Friends,

“A flight of crossess,” Ian Gillespie, St Andrew’s, Newcastle

This Sunday is special in various ways. In the Christian calendar it marks the beginning of Holy Week, stretching from Palm Sunday to Easter morning. It is the sacred ground covering the events of Jesus’ final days – Last Supper, Gethsemane, arrest, trial, torture, Cross, tomb – and beyond.

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Friends,

This Sunday is sometimes known as Passion Sunday. On the fifth Sunday in Lent  the shadow of the Cross lengthens, as we consider the story and event that is at the  heart of Christian faith. This week the American writer Debie Thomas voices our  reluctance to confront this hardest part of our faith: 

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Friends,

On Sunday, this year’s Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Revd Dr Martin Fair will preach for the live-stream service at 11am. Unable to be with us in person, as he was scheduled to be, Dr Fair has kindly pre recorded sermon, prayers and presentation of Long Service Certificates for five St Columba’s elders. We look forward to his message.

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