St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #232 – 12th January 2025 From the Minister Happy New Year! So when do you stop wishing people a “happy new year”? When does the year stop […]
Sermon: Epiphany
An Epiphany sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 5 January 2025 Isaiah 60: 1-6; Psalm 72 :1-7, 10-14; Matthew 2: 1-12 Watch the whole service on YouTube ‘Where is the child who has been born King of the Jews? For we observed his star at […]
Weekly Update #231 – 22 December
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #231 – 22nd December 2024 From the Minister Are We There Yet? So one of the highlights of the preparation for Christmas this year has been “posada”. Small figures of “Mary” and “Joseph” have been journeying from Nazareth to Bethlehem, […]
Weekly Update #230 – 15 December
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #230 – 15th December 2024 Hello again everyone, from John. Last time I wrote for the Update, my thoughts were of the 12 months since Israel had been attacked from Gaza. Now, who would have thought that Syria’s President Assad […]
Eco Matters: A Good Christmas for the Planet
This is the third in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. The season of Christmas is coming, and I have been thinking about what sort of Christmas preparations might also be good for the environment. Decorations I have a small artificial […]