St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #226 – 17th November 2024 From the Minister Christmas Is Coming – Already? We’re in November but Christmas is on its way. The Christmas Movies Channel has been churning them out since August. M&S, John Lewis and the various […]
Weekly Update #179 – 19 November
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #179 19th November 2023 From the Minister It’s (not quite) Christmas! Q: What do the singer Michael Bublé, the presenter Graham Norton, a racoon, and a monster-sized Venus flytrap have in common? […]
Weekly Update #178 – 12 November
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #178 12th November 2023 From the Minister Future Soldier? Recently, one evening, I was travelling on the Metro to North Shields. Sitting opposite me were two teenage […]
Weekly Update #129 – 30 October
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #129 30th October 2022 From the Minister Celebrating Schism? On the 31st of October 1517, in the German university town of Wittenberg, a German monk named Martin Luther posted a list of 95 […]
Weekly Update #123 – 18 September
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #123 18th September 2022 From the Minister ‘Ordinary Dying’ Dr Kathryn Mannix is a retired palliative care doctor. If you ever get the chance to read her book, With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well, I thoroughly […]