St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14th June 2020 Image: Sourced from New Statesman; © Giulia Spadafora/Nurphoto via Getty Images From the Minister – Getting Rid of Statues Many of us will have seen images of Edward Colston’s statue being tipped into the river in […]
Evening Reflection for 7 June
EVENING REFLECTION FOR ST COLUMBA’S NORTH SHIELDS Provided by Dr Ann Sinclair OPENING SENTENCES Lord, come among us this evening, In the quiet let us be aware of your presence Let us be aware of your breath Let us be aware of your arms holding us in love. AMEN Prayer of Confession God […]
Weekly Update #12: Sunday 7 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #12: Sunday 7th June 2020 – Trinity Sunday From the Minister – Celebrating, not Explaining Many preachers are breathing a sigh of relief this Sunday because they are not going to have to preach a sermon to explain the doctrine of […]
Rediscovering Rowland
Kris Grey of the Square Building Trust Ltd speaks in a special video featuring the life of its founder, Rowland Lishman. This was prepared for Local History Month for the Old Low Light Heritage Centre. Rowland was also a former Elder and Session Clerk of the Northumberland Square Presbyterian Church, and led the Mens’ Bible […]
Sermon: Jonah Chapter 3
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at an evening service at Brentwood United Reformed Church in Essex in 2011. Then, as now, the Brentwood congregation was part of a three-congregation pastorate with the URC in Ingatestone and Billericay. The sermon begins refers to a hymn by the URC Minister, John Campbell, retelling Jonah’s […]