Weekly Update #254 – 15 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #254 – Trinity Sunday 15th June 2025 From the Minister                Celebrating Rather Than Explaining I am not preaching this Sunday. Some might allege that this is because it is Trinity Sunday. It’s a standing joke that some ministers […]

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Past, Present and Future

St Columba’s held a very successful strawberry fayre on Saturday 7 June.  The strawberry scones proved so popular, that we sold out! Alongside the fayre, we also hosted an exhibition of the church: past, present and future.  Displays showed the history of the church going back to 1662, as well aspects of its current life […]

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Weekly Update #253 – 8 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #253 – Pentecost – Sunday 8th June 2025 From the Minister Mind Your Language   At my secondary school everyone had to learn French, or at least try to do so. I was not an outstanding linguist. I still remember my […]

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Eco Matters: Global Warning 2025

This is the sixth in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. Deep in the compost heap, something is stirring A movement, a settlement, secret, unseen We rats are a-crawling, and squeaking and mauling. We’re creatures of night and the warmth and […]

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