(originally posted 29/12/2009; reinstated after crash 15/1/2010) St Columba’s Church was packed to capacity for a candle-lit carol service on Christmas Eve. The early evening service included 9 Christmas carols and 9 Christmas Bible readings. It also featured a sung duet, a violin and keyboard duet, a clarinet and keyboard duet, and an organ and […]
Nativity
(originally posted 21/12/2009; reinstated after crash 15/1/2010) St Columba’s young people presented a different angle on the Nativity service to a packed church on Sunday 20 December. The children and young people sang, read and acted out the story of Jesus’ birth beautifully, but this year with an extra dimension. We were invited to consider […]
Welcome to our Winter Wonderland
(originally posted 14/12/2009; reinstated after crash 14/1/2010) St Columba’s Church was transformed into a winter wonderland for our seasonal flower festival. The church was decorated with four large and a dozen small displays of flowers to coincide with North Shields’ annual Victorian Christmas Market, taking place in Northumberland Square in front of the church on […]
Church Sends Love for Christmas
St Columba’s has collected 230 boxes of Christmas presents for children in poor countries. Our church has supported the annual shoebox appeal for 10 years, and 2009 was no exception. Operation Christmas Child is a project run by British charity Samaritan’s Purse. Last year, over 1.2 million presents, gift-wrapped in shoeboxes, were sent from the […]
Remembrance
Our morning Remembrance Sunday service this year was all-age worship, and was led by our Minister, Revd Liz Blair. In a thought-provoking service, we were asked to consider how we ourselves would be remembered by generations to come, and we were encouraged to be peacemakers, ready to spread forgiveness and reconciliation. At 11.00, one of […]