Weekly Update #26: Sunday 13 September

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #26: Sunday 13th September 2020 From the Minister                        God’s bringing life… During September many churches around the world are marking Creation Time, celebrating God’s creation in worship and prayer. Even […]

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Sermon: Good to be Back Together, or is it?

Sermon Genesis 45:1-15; Psalm 133; Matthew 15: 21-18 Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers By Peter von Cornelius (1783-1867) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_von_Cornelius_-_Joseph_gibt_sich_seinen_Br%C3%BCdern_zu_erkennen_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg   So, it’s great to be back together again. Or maybe it’s not quite that simple. Joseph, was daddy’s favourite; none of the other brothers were given a special coat. Then he […]

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Weekly Update #22: Sunday 16 August

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #22: Sunday 16th August 2020 From the Minister – St Columba’s Masked Movers and Makers in Action As part of the preparations for recommencing worship in our church building, on Monday evening a team of volunteers moved all the chairs from […]

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Weekly Update #21: Sunday 9 August

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #21: Sunday 9th August 2020 From the Minister It’s really, really hard not to read the biblical story of Joseph through the lens of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, which is good news for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Unfortunately though, that’s saddled […]

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Weekly Update #20: Sunday 2 August

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #20: Sunday 2nd August 2020 From the Minister I was in a meeting with other North Shields church leaders today. We shared our churches’ experiences of recent months – many things in common and some interesting variations. We also talked about […]

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