St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #189 – 4th February 2024 From the Minister Cheers? I was drinking in a pub in North Shields last week, and I was in good company. In fact, the majority of drinkers in the pub that night were […]
Sermon: Present, Proclaiming and Persuading
A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, January 28th 2024 Jonah 3: 1-5, 10; Mark 1: 14-20 “Forty more days and North Shields shall be overthrown!” How well do you think that would work as the slogan, or as the opening line for an evangelistic […]
Weekly Update #188 – 28 January
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #188 – 28th January 2024 From the Minister You Can’t Grow a Church Without Distributing Eggs Late last year, along with someone else from Saint Columba’s, I participated in a conference called ‘Leading Your Church Into Growth.’ We […]
Weekly Update #187 – 21 January
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #187 – 21st January 2024 From the Minister Why do you have a fish stuck on the cross? Why do you have a fish stuck on the cross?’ That was a question to me from a Year 3 pupil during […]
Sermon: The Beginning
A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, January 14th 2023 Genesis 1: 1-5; Mark 1: 1-11 Unfortunately, there was a technical fault with the livestream this week. How do you start a story? ‘Once upon a time’ is a traditional way of doing so. […]