Sermon for Mothering Sunday

Preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields Sunday 19th March 2023 Exodus 2:1-10; John 19:25-27 Watch the whole service on YouTube   It’s Mothering Sunday; a day full of rejoicing for many, though with decidedly mixed emotions for some; and we want to do justice to the […]

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Sermon: Everyone a Theologian…

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, on 12 March, 2023 John 4:5-30, 39-42 Watch the whole service on YouTube.   Who is qualified to be a member of the Church here on earth and what do we want from them? Maybe I should have […]

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Sermon: Danger in the Garden

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 26th February 2023 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 Watch the whole service on YouTube.   Spring has sprung! In the manse garden there are clumps of white snow drops. Crocuses are a riot of yellow and purple. Daffodils are […]

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Sermon: Is Jesus Setting us up to Fail?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 12th 2023 Matthew 5:21-37 Watch the whole service on YouTube.   According to Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, it’s not just the commandments against murder, adultery, and misusing God’s name we should be observing. No! […]

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Sermon: The Meek Inherit the Earth – Really?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, January 29th 2023 Matthew 5:1-12 Watch the whole service on YouTube.  (Unfortunately the sound does not come on until 13:30.)   Many people have heard of The Sermon on the Mount, though most don’t realise that it fills […]

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