A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, January 24th 2021 Mark 1:14-20; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 “Behave as if you have the virus, so stay at home as much as possible”, is the advice from our government. That sounds right to me, so I’m puzzled why they […]
Sermon: Baptism of Jesus
Sermon – January 10th 2021 Previous version preached at Dunbarney and Forgandenny, January 7th 2018 Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:1-11 Today, we begin with the beginning of the book which begins the Bible – Genesis. The first verse of that wonderful, imaginative account of how all things began when God created creation, begins, ‘In the beginning, […]
Sermon: Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 3rd January 2020 Luke 2:21-40 I would like to invite you to join a choir, though you don’t have to be able to sing in order to take part. Each year, at Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus. […]
Sermon: Gift Giving
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 3rd January 2021 Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 ‘Then opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts …’ (2:11) Well, gift-giving was a bit different in our household this Christmas. Instead of a rush around the shops everything was purchased […]
Sermon: Mary and God’s Love
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, December 20th 2020 – the fourth Sunday in Advent Luke 1: 26-55 This is a sermon about how Mary, the mother of Jesus, teaches us important lessons about God’s love and Christian discipleship in the twenty-first century world, because […]