St Columba’s Church celebrated its 350th anniversary with a historical exhibition on 25-26 August. The exhibits which attracted the most interest were some photographs from the 1940s of the cup-winning Northumberland Square Presbyterian Church AFC. We were grateful to Tyne & Wear Archives Service for their help in making these items available for display. The […]
Easter Baptism
St Columba’s Church celebrated a baptism as part of the Easter weekend this year, echoing the traditions of the early centuries of the Christian church. The weekend began with evening communion on Maundy Thursday round a table in an upper room, the Lishman Hall. This commemorated Jesus’ last supper, as told in all four Gospels. […]
Mothering Sunday
St Columba’s pulled out all the stops for Mothering Sunday. The church was full to maximum capacity for the morning family service of worship. The numbers of church members and adherents were swelled by the 4th Tynemouth Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, and the 1st North Shields Brownies and Rainbows, and their families. Each of the […]
Christmas Tree Festival
Hundreds of visitors enjoyed a Festival of Christmas Trees at St Columba’s Church. The display took place on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December. The church was filled with decorated Christmas trees of all sorts and sizes – including artificial ones of pink and silver. Each tree had been chosen and decorated by a different […]
Shoebox Appeal 2011
St Columba’s Church once again collected Christmas shoeboxes for poor children overseas. Two hundred and thirty-three boxes were brought to the service on Sunday 20 November 2011, from members and friends for Operation Christmas Child, run by Christian relief charity Samaritan’s Purse. A video was shown of children in Ukraine and Liberia in 2010 receiving […]