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 […]
Weekly Update #125 – 2 October
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #125 2nd October 2022 From the Minister Jesus Christ Superstar and the URC What do Jesus Christ Superstar and the United Reformed Church have in common? (Apart from Jesus.) Well, both made their first London appearance in 1972. Jesus Christ […]
Weekly Update #96 – 20 February
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #96 February 20th 2022 From the Minister Get Angry, But Don’t Lose Your temper If you google the phrase, ‘the meek shall inherit the earth’ you find all sorts of cartoons and comments casting doubts or poking fun at […]