Once again, St Columba’s celebrated Easter with three services, at 08.30, 10.30 and 18.30, and a fair trade breakfast at 09.00. The highlight was undoubtedly a three-act play of the Easter story adapted by one of our members for the occasion. It was great to see such talent, along with many willing actors and actresses […]
Good Friday not washed out
Churches Together in North Shields were faced with a rare wet Good Friday this year, but did not let the weather beat us. A huge crowd of worshippers packed into St Columba’s Church for the service that would have been held in the open air of Northumberland Square. The highlight was the presentation of a […]
What’s Easter all about?
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 […]