Weekly Update #141 – 29 January

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #141 29th January, 2023 From the Minister                                       Jesus and People Like Us?        There’s a long tradition of artistic representations of Jesus which portray him and his followers as ‘people like us’, whoever ‘us’ may be. Laura James, an African American […]

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Weekly Update #140 – 22 January

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #140 22nd January, 2023 From Andrew               Week of Prayer for Christian Unity This Sunday comes in the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.  At his last supper, Jesus prayed that all Christians would be united with each […]

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Weekly Update #139 – 15 January

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #139 15th January, 2023 From the Minister                Looking to the Future It’s still early in the year, so I’m set upon looking to the future, and I have three things on my mind. First, looking three years ahead, […]

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Weekly Update #138 – 8 January

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #138 January 8th, 2023 – First Sunday after Epiphany From the Minister                                So Christmas 2022 is over? Unless you are one of the few who hold out until Candlemas Day (February 2nd), then I expect that any Christmas decorations you might […]

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Weekly Update #135 – 11 December

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #135 December 11th 2022 – Advent 3 From the Minister                   Messenger Alert! Week three of Advent, and a third candle is lit at our morning service on Sunday. This time we have John […]

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