Once again, the church was decorated with fruit, vegetables, bread, and tinned and packaged foods for harvest festival. Our minister reminded us that God blesses us with food in all varieties from all parts of the world, and that we need to be thankful and ready to share. Collected food was donated to local […]
Harvest Festival 2017
Our harvest festival service on Sunday 1 October was a happy occasion for the church family. Uniformed organisations paraded their colours and took an active part in the service. There was a dramatic presentation of the story of the feeding of the five thousand, a hands on telling of the story of the enormous turnip, […]
Harvest Festival
A worship team led our harvest festival this year. We heard about the good work done by the 14 volunteers at Nite Bite, which provides food and company once a week for about 30 people, mainly men. Churches Together in North Shields supports their work with those who are homeless or in need. Nite Bite […]
Harvest Festival 2015
St Columba’s Church was fuller than usual for harvest festival on Sunday 4 October, with beavers, cubs, scouts, rainbows, brownies, guides and friends augmenting the congregation. The children and young people played an active part in the service, acting out a dramatic re-telling of the parable of the sower, competing to make mashed potato, and […]
Harvest Festival
St Columba’s Church was packed on Sunday 28 September for harvest festival, which was also combined with Back to Church Sunday, Parade Sunday, and a baptism. The service included traditional harvest hymns, with a more modern song. There were also a couple of short videos, a dramatic presentation of a Bible story, and a quiz, all […]