Weekly Update #194 – 10 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #194 – 10th March 2024 From the Minister               Workers of the World “A woman’s work is never done.” This Sunday, our Lent worship series on things we care about focuses upon Christians Caring About Work. This […]

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Sermon for Mothering Sunday

Preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields Sunday 19th March 2023 Exodus 2:1-10; John 19:25-27 Watch the whole service on YouTube   It’s Mothering Sunday; a day full of rejoicing for many, though with decidedly mixed emotions for some; and we want to do justice to the […]

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Sermon: Mothers and Fathers

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 27th March 2022 Luke 15:11-32   It’s the fourth Sunday in Lent, so it’s Mothering Sunday. In this church, Sunday by Sunday, we normally take our readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. That’s a collection of Bible readings […]

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Weekly Update #101 – 27 March

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #101 27th March 2022 From the Minister             Mother Church, Mother God? This Sunday is Mothering Sunday, more popularly known as Mother’s Day. The date changes each year because it falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which hints […]

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Our Mother Church

Mothering Sunday was a little different this year at St Columba’s. In our all-age morning service on 11 March, we began by thinking about the things that plants need to grow: water, sunshine and food.  Then we reflected that we too need these things, along with love, time for each other, and sometimes to say […]

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