St Matthew 12:1-8  At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.  When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.”  He said to …

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 …

Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 5 November  Today’s service is led by the Revd Walt Johnson   Call to Worship  O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.God’s steadfast love endures forever!From the East and West, from the North and the South, we come.And the Lord has saved us.In our times …

Remembrance Sunday Resource Dear Friends, Many churches will observe Remembrance Sunday next week.  Some may devote the whole of the service to this theme, others will use part of their time together to have an Act of Remembrance.  There are two resources which may help you.   An Order of Service here is based on the …

1 Corinthians 12: 20-26 As it is, there are many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’, nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, …

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 …

Genesis 17.15-22 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.  I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” …