Weekly Update #4: Sunday 12th April

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #4: Sunday 12th April 2020 (Easter Day) Photograph Credit: Lenzie Union Parish Church From the Minister Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Let creation join to say: Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens; thou […]

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Faithful Thomas

By the Reverend Trevor Jamison Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields – 28/04/2019 John 20: 19-31 I admire the faith of convinced atheists. It takes faith to be an atheist. If it just depended upon sifting or balancing the evidence available to us then surely the logical position is to be an agnostic; to […]

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Easter 2019

We were blessed with good weather this Easter. After the Maundy Thursday evening communion in the upper room that is the Lishman Hall, the Good Friday walk of witness and open air services in Northumberland Square and Bedford Street were warm and sunny.  The Mayor of North Tyneside joined Churches Together in North Shields for […]

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Happy Easter: Christ is risen indeed!

At St Columba’s, we have celebrated Holy Week with a series of services and events. There was evening communion on Maundy Thursday, remembering the first Last Supper. On Good Friday, the weather stayed fair for Churches Together’s open air services and procession of witness from Northumberland Square to Bedford Street and back.  We heard messages […]

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Easter 2017

Easter at St Columba’s began with an electrical fault, making it harder for us to feed the hungry this week.   However, we made the best of it, and eventually full power was restored. This year, we celebrated Holy Communion at all three Easter services, early morning, mid morning and evening.   A fair trade breakfast was […]

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