St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #68 18th July 2021 From the Minister Sheep in need of Good Shepherds Sheep and shepherds feature prominently in this week’s Bible readings (see below). The nation’s leaders are pictured as shepherds by the prophet Jeremiah, and they are supposed […]
Weekly Update #67 – 11 July 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #67 11th July 2021 From the Minister Promises, Promises Be careful about making rash promises. Having promised his daughter anything she wanted, King Herod had to deliver John the Baptist’s head on a platter to her. (mark […]
Sermon: Power is made Perfect in Weakness – Really?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 4th July 2021 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 But God said to me, ‘my grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ (12:9) What’s your image of something or someone that is powerful? Physically, I guess, we […]
Sermon: Who Does he Think he is?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 4th July 2021 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Mark 6:1-13 What are your expectations about Jesus? Jesus confounded those held by people in the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth. In Jesus’s day it was quite ok for an ordinary man […]
Weekly Update #66 – 4 July 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #66 4th July 2021 From the Minister It’s Only a Game? I enjoy watching most sports, and at the moment both The Euros and […]