On Easter Sunday, St Columba’s began early with a “sunrise” service, followed by a fair trade breakfast of muesli, hard-boiled eggs, hot crossed buns or toast and bananas, in the church hall. The main family service included the “greening of the cross”, where members of the congregation came forwards with a daffodil to be attached […]
Good Friday Drama
Churches Together in North Shields acted out the Good Friday story with dramatic effect for the people of the town. Revd Liz Blair led the service in Northumberland Square, and short speeches were given by the elected Mayor of North Tyneside, Mrs Linda Arkley, and the MP for Tynemouth, Mr Alan Campbell. Members of St […]
Fairtrade Fortnight 2011
Fairtrade Fortnight began early for St Columba’s. As our family service was held on Sunday 20 February, we opened the celebrations ahead of the official Fairtrade Fortnight (28 February-13 March). We watched two short films about the injustices of world trade and how we can change things by switching our purchases to fairly traded ones. […]
King James reaches 400!
The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. On Sunday 30 January, St Columba’s Church celebrated this milestone. During the course of the morning service of worship, the congregation heard something of the story of the King James Bible. After King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England […]
All Things in Common
Over one hundred Christians from all over North Shields came together for a united service on Sunday 23 January. Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Salvationists and United Reformed Church folk met for joint worship at St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Church on the Sunday evening. (The modern building on Albion Road West was built in 1975 to […]