Here’s a short video from www.christianity.org.uk with some Christians telling us how they see Easter: Understanding Easter from Christian Enquiry on Vimeo.
Good Friday 2014
The highlight of the open air service on Good Friday was a dramatic presentation on the theme of “What is Truth?” This also reflected the theme of North Tyneside’s contribution to the BBC’s Great North Passion event at South Shields later that morning. The drama involved movement and speech both by individuals and groups of […]
Messy Church
Messy Church returned to St Columba’s this Easter. Good Friday began with an open air service organised by Churches Together in North Shields in Northumberland Square in front of the church. In spite of the cold and occasional snow flurries (which even led one speaker to wish us all a happy Christmas!), a good crowd […]
Easter Baptism
St Columba’s Church celebrated a baptism as part of the Easter weekend this year, echoing the traditions of the early centuries of the Christian church. The weekend began with evening communion on Maundy Thursday round a table in an upper room, the Lishman Hall. This commemorated Jesus’ last supper, as told in all four Gospels. […]
Easter
On Easter Sunday, St Columba’s began early with a “sunrise” service, followed by a fair trade breakfast of muesli, hard-boiled eggs, hot crossed buns or toast and bananas, in the church hall. The main family service included the “greening of the cross”, where members of the congregation came forwards with a daffodil to be attached […]