On Sunday 5th October 2025, after the service in CCC Central, we’ll be running a seminar for anyone who is interested in being part of a life group. Here is a bit about the vision of life groups, the different types we have and what will happen at the seminar. Being known and loved An […]
Category Archives: Life Groups
Living Alone in Lockdown
This blog consists of two parts: the first shares the perspective of Margaret, a lecturer at a college in Dublin; the second shares the perspective of Mihai, who works in the advertising industry. Although Margaret and Mihai come from different cultural and professional contexts, their experiences of living alone in lockdown provide valuable insight (regardless […]
Women’s Group
This monthly group is a chance for the women in the church to connect with one another and get to know each other on a deeper level in a comfortable setting, while learning more about Jesus’ character. We’ll be going through the book “Humble Roots” by Hannah Anderson, and the hope is that we’ll learn […]
Life Group Seminar – Pursuing The Heart
If you want to grow as a Christian you must understand your heart. If you want to find greater joy, freedom, courage and peace then you need to discern what is going on in your heart. Guarding the heart Proverbs 4:23 says Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. So […]
Friendship – Eben’s Story
This Sunday Eben spoke to us on the topic of friendship from the book of Proverbs. He wove the lessons of Proverbs on friendship into his own life story of finding God as a friend and in turn learning to befriend others. I encourage you to listen to the podcast if you missed it. I asked […]
Life Group – You Can Change (Chapter 4)
This week in our Life Group we looked at the difference between the symptoms of our sin (e.g. anger); the triggers that cause sin (e.g. pressure); and the root issue behind the sin (e.g. fear of failure). If we’re to see lasting change in our lives we need to get good at looking into our hearts, to the […]
LIFE GROUP: You Can Change – Chapter 3 (Tim Chester)
This week in our Life Group we looked at the key distinction between the law and the gospel, both for justification (being right with God) and sanctification (becoming like God). We change not by working hard, but by coming to Jesus again and again. In chapter three of You Can Change, Tim Chester drives home very forcefully that after salvation we often […]
LIFE GROUPS: You Can Change – Chapter 2 (Tim Chester)
This week in our Life Group we looked at what I consider the most important question when it comes to seeing change in your life: “Why would you like to change?” Tim Chester helpfully examines our motivation for change and highlights that if we are changing for the wrong reasons, whilst our behaviour might change, we will not […]
LIFE GROUPS: You Can Change – Chapter 1 (Tim Chester)
In our church we have small same-sex groups that focus on changing areas of our lives where we want to reflect Christ more. We call them Life Groups because we want to intentionally form the life of Christ in one another. This life can be summed up by the fruit of the Spirit that Paul talks about […]