Pentecost Celebration

St Columba’s was the scene of a stunning Pentecost celebration. The Christian festival takes place 50 days after Easter, and commemorates the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first disciples, and the beginning of the growth of the Church.  In the Bible, Acts chapter 2 tells how the disciples were gathered […]

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Welcome to our Winter Wonderland

(originally posted 14/12/2009; reinstated after crash 14/1/2010)  St Columba’s Church was transformed into a winter wonderland for our seasonal flower festival. The church was decorated with four large and a dozen small displays of flowers to coincide with North Shields’ annual Victorian Christmas Market, taking place in Northumberland Square in front of the church on […]

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