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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]