Weekly Update #226 – 17 November

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 […]

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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? […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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