This is the eighth in a series of articles from the Eco Church Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine. Over 100 million cups of tea are drunk in the UK every day! That was news to me as one who their fair share of this brew. This year Fairtrade […]
Weekly Update #217 – 15 September
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #217 – 15th September 2024 From Andrew Fairtrade Fortnight For the first time, Fairtrade Fortnight is taking place in the autumn, on 9-22 September. It marks a special anniversary this year, of 30 years since the FAIRTRADE mark was introduced in the […]
Weekly Update #146 – 5 March
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #146 5th March, 2023 From the Minister Fairtrade Fortnight – What’s That Got to Do With Us? Take a look at the Fairtrade logo. What do you see? Some people see islands in the sea. Some see a blue fried […]
Weekly Update #145 – 26 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #145 26th February, 2023 From the Minister Giving Up For Lent? Have you ever given anything up for Lent? One year, for lent, a flatmate and I gave up being sarcastic to each […]
Weekly Update #143 – 12 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #143 12th February, 2023 From the Minister Why Does God Let That Happen? At the time of writing more than five thousand people are reported killed in the earthquake which has hit Turkey and Syria. That figure […]