Sermon: Past, Present and Future

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at  Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 3rd April 2022 Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:4b-14 It won’t have escaped your notice that there’s some building work going on the middle of North Shields. Northumberland Square has new paving, and the garden is being returned to a […]

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Weekly Update #102 – 3 April

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #102 3rd April 2022 From the Minister                                      We Need to be More Two-Faced The Roman god, Janus, from which we get […]

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Sermon: A Ministry of Reconciliation

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, March 27th 2022 2 Corinthians 5:16-21   At this morning’s service we listened to the Parable of the Prodigal Son, or alternatively, the Parable of the Welcoming Father. We reflected that the father in the parable behaves in […]

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Sermon: Mothers and Fathers

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 27th March 2022 Luke 15:11-32   It’s the fourth Sunday in Lent, so it’s Mothering Sunday. In this church, Sunday by Sunday, we normally take our readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. That’s a collection of Bible readings […]

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Weekly Update #101 – 27 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #101 27th March 2022 From the Minister             Mother Church, Mother God? This Sunday is Mothering Sunday, more popularly known as Mother’s Day. The date changes each year because it falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which hints […]

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