Sermon: Who is my Competition?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at a Churches Together in North Shields Joint Service, held at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 27th July 2025 Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:6-13 This service was not livestreamed   ‘For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.’ (18:32) – God would not destroy Sodom and […]

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Sermon: Teach us to Pray

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, July 27th 2025 Genesis 18:20-33; Luke 11:1-13 Unfortunately, there were technical problems which prevented this service from being livestreamed.   Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for […]

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Eco Matters: Some friendly tips!

This is the seventh in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. Shaving foam can be used to clean mirrors, especially in the bathroom when they are fogged up.  The foam can also clean chrome fixtures, grout, remove stains from clothing, carpets […]

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Weekly Update #260 – 27 July

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #260 – Sunday 27th July 2025 From the Minister        It just falls out of the sky? I see that some parts of the UK now have hosepipe bans in place. One of the water companies imposing such a ban is […]

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Weekly Update #259 – 20 July

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #259 – Sunday 20th July 2025 From the Minister        General Church / Local Church From the 4th to the 7th of July I was at the United Reformed Church General Assembly, which was meeting at a conference centre in Derbyshire. In […]

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