Whilst the building has been closed, members of the congregation have been busy knitting hearts, to bring some Easter joy to the church garden. They were designed as a reminder of God’s love for us, shown in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is now a row of them festooning the […]
Weekly Update #52: Sunday 28 March 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #52: Sunday 28th March 2021 – Palm Sunday From the Minister Emerging into the Light Last week a friend told me that they have embarked on a ‘spring […]
Weekly Update #51: Sunday 21 March 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #51: Sunday 21st March 2021 (Fifth Sunday of Lent) Image: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Hello everyone, from John Before long it will all be over. A return to the previous life will be attained. For […]
Weekly Update #50: Sunday 14 March 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #50: Sunday 14th March 2021 (Fourth Sunday of Lent) From the Minister Fifty Updates And Still Going My first thought was that I would illustrate this item with the first image ever to appear in our church’s Weekly Update. That turned out to […]
Sermon: Jesus has a Spiritual Clearout
Jesus Has a Spiritual Clear Out A sermon preached by the reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, March 7th 2021 Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22 What got Jesus so exercised by livestock sales and currency exchange? We’re told that, ‘making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of […]