St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #15: Sunday 28th June 2020 From the Minister Take a look at the image of the stain glassed window. It shows Jesus walking on the water and Peter about to step out of the boat to join him, though he […]
A Sermon with a Joke in it
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison to a United Reformed Church in Essex in 2010 Genesis 22: 1-19; Romans 6: 12-14 I don’t think it is a good idea to start a sermon with a joke. If the preacher catches the congregation’s attention with a joke, then more likely than not what people […]
Weekly Update #14: Sunday 21 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #14: Sunday 21st June 2020 From the Minister – Private Prayer So, the UK government has announced that churches may open for ‘private prayer’ in England. Dropping into church in order to say a prayer has not been a big part […]
Sermon: Both/And
A Sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison to a Church of Scotland Congregation in 2014, but with continuing relevance in 2020 Genesis 21: 8-21; Matthew 10: 24-39 When Abraham was one hundred years old (21: 5) he did not receive a telegram from the queen. Instead, so the biblical story goes, he received […]
Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14th June 2020 Image: Sourced from New Statesman; © Giulia Spadafora/Nurphoto via Getty Images From the Minister – Getting Rid of Statues Many of us will have seen images of Edward Colston’s statue being tipped into the river in […]