“Leading public prayers is a privilege and an opportunity.” This was the realisation voiced by one of the participants at third in a series of 4 training days for worship leaders and worship teams, organised by the Coast Mission Partnership. Nearly 20 people from across the Synod attended the session held at North Shields Baptist […]
Nativity Festival
Hundreds of people enjoyed the Nativity Festival at St Columba’s Church in North Shields. Members and friends worked hard to produce another spectacular display of Christmas trees, flowers, thoughts, and crafts. The exhibition was themed on the Nativity story, and featured crib scenes of all shapes and sizes. Some of the children had coloured in […]
Worship Leaders’ Second Training Day
Nearly 20 people from across the Synod attended the second of a series of 4 training days for worship leaders and worship teams, organised by the Coast Mission Partnership. With changing patterns of ministry, churches are looking more and more to lay people and teams to help in leading worship, and these sessions are aimed […]
Shoebox Sunday
Over 200 shoeboxes were gathered in church on Sunday 17 November, before going out to children in poor countries in time for Christmas. Once again St Columba’s members, supported by schools and the local community, has been able to brighten the lives of deprived children, through charity Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. As the charity […]
Coronation Festival
St Columba’s Church held a successful festival in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen’s coronation. The doors were open on Saturday 1 June, to serve coffee, light lunches and strawberry scones. There were also some stalls and a tombola. The church and hall were decorated in red, white and blue for the occasion, […]