It’s easy to live for God when he seems very active and near. It’s easy to trust God when there is clear evidence of his work in your life and the lives of others. However, living for God in uneventful waiting is never easy? How do we keep ‘faith alive’ when participating in church life […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
Acts 16-19: The gospel in the city
Each year after Easter we have a short series on the book of Acts. After Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, and the outpouring of the Spirit, the early Christians were embolden to live and speak for Jesus in a way that sent ripples throughout the Roman world, which we are still feeling today. Our hope and […]
Daniel – Resident Aliens
The book of Daniel is a great book for the church to study in modern times. The culture around us is changing at lightning speed and for Christians it can be hard to keep up, let alone find our place within it. Our world is more polarised, more politicised, more ‘tense’ and more uncertain than […]
2 Peter – Growing in Christ
As we start 2023 we want to think about our spiritual growth. The whole world is making noise about new years resolutions and personal change, relating to diet, fitness, career, education, new challenges or experiences. All that is helpful. As Christians we too want to think about personal change, but one that happens inside – […]
6.30 Leadership – Nehemiah (year 2)
Leadership is one of our 4 values in CCC and we’re excited about raising up leaders. We have written three courses, based on: 2 Timothy (year 1); Mark (year 3); and for this coming year, Nehemiah (year 2). What is 6.30 Leadership? 6.30 Leadership is a 6 session course where participants (a) receive teaching on […]
CCC Marriage Preparation/Enrichment Course
The Bible starts and ends with a marriage – Genesis 2 tells us about the marriage of Adam and Eve; Revelation 21 tells us about the marriage of Jesus with his bride, the church. Paul in Ephesians 5 helps us join up these two passages when he says: ‘For this reason a man will leave […]
CCC Zambia Service Trip 2023
2019 was the last time we sent a team to Vinjeru School in Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia. We have had a long standing relationship with Martin and Karolyn Simbeye who lead the school, and the trust that provides oversight and governance of the school. 2023 Service Trip: Mon 13th – Sat 25th March In March […]
Team Hope – Christmas Shoebox Appeal
As a church we want to play our small part in loving the poor and needy in our city and abroad. One simple way of helping us do that this year is serving and helping with Team Hope and the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. What is Team Hope? TEAM HOPE is an Irish, Christian development aid […]
Becoming A Church Planting Church
The vision of Christ City Church has always been to become a church planting church. As we look at scripture and experience, we agree with the Christian sociologist Peter Wagner that: “planting new churches is the most effective evangelistic methodology known under heaven!*” Particularly in urban centres (like Dublin), church planting has proven to […]
The Future Kingdom (Parables in Matthew)
Is our world heading for melt down? Will our planet burn up? Will nations destroy one another through nuclear war? What hope is there for our future? These are real questions for us in 2022. To help us consider Christian hope, and how that helps us live in our present times, we’re going to spend […]