St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #132 20th November 2022 From the Good News Herald Hello everyone, from John In 1925 the then Pope Pius XI initiated a celebration of ‘Christ the King’. It was intended to remind the world of Christ’s rule over mankind in […]
Compassion
Richmond from Compassion UK on Vimeo. At church on Sunday 3 March, we heard from a representative of Christian charity Compassion UK, on their work with poor children around the world, releasing them from poverty in Jesus’ name. We saw this short video about their work. St Columba’s currently sponsors three chidren.
Shoebox Sunday
Sunday 19 November was Shoebox Sunday at St Columba’s. For many years, the church has supported Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child project. People from all over the area have been coming to drop off shoeboxes at the church, and many were added in today’s service. A couple of hundred boxes were piled up at the […]
Harvest Festival 2017
Our harvest festival service on Sunday 1 October was a happy occasion for the church family. Uniformed organisations paraded their colours and took an active part in the service. There was a dramatic presentation of the story of the feeding of the five thousand, a hands on telling of the story of the enormous turnip, […]
Shoebox Sunday
Our morning service on Sunday 15 November took the theme of preparation. It was also Shoebox Sunday! Once again St Columba’s supported Operation Christmas Child, filling nearly 200 shoeboxes with gifts for children in other countries who would otherwise not get any Christmas presents. Such a big international effort requires a good deal of preparation. Some people had […]