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Category Archives: Leadership
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 […]
Christ City Church Leadership Team
When Leanne and I came to Dublin to plant a church we always had in our mind that we’d establish a local leadership team when the time was right. Well now is the time! The New Testament is clear that leadership is done in teams and speaks of teams of elders and deacons (See 1 […]
New Kids Worker – Martina
Q1. Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Martina Paluzzi. I am 26 years old. My background is Italian, Scottish, English and Irish. I was born and raised just outside of Toronto (Canada). There I studied Child and Youth Care for 3 years where I received my advanced diploma. I also have a […]
6.30 Leadership 2019 – Calling Christian Leaders
For the last three years we have run a short leadership course called 6.30 leadership – the name derives from the fact that the course happens at 6.30 in the morning. This year we’re going to have a look at the first four chapters of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, using John Stott’s book […]
Christ City Church Team 2018-2019
As we start a new academic year, I just wanted to write a quick blog post about the CCC team with the key people and who does what. First key person…the CCC Family. Every one of us! I don’t say this flippantly or just for the sake of saying it. I really mean it. As […]
6.30 Leadership – Mark’s Gospel (year 3)
For the third year running Christ City Church will be running a leadership course for anyone who is interested, starting on Wednesday 24th January 2018. In 2016 14 people completed the course, based on the book of 2 Timothy, and last year 25 people finished the course based on the book of Nehemiah. This year […]
Christ City Church Internship – 5 observations
In September 2013 we started our internship programme. We were just a very small house church at that time and one brave soul said he’d commit a year to the church and our internship. Since then we have had five others do our internship (three currently half way through) and we’re now taking applications for September […]
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts (Test)
In 2 Timothy 1:7 the Apostle Paul tells Timothy to ‘fan into flame’ the gift that was in him. Peter tells Christians that… Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms (1 Peter 4:10). So the obvious question comes – […]
4 Motivations For Timid Leaders
This Wednesday we start our new 6.30 Leadership Course – I hope you can join us. In this post I wanted to put things in context and look at the motivations for being a leader, especially if you’re naturally timid in nature. In 2 Timothy, Paul is passing on the baton to his young apprentice Timothy. He […]