St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #15: Sunday 28th June 2020 From the Minister Take a look at the image of the stain glassed window. It shows Jesus walking on the water and Peter about to step out of the boat to join him, though he […]
Weekly Update #14: Sunday 21 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #14: Sunday 21st June 2020 From the Minister – Private Prayer So, the UK government has announced that churches may open for ‘private prayer’ in England. Dropping into church in order to say a prayer has not been a big part […]
Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #13: Sunday 14th June 2020 Image: Sourced from New Statesman; © Giulia Spadafora/Nurphoto via Getty Images From the Minister – Getting Rid of Statues Many of us will have seen images of Edward Colston’s statue being tipped into the river in […]
Weekly Update #12: Sunday 7 June
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #12: Sunday 7th June 2020 – Trinity Sunday From the Minister – Celebrating, not Explaining Many preachers are breathing a sigh of relief this Sunday because they are not going to have to preach a sermon to explain the doctrine of […]
Weekly Update #11: Sunday 31 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #11: Sunday 31st May 2020 – Pentecost Sunday From the Minister – Going Wild Several months ago we stopped mowing a large circle of grass/moss in our front garden and sowed it with wildflower seeds. Initially the lawn looked as though […]