Sermon: People of Faith

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, August 10th 2025 Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40 Owing to a technical fault, this service was not livestreamed   Several years ago, back in the very early 1980s, when I was a student at university in […]

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Weekly Update #262 – 10 August

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #262 – Sunday 10th August  2025 From The Minister         A Temporary Measure Coming Towards its End The first edition of our church’s Weekly Update appeared on 22nd March 2020. We were experiencing the first “lockdown” of the COVID era, and we […]

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Weekly Update #255 – 22 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #255 – Sunday 22nd June 2025 From the Minister                Everyone’s Welcome A few weeks ago, as part of my work for the URC Northern Synod, I paid a visit to the St Cuthbert’s Centre […]

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Weekly Update #247 – 27 April

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #247 – Sunday 27th April 2025 From the Minister             Honesty and Curiosity On The Pilgrimage Way  I’ve been watching the 2025 series of Pilgrimage on BBC2 (all three episodes available via BBC iPlayer). Seven celebrities (a couple of […]

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Sermon: Why’s Love Greater than Faith or Hope?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at  Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 9 February 2025 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Watch the whole service on YouTube   ‘And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.’ (13) Why love? What’s the matter with faith or hope that […]

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