Jesus Has a Spiritual Clear Out A sermon preached by the reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, March 7th 2021 Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22 What got Jesus so exercised by livestock sales and currency exchange? We’re told that, ‘making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of […]
Weekly Update #49: Sunday 7 March 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #49: Sunday 7th March 2021 (Third Sunday of Lent) From the Minister Not So Meek and Mild All four Gospels report the occasion when Jesus ‘cleansed’ the temple by driving out people doing business on the premises. It happened towards the end […]
Sermon: Get Behind Me!
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, February 28th 2021 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38 ‘Get behind me, Satan!’ (8:33) That’s what Jesus says to Peter, when Peter tries to tell Jesus what he should be doing, rather than the other way around. This was so […]
Weekly Update #48: Sunday 28 February 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #48: Sunday 28th February 2021 (Second Sunday of Lent) From the Minister Spring has sprung in the manse garden. Even I can get plants to grow from bulbs. I stick them in the ground, then wait for them to appear. First […]
Weekly Update #47: Sunday 21 February 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #47: Sunday 21st February 2021 From the Minister Promises, promises … On Monday 15th February the Westminster government announced it had made good on its promise to offer a jab to everyone in the top four priority groups in the UK. Congratulations […]