For All the Saints

A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, on Sunday 3 November 2019 Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 So, today, on this the Sunday closest to 1st November, we are celebrating the theme or festival of “All Saints” … so let’s begin with what we think about the […]

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A Brexiteer and a Remainer Went to Pray…

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields on 27th October 2019 (Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 85:1-7; Luke 18:9-14) ‘Jesus told this parable to some who trusted themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: Two men went up to the temple to pray, one […]

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Ditching that Slave-Talk

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 6th October 2019. Habakkuk 2:1-4; Luke 17:5-10 A couple move into a new house. Soon after they have moved in, they are sitting in their conservatory, drinking coffee together. The conservatory offers them a view into next-door’s back garden. They see […]

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Stewardship of Community

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, September 22nd, 2019. Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 Welcome to this week’s sermon in our short series on the theme of “stewardship”. Last week we looked at stewardship of time. We discovered that stewardship of time is […]

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Stewardship of Time

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 15th September 2019 Genesis 1:1-5; John 3:1-8 “I’d love to do that, but I just can’t seem to find the time.” Welcome to the first sermon in a short series on “stewardship”. Today, on this third Sunday of Creation […]

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