30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #258 – Sunday 13th July 2025
Image: The Good Samaritan, by Harold Copping (1863-1932), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour lithograph for the Religious Tract Society, 1907.
Worship Sunday 13th July 10.30 a.m. A Communion service led by the Reverend Dr Trevor Jamison.
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Sunday 20th July 10.30 a.m. A service lead by the Reverend Dr Richard Firth.
Bible readings
Amos 7: 7-17 Prophecy and a plumb line judging the people.
Psalm 82 A call to God to judge the earth with justice.
Deuteronomy 30: 9-14 God will bless you for God’s word is in your heart.
Psalm 25: 1-10 God is good; “therefore he instructs sinners in the way.”
Colossians 1: 1-14 Prayer for wisdom, as the Gospel bears fruit.
Luke 10: 25-37 The parable of the good Samaritan.You can read the Bible passages online at https://www.biblegateway.com/.
News and Notices
Church Prayer Space – This week: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Space available in the church for personal prayer on Tuesday and Sunday mornings.
This week’s reading is Luke 10: 25-37.
Prayer:
Lord, Help us to see the needs of those around us and to have the compassion of the Good Samaritan. May we be willing to help those in need, even when it’s inconvenient. Amen. Photo by LM
An apology
My sincere apologies for my failure to turn up to conduct worship [on 6th July] as planned. Unfortunately I had a puncture on my way to the church which completely ruined the tyre. After various attempts to contact someone at the church and also to contact my breakdown insurance provider I had no success at either. I did, in error, contact Trevor’s wife who said she would let the church know of my predicament. I was in a panic and not thinking straight otherwise I would have contacted a taxi to take us to the church and try to sort out the problem late. However, it is easy to be wise after the event and I didn’t do that. By this time it was getting later and later with the result I never got to North Shields. I am devastated at letting the church down.
God bless,
Rev. Jack Macadam
Summer Serenade – Friday 18th July, 7.15 p.m.
Concert tickets are available from Norma for £10, including refreshments.
Next Update – Sunday 20th July
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Keeping in Touch
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This week’s reading is Luke 10: 25-37.