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 […]
Weekly Update #96 – 20 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #96 February 20th 2022 From the Minister Get Angry, But Don’t Lose Your temper If you google the phrase, ‘the meek shall inherit the earth’ you find all sorts of cartoons and comments casting doubts or poking fun at […]