Remembrance

Sermon on Remembrance Sunday 2019 Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church Micah 4: 1-4; Matthew 5: 38-48 Remembrance has been making a comeback in recent decades. Thirty years ago if November 11th fell on a weekday, it might have gone largely unmarked, people just carrying on with their busy […]

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Remembrance Reflection

By The Reverend Trevor Jamison, given at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 10th November 2019 Romans 10:8-15 ‘For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is the Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.’ (10:12) For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, or to […]

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Remembrance Sunday 2019

At our Remembrance service, our minister, Revd Trevor Jamison, gave out fragrant sprigs of rosemary for remembrance.  A poppy wreath was hung on our First World War memorial, and we kept two minutes silence.  We placed poppy crosses in a large cruciform display, remembering all those connected with our church who had died in war, […]

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For All the Saints

A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, on Sunday 3 November 2019 Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 So, today, on this the Sunday closest to 1st November, we are celebrating the theme or festival of “All Saints” … so let’s begin with what we think about the […]

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A Brexiteer and a Remainer Went to Pray…

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields on 27th October 2019 (Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 85:1-7; Luke 18:9-14) ‘Jesus told this parable to some who trusted themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: Two men went up to the temple to pray, one […]

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