St Columba’s Day in 2019 fell on a Sunday, 9 June, and as it is also 70 years since the church chose the name of St Columba’s, it seemed an appropriate occasion to mark. When the Northumberland Square and Howard Street Presbyterian Churches united in 1949, a new name was needed for the church, which […]
Wearing our Jesus Spectacles
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, June 2nd 2019 Luke 24:44-50; Acts 1:1-11 How many of his here this evening use spectacles? A large majority. As John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons might say, “The eyes have it, the eyes have it”! I’ve worn spectacles […]
Staying Hopeful
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, June 2nd 2019 Acts 16: 25-40; Philippians 3: 2-16 ‘About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them’ (16:25) Well, if they were all chained up, and, if like Paul and […]
The Vision Thing
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 26th May 2019 John 14:25-29; Acts 16:9-15 It’s the vision thing! We are in dire need of the vision thing. ‘During the night Paul had a vision.’ (16:9) Wasn’t he the lucky one. O, that we could all be like Saint Paul, […]
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 19th May 2019 Psalm 148; Acts 11:1-18 ‘Then Peter began to explain it to them, step by step.’ (11:4) The apostles and believers have called upon Peter to give an account of the hope that is in him concerning the place of […]