Weekly Update #253 – 8 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #253 – Pentecost – Sunday 8th June 2025 From the Minister Mind Your Language   At my secondary school everyone had to learn French, or at least try to do so. I was not an outstanding linguist. I still remember my […]

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Eco Matters: Global Warning 2025

This is the sixth in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. Deep in the compost heap, something is stirring A movement, a settlement, secret, unseen We rats are a-crawling, and squeaking and mauling. We’re creatures of night and the warmth and […]

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Weekly Update #252 – 1 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #252 – Sunday 1st June 2025 Image: St Paul and the Philippian Jailer, by Harold Copping, via Wikimedia Commons.  Published in JS Howson’s “Scenes from the Life of St Paul and their Religious Lessons”, 1909 edition. Worship      Sunday 1st […]

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Weekly Update #251 – 25 May

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #251 – Sunday 25th May 2025 Image: The Baptism of Lydia, by Marie Ellenrieder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Worship      Sunday 25th May 10.30 a.m.    A service led by the URC Northern Synod Moderator, the Revd Kim Plumpton. 6.30 p.m.      A service […]

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