Easter Sunday – The Dawn of New Life

Matthew 28:1-10 (NIV) After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a […]

Holy Saturday – Waiting in the Silence

04/04/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone, Uncategorized / No Comments

Matthew 27:62-66 (NIV) The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still […]

Good Friday – The Weight of the Cross

03/04/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone / No Comments

Matthew 27:45-54 (NIV) From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, […]

Maundy Thursday – Love That Serves

02/04/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone / No Comments

John 13:1-17 (NIV) It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved […]

Wednesday of Holy Week – When Foundations Fall

01/04/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone / No Comments

Matthew 24:1-2 (NIV) Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. “Do you see all these […]

Tuesday of Holy Week – Teaching in the Tension

31/03/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth / No Comments

Matthew 21:14-17 (NIV) The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw […]

Monday of Holy Week – Cleansing the Temple

30/03/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone / No Comments

Matthew 21:12-13 (NIV) Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of […]

Palm Sunday – The Unexpected King

29/03/2026 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone / No Comments

Matthew 21:6-10 (NIV) The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit […]

Youth and Family Worker – Old Meeting URC

24/10/2025 / Allan Smith / Old Meeting URC Bedworth

Old Meeting URC is looking for a Youth and Families Worker to work with the Church to promote Mission and Outreach in Bedworth and encourage participation in Church Life.

Advent 4 Reflection – ‘Gabriel’s Message’

22/12/2024 / Allan Smith / Horeston Grange Church, Minister's Blog, Nuneaton URC, Old Meeting URC Bedworth, Trinity Church Atherstone

There are moments when our life changes. It will never be the same again. We have to wonder how it felt for Mary when the angel Gabriel delivered that life-changing […]