A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 26th February 2023 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 Watch the whole service on YouTube. Spring has sprung! In the manse garden there are clumps of white snow drops. Crocuses are a riot of yellow and purple. Daffodils are […]
Weekly Update #145 – 26 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #145 26th February, 2023 From the Minister Giving Up For Lent? Have you ever given anything up for Lent? One year, for lent, a flatmate and I gave up being sarcastic to each […]
Weekly Update #144 – 19 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #144 19th February, 2023 From the Minister What’s your vision of God? What do you think of this picture and what’s your picture of God? This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday. On this Sunday lots of churches remember the occasion when […]
Sermon: Is Jesus Setting us up to Fail?
A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 12th 2023 Matthew 5:21-37 Watch the whole service on YouTube. According to Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, it’s not just the commandments against murder, adultery, and misusing God’s name we should be observing. No! […]
Weekly Update #143 – 12 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #143 12th February, 2023 From the Minister Why Does God Let That Happen? At the time of writing more than five thousand people are reported killed in the earthquake which has hit Turkey and Syria. That figure […]