Weekly Update #211 – 14 July

St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update # 211 – 14th July 2024 From the Minister         Big Church / Little Church       The United Reformed Church’s annual General Assembly is taking place this weekend. From Friday 12th to Monday 15th with representatives from URC congregations […]

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Sermon: By Whose Authority?

A sermon preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 7th July 2024 Ezekiel 2:1-5; Mark 6:1-13 Watch the whole service on YouTube   ‘Where did this man get all this?’ say the members of the synagogue congregation in Jesus’s hometown. (6:2) Well, where does authority come from? […]

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Sermon: Platinum Jubilee

A Sermon for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Preached by the Revd Dr Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 5th June 2022 Romans 13:1-10; Luke 22:24-30   1066 And All That is the title of a spoof version of English history, written by W. C. Sellar and R. J Yeatman. Published in 1930, […]

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Sermon: Power is made Perfect in Weakness – Really?

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, North Shields, 4th July 2021 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 But God said to me, ‘my grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ (12:9) What’s your image of something or someone that is powerful? Physically, I guess, we […]

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Sermon: Hope, Power and Love

A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison on December 6th 2020, remembering those members and friends of Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church who have died during the previous year Ephesians 1:15-23 ‘I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towards all the saints,’ (1:15) this passage from the Letter […]

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