Sermon: Having Rules is Good News

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, October 8th 2023 Exodus 20: 1-20; Psalm 19; Matthew 21: 33-46 Watch the whole service on YouTube   How many of the ten commandments do the tenants break in Jesus’s parable? Obviously they  break the one against murder, […]

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Weekly Update #173 – 8 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #173    8th October 2023 From the Minister                           Season of Mists and mellow Fruitfulness Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that […]

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Weekly Update #172 – 1 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #172     1st October 2023 From the Minister It’s different living on or near the coast.   Before I came to live in the North East of England, in my imagination ‘The North Sea’ was always grey. Experience has proved […]

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Sermon: What is God Like?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, September 24th 2023 Exodus 16:2-16; Matthew 20:1-16 Watch the whole service on YouTube (although a technical fault caused it to cut out before the end of the sermon) Back in the 1930s, my grandfather had finished his apprenticeship […]

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Weekly Update #171 – 24 September

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #171     24th September 2023 From the Minister          Back to Work So I’ve been on holiday, but I couldn’t forget Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields. We were in Athens, staying with friends. They […]

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