Over 200 shoeboxes were gathered in church on Sunday 17 November, before going out to children in poor countries in time for Christmas. Once again St Columba’s members, supported by schools and the local community, has been able to brighten the lives of deprived children, through charity Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. As the charity […]
Coronation Festival
St Columba’s Church held a successful festival in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. The doors were open on Saturday 1 June, to serve coffee, light lunches and strawberry scones. There were also some stalls and a tombola. The church and hall were decorated in red, white and blue for the occasion, […]
Youth Service
More than fifty people came together for a youth service organised by the young people of the Coast Churches. Children’s & Youth Pastor Kevin Waller led worship at St Columba’s on the evening of Sunday 5 May along with a number of young people. Chorus-singing was led by a young band with guitar, harmonica and […]
Messy Church
Messy Church returned to St Columba’s this Easter. Good Friday began with an open air service organised by Churches Together in North Shields in Northumberland Square in front of the church. In spite of the cold and occasional snow flurries (which even led one speaker to wish us all a happy Christmas!), a good crowd […]
Worship Leaders’ Training Day
The first training event organised by the new Coast Mission Partnership has proved to be a runaway success. St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Monkseaton, and St Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, made imaginative use of the lay training grants offered by the Synod to arrange a training day for worship leaders and worship teams. […]