St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #11: Sunday 31st May 2020 – Pentecost Sunday From the Minister – Going Wild Several months ago we stopped mowing a large circle of grass/moss in our front garden and sowed it with wildflower seeds. Initially the lawn looked as though […]
Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24th May 2020 (Ascension/Seventh Sunday of Easter) “Ascension”, Anish Kapoor, 2003. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascension_(54%C3%A8me_biennale_de_Venise)_(6220245513).jpg – Jean-Pierre Dalbéra From the Minister ‘As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.’ (Acts 1:9) I […]
Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17th May 2020 (Sixth Sunday of Easter) From the Minister – Ready for the New “Normal” The latest Westminster government document talks about places of worship possibly beginning to re-open in July. As the URC advice Ready for the new “normal” points out, […]
Weekly Update #8: Sunday 10 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #8: Sunday 10th May 2020 (Fifth Sunday of Easter) Window was designed and made by Leonard Evetts MA, ARCA (1909-1997) of King’s College, Newcastle upon Tyne. This copy was taken from ‘A Walk Around St Columba’s United Reformed Church’ compiled by John Robson, […]
Performing the Bible
Sermon by the Reverend Trevor Jamison preached at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, March 10th 2019, On the day new church Bibles were received by the congregation (Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13) One Sunday morning in 1997, I sat down in front of the television to watch the final of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament: […]