A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison for Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, September 4th 2022 Philemon In 2020, slavery made it back into the headlines when the statue of Edward Colston, a merchant who had made a lot of money from the slave trade, was pulled down and dumped in the harbour in […]
Weekly Update #21: Sunday 9 August
St Columba’s United Reformed Church 30 Northumberland Square | North Shields | NE30 1PW Weekly Update #21: Sunday 9th August 2020 From the Minister It’s really, really hard not to read the biblical story of Joseph through the lens of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, which is good news for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Unfortunately though, that’s saddled […]
Ditching that Slave-Talk
A sermon preached by the Reverend Trevor Jamison at Saint Columba’s United Reformed Church, 6th October 2019. Habakkuk 2:1-4; Luke 17:5-10 A couple move into a new house. Soon after they have moved in, they are sitting in their conservatory, drinking coffee together. The conservatory offers them a view into next-door’s back garden. They see […]