St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #231 – 22nd December 2024 From the Minister Are We There Yet? So one of the highlights of the preparation for Christmas this year has been “posada”. Small figures of “Mary” and “Joseph” have been journeying from Nazareth to Bethlehem, […]
Weekly Update #230 – 15 December
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #230 – 15th December 2024 Hello again everyone, from John. Last time I wrote for the Update, my thoughts were of the 12 months since Israel had been attacked from Gaza. Now, who would have thought that Syria’s President Assad […]
Eco Matters: A Good Christmas for the Planet
This is the third in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. The season of Christmas is coming, and I have been thinking about what sort of Christmas preparations might also be good for the environment. Decorations I have a small artificial […]
Sermon: Job Description for Prophets, Priests and Kings
A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 8 December 2024 Isaiah 11: 1-10; Luke 1: 5-20 Zechariah was a priest of the Jewish religion. He was just an ordinary priest, not one of the high priests who resided at the Jerusalem temple; people like Annas, or […]
Weekly Update #229 – 8 December
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #229 – 8th December 2024 – Second Sunday of Advent From the Minister Eating Out? So we have just hosted “Mary” and “Joseph” at our house as part of “posada”. During […]