Sermon: A Pharisee, a Tax Collector, and Us

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison At Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 26 October 2025 Luke 18:9-14; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Watch the whole service on YouTube   I hope that none of you here today are thieves, rogues or adulterers, but if you are, you’re in the right place. […]

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Sermon: Weeds and Wheat

A Harvest Sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, Sunday 28th September 2025 Genesis 8:15-22; Matthew 13:24-33   Jesus ‘put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came […]

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Weekly Update #263 – 17 August

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #263 – Sunday 17th August  2025 From the Minister                                               Learning Something New  In the Parable of the Prodigal Son […]

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Sermon: The Parable of the Fig Tree

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at St Columba’s United Reformed Church, on 23 March 2025 Luke 13:1-9 Unfortunately, for technical reasons, it was not possible to livestream this service About six years ago my wife and I received a gift of some money to mark our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. We thought […]

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Weekly Update #207 – 16 June

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update # 207 – 16th June 2024 Hello again everyone, from John. Last week saw our news programmes split between the events of 40 years ago across the Channel and the event in a few weeks happening around us here. Both […]

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