St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #166 23rd July 2023 From the Minister Living the Dream? There are all sorts of words that get paired with ‘dream’: ‘home’, ‘holiday’, ‘interpretation’, ‘team’, ‘catcher’. Such words tell us about the hopes we attach to […]
Sermon: Sower, Soils and Toilet-twinning
The Sower, the Soils, and Toilet Twinning: Responding to a Parable A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields Isaiah 55:10-13; Matthew 13:1-9 Watch the whole service on YouTube ‘And he told them many things in in parables. (13:3) Jesus taught in parables, in stories. […]
Weekly Update #165 – 16 July
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #165 16th July 2023 From the Minister Get Rid of that Mouse … Has a British government minister cancelled Mickey Mouse? It seems so. Robert Jenrick, the Immigration minister in our UK government, ordered that wall murals depicting Mickey […]
Weekly Update #164 – 9 July
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #164 9th July 2023 Hello again everyone, from John. Writing this on Monday morning, the main news seems to be about the riots in France, followed by rail strikes and energy prices. I find it difficult to condone the […]
Weekly Update #163 – 2 July
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #163 2nd July 2023 From Andrew Flourishing Churches The United Reformed Church’s General Assembly meets this weekend. One of the papers that caught my eye amongst more than 300 pages of reports and resolutions was one arising from the […]