Children from Junior Church and Messy Church came together to present a nativity play on the morning of Sunday 17 December, dressed as Mary and Joseph, angels, shepherds and kings from the Gospel stories. They performed very well, with a prayerful Mary and a bashful shepherd. We were reminded that the very first Christmas […]
Festival of Christmas Trees
There was a great deal of creativity on display the weekend of 9-10 December. St Columba’s put on a festival of Christmas trees, whilst the regular Victorian Christmas market was in full swing outside in Northumberland Square. Nearly twenty groups connected with the church, including other local churches and organisations, had designed displays. There was a great […]
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 […]
Christmas 2016
On Christmas Eve, St Columba’s Church was full downstairs, with more people in the gallery for the candlelit service of carols and readings, led by our Pastoral Friend, Revd Gordon Connacher. There were many excited children in the congregation, looking forward to Christmas. Highlights of the service included organ and keyboard duets, a clarinet solo […]
Christmas 2015
Christmas services were well attended at St Columba’s this year. Nearly 200 took part in the packed Christmas Eve service, hearing familiar Bible readings and singing well-known and newer carols. Highlights included an unaccompanied trio singing Mary Did You Know? and a clarinet solo. A child came forward and explained the meaning of the Christingle, […]