St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #171 24th September 2023 From the Minister Back to Work So I’ve been on holiday, but I couldn’t forget Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields. We were in Athens, staying with friends. They […]
Sermon: Reformation Sunday
A Sermon for Reformation Sunday Preached by the Reverend Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, October 30th 2022 Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 46; Romans 3:19-28 There’s no shortage of schemes to follow, offering that you will achieve your desired outcome. Years ago, if you wanted a muscled body, you wrote off for the […]
Sermon: Healing for All
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Monkseaton, June 27th 2021 Lamentations 3:23-33; Psalm 30; Mark 5:21-43 How do you like your sandwiches? Do you have a favourite filling? The Gospel writer, Mark, likes his sandwiches. In his case, but his preference is for sandwich stories. He likes […]
Sermon: Envy and Generosity
Sermon Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16 Complaints, complaints, nothing but complaints … There’s no shortage of complaining in today’s Bible readings. First, there are the Israelites, grumbling about the good old days, back in Egypt, when they were slaves(!), and ‘we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread.’ (16:3) They must have stopped […]
Sermon: Just Deserts?
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at a United Reformed Church in Essex in 2009 Jonah 3: 10-4: 11; Matthew 20: 1-16 Well, he’s a grumpy old so-and-so is Jonah. Don’t you agree? Most of us, all of us I think, if sent by God to preach a message of repentance to shower […]