St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #57 – 2nd May 2021 From the Minister Why Love One Another? Love one another for love is of God’ (1 John 4:7) was the framed text adorning the wall at the top of the stairs in my childhood home. […]
Weekly Update #54: Sunday 11 April 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #54 – 11th April 2021 From the Minister Saying it with Hearts From Palm Sunday onwards the church railings were festooned with […]
Weekly Update #43: Sunday 24 January
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #43: Sunday 24th January 2021 Hello from John I am standing in this week while Trevor is away on Study Leave, he returns in time to do Sunday’s service which is interesting; last week he prepared ‘The Weekly Update’ […]
Weekly Update #42: Sunday 17 January
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #42: Sunday 17th January 2021 From the Minister Tenacious Trees Recently, a church member emailed me a set of images of “tenacious trees” – trees that insist upon surviving and growing in challenging […]
Sermon: Invitational Leadership
A sermon, based upon one preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison in 2011 to a United Reformed Church congregation in Essex, at a service where Elders were beginning a new period of service. In the URC the Elders Meeting – Minister and elders elected by the congregation – collectively ‘exercise oversight of the spiritual life […]