Harvest Festival 2021

It was good to see so many people back at church for our harvest festival on Sunday 19 September.  With fewer Covid restrictions, and the chairs back in rows, it was more like services used to be.  We had a lovely service, with traditional harvest hymns, and a large number of donations of tinned and […]

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Weekly Update #75 – 19 September 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #75 19th September 2021 From the Minister           Showing others the Red Card – in the nicest way! It feels like the church building is opening up. Next week, for example, Café 2.21 and Square Table Lunches recommence (see below for details). […]

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Weekly Update #74 – 12 September 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #74 12th September 2021 From the Minister                                       “It’s just not cricket” – or is it?   I’m a cricket fan. And this summer, live on free-to-view television, I’ve been watching The Hundred, which is touted as the salvation […]

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Weekly Update #73: 22 August 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #73 22nd August 2021   Vippng                                     Clipart Hello everyone, from John. August is a time for relaxing and recuperation, so this will be the last Weekly Update until September, that means 2 weeks off. But don’t forget that we are […]

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Weekly Update #72: 15 August 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #72 15th August 2021 From the Minister                            Warm Weather ‘So, it’s holiday time for me, and for the first time in some while it won’t all be […]

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