Weekly Update #149 – 26 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #149          26th March 2023 From the Minister                           Do You Have the Time? In 1752 Great Britain moved from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, changing the formula for calculating leap years. The move involved dropping eleven […]

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Weekly Update #148 – 19 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #148          19th March 2023 Hello again everyone, from John. An item later in this Update set me thinking. Recently St Columba’s has supported two important appeals, the Turkish/Syrian earthquake, and Ukaid2Ukraine. The first raised the magnificent […]

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Weekly Update #147 – 12 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #147 12th March 2023 Hello everyone, from John. This was the scene of one of the most famous storms in the Bible. We are now having spell of winter, but have just had the driest February since 1993 and […]

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Weekly Update #146 – 5 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #146 5th March, 2023 From the Minister     Fairtrade Fortnight –  What’s That Got to Do With Us? Take a look at the Fairtrade logo. What do you see? Some people see islands in the sea. Some see a blue fried […]

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Weekly Update #145 – 26 February

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #145 26th February, 2023 From the Minister                 Giving Up For Lent? Have you ever given anything up for Lent? One year, for lent, a flatmate and I gave up being sarcastic to each […]

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