continue readingSunday’s Coming Dear Friends, I hope you can join us on Sunday when the Rev’d Ruth Browning, a retired minister living in Gloucestershire, will be leading worship for us. As usual the email will be sent out in time for a 10am start but the service can be listened to
Continue readingWednesday 1st July Jonah 1 Jonah 1:1-3 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, ‘Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.’ But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish
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I guess that some of our responses are shaped by our personal experience of what we have been through during this period and how it has affected us, but certainly for all of us it has been a time to think about what is important to us and reassess what
Continue readingTuesday 30th June 2020 – Aaron’s Rod Exodus 7: 8 – 13 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘When Pharaoh says to you, “Perform a wonder”, then you shall say to Aaron, “Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.”’ So Moses and
Continue readingMonday 29th June 2020 – Moses’ fear Exodus 6: 28 – 7:7 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, he said to him, ‘I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.’ But Moses said in the
Continue readingSunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 28th June Today’s service is led by the Rev’d Dr Susan Durber Introduction Good morning, and welcome to worship! My name is Susan Durber and I am the minister of the United Reformed Church in
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But where has the church been in this time in all these feelings, well for some the church has been deployed as there is so much more we are doing together now in an average week than we did before, we are sharing fellowship together by internet and telephone in
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If you wish you need only put your initial or the other person’s initial, God will know who you are asking prayer for. Also, you do not have to put a reason for the prayer, if you do not wish to, God will know your needs. An example might
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How different those familiar words felt this Easter, indeed much of the familiar things in life have changed over the past few weeks and yet, however uncomfortable and difficult these times are, we look to God in the resurrection of Christ as we hear again ‘I am with you always,
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CORONAVIRUS An Update on ‘Seaside Rock’ – Holiday Club 2020 After discussions within the church, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided NOT to go ahead with Holiday Club 2020 this year. It was a hard decision for us to make but was made for the safety
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I have found a real passion for God amongst us and an openness in the safety of the groups to share honest thoughts and views, however, I still hear about the difficulty people feel about sharing their faith outside church. It is interesting that as I look at my own
Continue readingThe Easter Club held at Gracious St. Methodist church is open to all children whether they attend a church or not. There will be games, teaching and lots of fun. Please contact June Graham on 7759619780 or on ctikeasterclub@gmail.com in order to book your child a place or to volunteer
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After the meal our Minister ‘interviewed’ Warren about his life both past and present. He revealed how he had idolised body builders such as Stallone and so forth and started to work out in gyms etc. Eventually he gained a place on the Gladiators programme and became a household name.
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There were about forty people who attended at our church in the afternoon for approximately an hour’s service, followed by refreshments. It was a lovely service and we Thank those who participated and set up the church with fabrics and colours of Zimbabwe.
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