Once again friends of St Columba’s have been busy packing shoeboxes to send to children in poor countries for Christmas. It is now 25 years since Operation Christmas Child has been run by Christian international relief charity, Samaritan’s Purse, and we celebrated in our morning service on Sunday 18 November with balloons. Some one […]
Remembrance Centenary
St Columba’s marked the centenary of the armistice at the end of the First World War at 11.00 on 11 November 2018. In our morning service, we joined with others with in hearing an audio broadcast from the Cenotaph in London, holding two minutes’ silent remembrance, followed by a bugle sounding. In the church, a […]
Harvest
Once again, the church was decorated with fruit, vegetables, bread, and tinned and packaged foods for harvest festival. Our minister reminded us that God blesses us with food in all varieties from all parts of the world, and that we need to be thankful and ready to share. Collected food was donated to local […]
Heritage Open Day 2018
St Columba’s Church was open again for a heritage open day on Saturday 8 September, with displays produced by various groups within the church. On the following day, we welcomed three new members into the church.
Commendation
We were delighted that our Early Bird Breakfast team has received the Chairman of North Tyneside Council’s commendation award earlier this month. It is good to recognise the work that they do getting up early every Sunday morning to cook breakfast and offer friendship to anyone who is hungry. The award follows those previously awarded […]