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: 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: Who is my Competition?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at a Churches Together in North Shields Joint Service, held at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 27th July 2025 Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:6-13 This service was not livestreamed   ‘For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.’ (18:32) – God would not destroy Sodom and […]

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Sermon: A Whole New World

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 13 July 2025 Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10; Luke 10:25-37 Unfortunately, there were technical problems which prevented this service from being livestreamed.   About thirty years ago I was the minster of a URC congregation in Liverpool where the […]

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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 […]

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