Weekly Update #149 – 26 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #149          26th March 2023 From the Minister                           Do You Have the Time? In 1752 Great Britain moved from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, changing the formula for calculating leap years. The move involved dropping eleven […]

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Weekly Update #105 – 24 April

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #105 24th April 2022 From the Minister                                      With you always … On four Friday afternoons in March and April church members gathered […]

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Sermon: Women with a Story to Tell

A sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church Easter Sunday, 17th April 2022 Luke 24:1-12 ‘On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they [women who had come with Jesus from Galilee (23:55)] came to the tomb, taking the spices that they prepared. They found the […]

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Easter 2022

On Easter Sunday, St Columba’s held three services: a shared breakfast with Communion, an all-age Communion, and online evening worship reflecting on the story of Jesus’ appearance at Emmaus on that first Easter evening. Our church garden was decorated with spring flowers for the weekend, and a large wooden cross was greened with daffodils by […]

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Weekly Update #104 – 17 April

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #104 17th April 2022 He is RISEN!!!!   Mary and the other 2 ladies at the open tomb James Group Studios Inc. /Dreamstime.com Happy Easter everyone, from John. The picture shows an empty tomb emitting bright light, the rolled away stone, […]

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