A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, September 24th 2023 Exodus 16:2-16; Matthew 20:1-16 Watch the whole service on YouTube (although a technical fault caused it to cut out before the end of the sermon) Back in the 1930s, my grandfather had finished his apprenticeship […]
Weekly Update #171 – 24 September
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #171 24th September 2023 From the Minister Back to Work So I’ve been on holiday, but I couldn’t forget Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields. We were in Athens, staying with friends. They […]
Weekly Update #70: 1 August 2021
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #70 1st August 2021 From the Minister A New Sport? So, apart from starting with the same letter, what do surfing, sport climbing, softball and skate boarding have in common? Answer: they all feature as sports in the delayed […]
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 […]
Sermon: Envy and Generosity
Sermon Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16 Complaints, complaints, nothing but complaints … There’s no shortage of complaining in today’s Bible readings. First, there are the Israelites, grumbling about the good old days, back in Egypt, when they were slaves(!), and ‘we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread.’ (16:3) They must have stopped […]