A new year provides new opportunities, fresh hope, new plans and the famous new years resolutions; goals we want to hit or habits we want to cultivate for the next 12 months. As we start the year it feels like we have a ‘clean slate’ which gives us renewed vigour and ambition. In a sense, […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
10 reasons I loved the Christ City Church Weekend Away
So we had our first weekend away as an official church this past weekend and here are 10 reasons why I loved it. Do check out these epic facebook photos and videos. (1) The Karaoke This really was something to behold. The Saturday night was casually passing by and then suddenly the karaoke comes on […]
A Church Not For Ourselves (Our Vision – part 2)
An archbishop from a previous century famously said “The Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non–members.” “If only that were true” I hear you say! Well that is certainly our ambition and vision; we want to be a church that primarily exists not for ourselves but for those who do not normally go to church and for […]
Prayer – Getting Started
We all know that usually the hardest bit of any task is getting started. Whether it be cleaning the house, packing for holiday, writing an essay or going for a run. Once you get going it’s okay; the getting going is the hardest bit. And so it is with prayer, the hardest thing is getting […]
Stop The Tall Poppy Syndrome (Value 4)
The tall poppy syndrome is a perjorative term used to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers. Why do I mention all this? Because the 4th and final value of Christ City Church is Leadership. […]
Where is the love? (Value 3)
There are many reasons why people don’t believe in Jesus. Some intellectual (doubts and objections), some emotional (pain and suffering) and some relational (the church sucks!). In this blog post I want to look at number 3 and talk about our third value as a church: community, which guides us to fulfil our vision of making […]
When will I grow up? (Value 2)
My little boy has just turned 5 years old. And on the night before his 5th birthday (we had been counting down from 10 sleeps) he started to ask me questions about what going to happen when he was 5. “Will I be bigger?” “Will I grow taller?” “Will I be grown up?” He expected […]
What happened to all the fun? (Value 1)
What is the first thing you think of when you think of God? Angry man in the sky? A delusion and invention of mankind to keep us in order? Jesus? Love? Well, what is the first thing you think of when you think of church? Boring? Irrelevant? Outdated? Man wearing a dress? Pews? Mass? Jesus? […]
A Provocative Church (Our Vision – part 1)
I am friends with a guy who is starting up a tech company in Dublin called Vivos. The central idea behind the company comes from Howard Thurman, a 20th Century preacher, civil rights activist and spiritual mentor to Martin Luther King. He said: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, […]
Internship at Christ City Church Dublin
One of our core values as a church is raising up leaders. We see this clearly in the ministry of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. Leadership is a big deal all across the world in every sector of life; education, business, arts, government, sport and so on and so forth. One of the tasks of the current […]