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 […]
Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #10: Sunday 24th May 2020 (Ascension/Seventh Sunday of Easter) “Ascension”, Anish Kapoor, 2003. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ascension_(54%C3%A8me_biennale_de_Venise)_(6220245513).jpg – Jean-Pierre Dalbéra From the Minister ‘As they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.’ (Acts 1:9) I […]
Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17 May
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #9: Sunday 17th May 2020 (Sixth Sunday of Easter) From the Minister – Ready for the New “Normal” The latest Westminster government document talks about places of worship possibly beginning to re-open in July. As the URC advice Ready for the new “normal” points out, […]