At Christ City Church we have 3 places for people to belong: Sunday Gatherings (30+ ppl) City Groups (10-30 ppl) Life Groups (2-5 ppl) We want church life to be more than just a Sunday meeting; we want it to be a community on a mission both on Sundays and also throughout the week. In […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
Ecclesiastes – The Search For Meaning
Have you ever tried to catch a bubble? The moment you catch it, it’s gone! That experience, says Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes, is what life feels like. For the most part life can feel hard, complicated, unfair and exhausting, and just when you think you’re getting some satisfaction and control…it’s gone! We feel […]
Church Survey Results – Encouragements and Questions after two years
Often in the Old Testament story God’s people stop to reflect on their current situation, reaffirm their covenant to God, and commit to follow him in the future (e.g Deuteronomy 29-31 and Joshua 24). Christ City Church is just over two years old, so we wanted to do a survey to do something similar. We […]
3 ways to make the most of 2017
It’s the start of a new year and everyone is thinking about their resolutions and goals, their ambitions and dreams, their diet and their exercise. Even if you don’t set any official resolutions, a new year affords us all a moment to review the last year (was it good, bad or indifferent?) and to look ahead – […]
Invest: Making the Most of 2017
A New Year affords us a moment to pause and ask ourselves: how do I invest my time, money, passions and relationships wisely in 2017 to ensure I make the most of the year? How can I change old habits, take more risks, grow as a person and ensure I don’t stagnate? With those questions in mind, […]
Why a Film Review (Home Alone)?
Every Christmas we review a popular Christmas film as a church, and this Sunday 18th December we’ll be watching Home Alone 1. Do join us at 4.15pm. In this blog post I want to give the rationale for why we do this. I have two basic points, with three applications. (1) Films are like sermons […]
3 Freedoms that financial giving brings
This Sunday we have a ‘Giving Sunday’, where I’ll teach on the biblical principles of financial giving, and why giving to a local church is a good idea. In this blog post I want to talk about 3 freedoms that come from giving. You see, most people think that if they give financially they’ll ‘lose out’; they’ll […]
Our 3rd Birthday – 3 Reasons To Give Thanks
When you read the Old Testament you continually find that one of the reasons the people of God stumbled and staggered in their journey was due to their bad memory. The years of wandering and the wilderness are often attributed with a failure to remember and give thanks for what God had done. For example, […]
The Intro Course – 3 Reasons To Ask Questions
Last night we kicked off our Intro Course, and had a great start – lots of great conversations, laughter, questions and sharing*. The slogan to the Intro Course is ‘asking the big questions of life’, and as I have been preparing for this course I have been struck once again about the importance of asking questions in […]
The Intro Course (Rebecca’s Story)
We’re coming up to our next Intro Course, and to help you understand what it’s all about and why you might want to come, I interviewed one our previous guests, Rebecca, on her experience of Intro. (1) What is it? The Intro Course is an opportunity to discuss some of the questions we often face […]