World Day of Prayer this year was marked on 1st March, with a morning service at The Church on the Heath and an evening service at Fleet Baptist Church. The theme was, ‘I beg you, bear with one another in love’, and the Palestinian Christian women who wrote this worship service invited us to pray […]
A Letter from Revd Andy Braunston, URC Minister for Digital Worship Dear Friends Over the last week or so we’ve all watched with a mixture of horror, admiration, shock, and concern as Russian forces have invaded Ukraine. We’ve read in the news of invading forces being rather unprepared, running out of fuel, and food, and […]
You may like to join with Christians around the world over the 8 days of The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme this year is ‘We Saw His Star in the East’, and materials have been prepared by the Churches of the Middle East. For more information follow this link. Day to day […]
‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus. Through the centuries Christians have gathered at that time to pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit. ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ picks up this tradition. Over the […]
We have received this urgent request for prayers from our brothers and sisters at Palani Mission: “Please pray for India… There is no control over people…they don’t wear masks and they are wandering around everywhere….. Please kindly pray for India… we are in the hands of God, with no words to explain…” This moving video […]
The URC Daily Devotion writers have been asked to write prayers to bring us comfort and spiritual support during the Coronavirus pandemic. We are invited to use these devotions in our private prayers and prayer groups. Each Thursday a new prayer will be published here: https://urc.org.uk/prayers-during-the-pandemic. This week’s, by the Revd Andy Braunston, is reprinted […]
Sunday, 7th February – The Lord Shall Renew Our Strength Welcome to weekly worship with the churches of Fleet and Beacon Hill URC. Today Lay Preacher Karen Smith leads us in praise and prayer in these testing lockdown days when we, more than ever, need to recall the words in Isaiah 40:31 that “The Lord […]
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are inviting the nation to join them in prayer every evening at 6pm during February. They have called upon people of all backgrounds to set aside time each day for prayer – if possible stopping wherever they are at 6pm each evening. The call follows the news last week […]
Sunday, 31st January – Spiritual Strength in Prayer Welcome to weekly worship with the churches of Fleet and Beacon Hill URC. This Sunday we welcomed Lay Preacher Thelma Roberts to lead our worship. Thelma’s chosen reading was from Mark’s Gospel about the early days of Jesus’s ministry, and how Jesus always found Spiritual Strength in […]
A prayer on the day that the pandemic has claimed more than 100,000 lives in the UK Lay preacher Karen Smith writes: If, like me, you feel you need a time of quiet and prayer at the news that more than 100,000 people have died from COVID19, here is a prayer written by John Birch […]
