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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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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Sermon: Environmental Challenges

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, on 15 September, 2024 Proverbs 1:20-33; Mark 8:27-38 For technical reasons, there is no streamed version of this service   ‘Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she […]

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Weekly Update #181 – 3 December

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #181    3rd December 2023 Hello again everyone, from John. As I write this the world is waiting to see if the truce will be extended again between Israel and Hamas, indeed, many will be praying for that. A […]

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Sermon: Remembering with Hope

A sermon at a service remembering those who have died in the previous twelve months, preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church North Shields, 26th November, 2023 Romans 8:31-39   ‘Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or […]

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