St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #11: Sunday 31st May 2020 – Pentecost Sunday From the Minister – Going Wild Several months ago we stopped mowing a large circle of grass/moss in our front garden and sowed it with wildflower seeds. Initially the lawn looked as though […]
Sermon for Pentecost
Acts 2: 1-21; John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b – 15 A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Penicuik North, Church of Scotland, Pentecost 2014. The occasion included presenting an Eco-Congregation award to the church. There was also the appearance of the Eco Congregation wooden baton, which passed from congregation to congregation, to encourage […]
Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24th May 2020 (Ascension/Seventh Sunday of Easter) “Ascension”, Anish Kapoor, 2003. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascension_(54%C3%A8me_biennale_de_Venise)_(6220245513).jpg – Jean-Pierre Dalbéra From the Minister ‘As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.’ (Acts 1:9) I […]
That They May be One
A sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison, based on one preached to a United Reformed Church congregation in Essex in 2008. John 17: 1-11 The world needs praying for. Every day our attention is caught by aspects of this world’s life that cry out for prayer. We see injustice and greed at work; hunger […]
Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17th May 2020 (Sixth Sunday of Easter) From the Minister – Ready for the New “Normal” The latest Westminster government document talks about places of worship possibly beginning to re-open in July. As the URC advice Ready for the new “normal” points out, […]