Churches Together in North Shields were faced with a rare wet Good Friday this year, but did not let the weather beat us. A huge crowd of worshippers packed into St Columba’s Church for the service that would have been held in the open air of Northumberland Square. The highlight was the presentation of a […]
Good Friday 2014
The highlight of the open air service on Good Friday was a dramatic presentation on the theme of “What is Truth?” This also reflected the theme of North Tyneside’s contribution to the BBC’s Great North Passion event at South Shields later that morning. The drama involved movement and speech both by individuals and groups of […]
Messy Church
Messy Church returned to St Columba’s this Easter. Good Friday began with an open air service organised by Churches Together in North Shields in Northumberland Square in front of the church. In spite of the cold and occasional snow flurries (which even led one speaker to wish us all a happy Christmas!), a good crowd […]
Easter
On Easter Sunday, St Columba’s began early with a “sunrise” service, followed by a fair trade breakfast of muesli, hard-boiled eggs, hot crossed buns or toast and bananas, in the church hall. The main family service included the “greening of the cross”, where members of the congregation came forwards with a daffodil to be attached […]
Easter 2010
A number of special services were held as part of our Easter celebrations. On Palm Sunday (28 March), we remembered Jesus’ popularly acclaimed arrival at Jerusalem, marking the start of Holy Week. As the crowds then had waved palm branches, so at St Columba’s, we were given palm leaves woven into the shape of crosses. […]