Weekly Update #144 – 19 February

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #144 19th February, 2023 From the Minister                           What’s your vision of God? What do you think of this picture and what’s your picture of God? This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday. On this Sunday lots of churches remember the occasion when […]

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Sermon: Is Jesus Setting us up to Fail?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 12th 2023 Matthew 5:21-37 Watch the whole service on YouTube.   According to Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, it’s not just the commandments against murder, adultery, and misusing God’s name we should be observing. No! […]

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Weekly Update #143 – 12 February

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #143 12th February, 2023 From the Minister           Why Does God Let That Happen? At the time of writing more than five thousand people are reported killed in the earthquake which has hit Turkey and Syria. That figure […]

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Weekly Update #142 – 5 February

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #142 5th February, 2023 From the Minister                     Salt and Light Jim* was on kitchen duty for the after-service tea and coffee at Beatitude Place URC*. He switched on the boiler, put out the tea, coffee and biscuits, and refilled […]

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Sermon: The Meek Inherit the Earth – Really?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, January 29th 2023 Matthew 5:1-12 Watch the whole service on YouTube.  (Unfortunately the sound does not come on until 13:30.)   Many people have heard of The Sermon on the Mount, though most don’t realise that it fills […]

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