Weekly Update #178 – 12 November

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #178    12th November 2023 From the Minister                         Future Soldier? Recently, one evening, I was travelling on the Metro to North Shields. Sitting opposite me were two teenage […]

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Weekly Update #177 – 5 November

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #177    5th November 2023 From Andrew                                  Domino Effect The news can be gloomy these days.  It seems to me that the world is failing to get a grip on the serious issues facing us.  One thing leads to another, and […]

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Weekly Update #176 – 29 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #176    29th October 2023 From the Minister                           Good Neighbours  Recently, one member of a group of British MPs on an official trip to Canada was stopped and questioned before being allowed to board his flight alongside […]

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Weekly Update #175 – 22 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #175    22nd October 2023 From the Minister                  Two Conversations At the Northern Synod October Meeting this year, representatives from around the Synod had conversations about two important elements in church […]

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Weekly Update #174 – 15 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #174    15th October 2023 From the Minister There Are No Words … Some years ago, a URC Minister who worked as a hospital chaplain, said that when confronted with situations of suffering, she would begin the conversation by […]

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