Sermon: Nightmare Tenants

A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields on Sunday 4th October 2020 Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-17; Matthew 21:22-46 Photo by HENCE THE BOOM on Unsplash I don’t know how many of the Ten Commandments you have broken during your life … and I’m certainly not going […]

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Weekly Update #29: Sunday 4 October

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #29: Sunday 4th October 2020 From the Minister So, how do you feel about the Ten Commandments? (They feature in today’s Old Testament reading.) Many have heard of them, though most are hazy about their content. Maybe we’re afraid […]

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Loss, Gain, and Looking Forward

Reflection by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for the St Columba’s United Reformed Church Annual Church Meeting, September 30th 2020 At this point in our agenda we have an item which is titled, ‘The Life of Our Church 2019-2020.’ Normally, that would be a set of reports from the different groups that comprise the ongoing life […]

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Weekly Update #28: Sunday 27 September

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #28: Sunday 27th September 2020 From the Minister         First the blade, and then the ear… “First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear …” (Henry Alford (1810-1871) It’s Harvest Sunday at […]

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Sermon: A Harvest of Weeds and Wheat

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields on Sunday 27 September 2020 Harvest Sunday Matthew 13:24-30, 34-35 So, it’s harvest time, though not as we normally would know it. Haddington West Parish Church https://www.haddingtonwestcofs.org.uk/picture-gallery In any other year, there would be festive decorations throughout the church, […]

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