St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #251 – Sunday 25th May 2025 Image: The Baptism of Lydia, by Marie Ellenrieder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Worship Sunday 25th May 10.30 a.m. A service led by the URC Northern Synod Moderator, the Revd Kim Plumpton. 6.30 p.m. A service […]
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 […]
Maundy Thursday Reflection
Maundy Thursday 2024 – Reflection 1 John 13:1-7, 31-35 ‘Jesus … got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.’ (13:3, 4) This […]
Sermon: Maundy Thursday
Sermon for Maundy Thursday 2023 Preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Matthew, Mark and Luke describe the meal that Jesus shared on that night and words that he said concerning the bread and wine. For example, from tonight’s reading from […]
Sermon: From Janet’s Point of View…
A Sermon for Christian Aid Week 2022 John 13:31-35; Revelation 21:1-6 After watching the video Christian Aid film about Janet Zirugo in Zimbabwe There is no single meaning for any biblical text, even though we may fool ourselves into thinking that there is. Instead, the ‘meaning’ of any Bible passage arises from the interaction between […]