Weekly Update #250 – 18 May

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #250 – Sunday 18th May 2025 From the Minister                     A Quiet Revival? After many decades of numerical decline is the Church in England and Wales beginning to grow again? That’s the finding […]

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Sermon: Elders, Sheep and Shepherds

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 11 May 2025 Psalm 23; John 10:22-30 Unfortunately, for technical reasons, it was not possible to stream this service   In some churches today is know as “Good Shepherd Sunday,” with a Bible reading in the service that references […]

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Weekly Update #107 – 8 May

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #107  8th May 2022 From the Minister                                                               Good Shepherds When I was in my twenties and living in Belfast, three or four of my friends would say farewell to one another with the words, “See you at […]

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Weekly Update #68 – 18 July 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #68 18th July 2021 From the Minister               Sheep in need of Good Shepherds Sheep and shepherds feature prominently in this week’s Bible readings (see below). The nation’s leaders are pictured as shepherds by the prophet Jeremiah, and they are supposed […]

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Weekly Update #56: 25 April 2021

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #56 – 25th April 2021 From the Minister                            Light at the End of the Tunnel Along with, ‘we’re all in this together’, the most used phrase concerning the […]

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