Jesmond United Reformed Church

We seek to be a church family in which all can
worship, learn and serve.

Services

The main weekly service is at 10.45 am on Sunday mornings.
During this service a crèche operates and there is a full programme for children and young people in Junior Church.

Most Sundays there is also a short service at 6.30 pm.

Where is Jesmond United Reformed Church?

Burdon Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AE

The church is on the corner of Burdon Terrace & Tankerville Terrace. The main hall is adjacent to the church and entered from Burdon Terrace. The church office is at the back of the church and may be reached from the Tankerville Terrace entrance.

To see a 1:50,000 map showing Jesmond URC & Newcastle upon Tyne click here

Activities

We see ourselves as disciples of Jesus Christ, learning to live his way in the world. In our activities together we seek to help each other grow in faith and put our learning into practice.
There are three aspects to being a disciple and our activities reflect them:-

● Becoming a disciple

● Growing as a disciple

● Serving as a disciple

Becoming a disciple

Becoming a disciple means making a commitment to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe with Paul (Romans 10: 13) that “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved”. We also take seriously Paul’s questions (Romans 10:14): “But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?” In addition to proclaiming Jesus in our services we arrange small group meetings to help people make up their own minds about him. Come and see!

Junior Church is for children and young people (from 3 to 17 years old).
Meetings are weekly in school terms and last about half an hour during the course of the morning service. Members of Junior Church join in worship with the rest of the church at the beginning and end of each service.
Come at 10.45am on Sundays.

Christianity Explored is a ten-week course that aims to introduce people to Jesus Christ.
As Mark’s Gospel is read, taught and discussed, participants explore three questions that cut right the heart of Christianity: Who was Jesus? Why did he come? And what does Jesus demand of those who want to follow him?
To register for the course or to obtain further information mailto:info@jesmond-urc.org.uk or
telephone 0191 281 4676 or 5006

You don’t need to know anything about the Bible.
You won’t be asked to read aloud, pray or sing.
You can ask any question you want.

Growing as a disciple

We seek to follow the advice Paul gave to the Thessalonians to
”encourage one another and build each other up” (1 Thess. 5: 11).

Worship
Essential for growing as disciples is meeting together for worship, so our Sunday morning services are planned with the needs of people of all ages in mind. We gather together to give praise and glory to God and to listen for his word to us. In this we are enabled by teams of singers & instrumentalists who use music of various styles to help us give expression to our prayers and praise.

House Groups
Meeting regularly with the same small group of people is an important way to encourage and build each other up. Participation in a group is a way of helping others and growing oneself. It is as we come to know and trust each other that we are able to share our deepest concerns and relate the Bible to the practicalities of modern life. In these groups we share our experiences, learn from each other, and pray together.

Teaching is not just for the children in Junior Church. Two or three times a year we run short courses open to anyone. They usually involve both group discussion and significant input from a designated leader. Recent courses have looked at the relevance of the Ten Commandments for today, and the Lord’s Prayer and the Beatitudes as a lifestyle guide.
Contact us for details of the next course.

Social activities are a way to get to know each other and so be better placed to help each other. We serve tea & coffee after each morning service, eat lunch together occasionally, and organise walks and ceilidhs. We also have a Guild which meets on Wednesday afternoons to hear a speaker, and we hold coffee mornings on the first Saturday of most months.

Serving as a disciple

We believe we are called together as disciples for a purpose. We are to be a church that heeds Jesus’ instructions in
the Great Commandment (Matthew 22: 37-39):

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.”

and the Great Commission (Matthew 28: 19-20):

“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

We are called to service, and it takes many forms:-

a) For many members it is primarily their work (paid or voluntary) outside the church.

b) For some it is service within the church, leading and sustaining our various activities.

c) There are also things we do together:

· We pray – not only in services, small groups and prayer meetings, but individually in response to prayer requests that are made known in a prayer network to which many members belong.
We welcome prayer requests (contact the minister).

· We give.
Sometimes it is tangible gifts. We fill shoe boxes with Christmas presents for children in Eastern Europe as part of the Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child”. We send harvest gifts to asylum seekers.
Sometimes it is money. Some of it comes from our common budget and the distribution is decided by all members together in Church Meeting. The emphasis is on local projects and those with whom we have some personal connection. We also raise money through occasional appeals. Prominent among these are our collections for the “Commitment for Life” programme of the United Reformed Church. Through this we support projects of Christian Aid and take a particular interest in work in Bangladesh.

· We campaign for international debt relief, trade justice and action on climate change. This includes raising the awareness of fairly-traded products by organising occasional sales of Traidcraft goods after Sunday morning services.

· We run a Parent and Toddler Group on Tuesday mornings
from 10.30am to 12.00noon.

Notice board

Parent and Toddler Group
runs weekly on Tuesdays from 10.30am to 12.00noon

Saturday 15 November        in Haldane House
            10.30am Help wildlife in Newcastle:
                                    build and take home a bird box -
                                    all tools and materials provided

Sunday 16 November
10.45am Morning Service
6.30pm Evening Service

Sunday 23 November
10.45am Morning Service
6.30pm Evening Service

Sunday 30 November (Advent Sunday)
10.45am Morning Service
6.30pm Evening Service

Saturday 6 December
10.30am Coffee Morning

Sunday 7 December
            10.45am Communion Service
            followed by Church Meeting
            No evening service

You may contact us about any matter at the Church Office:-
Jesmond United Reformed Church
Burdon Terrace
Jesmond
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 3AE

You may telephone the office: 0191 281 4676
Office hours are usually between 10.00 am and noon, Monday to Friday.
Please leave a message outside these hours.

Hall bookings may be made by contacting the Church Clerk at the office.

Requests for information about anything mentioned on this website may be made by e-mail.

You may also contact the minister, the Reverend Nigel Watson:
Telephone 0191 281 5006
E-mail: minister@jesmond-urc.org.uk

Speak to the minister about baptisms, weddings & funerals.

The United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church (URC) was formed in 1972 by the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England. Further unions were achieved in 1981 with the Re-formed Churches of Christ and in 2000 with the Scottish Congregational Church, and there is a continuing commitment to the visible unity of the whole Church.

Along with other Reformed Churches the URC holds to the Trinitarian faith expressed in the historic Christian creeds and finds its supreme authority for faith and conduct in the Word of God in the Bible, discerned under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The URC’s structure also expresses its faith in the ministry of all God’s people.