St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #14: Sunday 21st June 2020 From the Minister – Private Prayer So, the UK government has announced that churches may open for ‘private prayer’ in England. Dropping into church in order to say a prayer has not been a big part […]
Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14th June 2020 Image: Sourced from New Statesman; © Giulia Spadafora/Nurphoto via Getty Images From the Minister – Getting Rid of Statues Many of us will have seen images of Edward Colston’s statue being tipped into the river in […]
Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17th May 2020 (Sixth Sunday of Easter) From the Minister – Ready for the New “Normal” The latest Westminster government document talks about places of worship possibly beginning to re-open in July. As the URC advice Ready for the new “normal” points out, […]
The Building is Closed but the Church is Open
Weekly Update #5: Sunday 19th April
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #5: Sunday 19th April 2020 (Second Sunday of Easter) Tynemouth, early on Easter Day 2020. (Photo by SU) From the Minister ‘When … the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews*, […]