Sermon: A Pharisee, a Tax Collector, and Us

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison At Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 26 October 2025 Luke 18:9-14; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Watch the whole service on YouTube   I hope that none of you here today are thieves, rogues or adulterers, but if you are, you’re in the right place. […]

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Sermon: Nine Lost Lepers?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 12 October 2025 Luke 17:11-19 Watch the whole service on YouTube Welcome to the Tale of The Nine Lost Lepers, as told by Luke in his good-news story about Jesus. Of course, it’s a tale of ten people. All […]

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Eco Matters: Fairtrade Fortnight

This is the eighth in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. Over 100 million cups of tea are drunk in the UK every day!  That was news to me as one who their fair share of this brew. This year Fairtrade […]

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Sermon: Weeds and Wheat

A Harvest Sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, Sunday 28th September 2025 Genesis 8:15-22; Matthew 13:24-33   Jesus ‘put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came […]

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Sermon: The Land

A Harvest Service sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, Sunday 28th September 2025 Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Mark 4:1-9 Watch the whole service on YouTube ‘This entire commandment that I command you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and increase, and go in and occupy […]

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