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 […]
Weekly Update #27: Sunday 20 September
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #27: Sunday 20th September 2020 From the Minister What Sustains You on Your Journey Granted, fleeing a country overnight and setting out on a long march through desert terrain cannot have been easy, as the Israelites […]
What Sort of Elders?
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison At St Columba’s United Reformed Church, May 12th 2019 During a service where new Elders were ordained and inducted into office John 10:22-30 What sort of Elders do we need at St Columba’s United Reformed Church? Or should I have been preaching this sermon before our Annual […]