The Church of Christ the Cornerstone

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Author: Robin.Kyd

Prayer of the Week

Prayer of the Week 10 May 2026

God of abiding presence, you promise not to leave us orphaned,
but to dwell within us through your Spirit.
In the week ahead, when we are uncertain, be our guide. When we are anxious, be our peace.
When we are challenged, be our courage.
Teach us to keep your commandments not as obligation, but as the natural outflow of love.
Give us grace to speak of our hope with gentleness and respect,
and to live in such a way that others may glimpse your life within us.
Amen

Reflections

Poem: The Road Where He Walks Unseen

Inspired by Luke 24:13-35-the Road to Emmaus – a post-resurrection poem. On the road where hope had thinned to thread, and grief spoke louder than memory, you came, unnoticed. Not in lightning or triumph, but in questions, gentle, insistent, opening the sealed rooms of the heart. You walked our pace, held our silence, gathered our fragments...

Reflections

Reflections for Sunday Evening Together, 3 May 2026

1 Peter 2: 2–10, John 14: 1–14 By Revd George Mwaura There is something deeply human about wanting stability. We long for something that does not move when everything else does, something we can rely on when life becomes unpredictable, when health falters, relationships strain, or the future feels unclear. Many of us know what it...

Prayer of the Week

Prayer of the Week 3 May 2026

Risen Lord Jesus, you are the way, the truth, and the life, and in you we are made a holy people.
Build us together as living stones in your spiritual house,
strengthen us to trust you when our hearts are troubled,
and lead us in the path that brings us to the Father; that, proclaiming your goodness,
we may live in your light and share your love in the world;
for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Prayer of the Week

Prayer of the Week 19 April 2026

Gracious God, whose Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread:
open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work;
strengthen us to follow where he leads, and fill us with the power of your Spirit,
through him who died that we might share eternal life with you.
Amen

Reflections

Sermon for Easter 2 Sunday, 12 April 2026

Acts 2: 14a, 22–32 & 1 Peter 1: 3–9 By Tom Donoghue, URC East Midlands Mission Development Officer In the Easter 2 Lectionary readings for today I was intrigued by the New Testament passages which have been read for us. We have a rather intriguing perspective which take us straight to times after Pentecost, after the...

Prayer of the Week

Prayer of the Week 12 April 2026

Victorious Christ, you came among your disciples with peace and turned their fear into joy:
Breathe your Spirit into our lives this week, that we may live with courage,
serve with compassion, and trust you even when we cannot see.
Strengthen our faith, that we may rejoice in the living hope you give,
and be witnesses of your resurrection in the world;
for you are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Prayer of the Week

Prayer of the Week 5 April 2026

Risen and victorious God, who on the first day of the week
raised your Son Jesus Christ from the dead and opened for us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that we who celebrate his resurrection with joy
may be raised from the death of sin to the new life of righteousness.
Strengthen us by your Spirit to live as witnesses of the risen Lord, that through our words and our lives
the good news of forgiveness and new life may be made known to all people.
Amen