It has been said that Christian leadership is: Mobilising God’s gifts to accomplish God’s goal, in God’s way Our aim at 7.30 leadership is to help existing leaders do so more effectively and fruitfully. But before we get into the details let’s start by dealing with the elephant in the room. For a number of […]
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Christmas Care Packs
A loving church Back in February 2020 we preached through a mini-series based on the book of Acts before COVID-19 arrived on our shores. During the talk in the first week (Acts 2:37-42), I had noted that we should be ‘a loving church’, and I wondered ‘what could this look like in our current context?’ […]
Weekend Stay-Cay – 6-8th November 2020
One of the highlights of the church calendar is our weekend away, where we’re usually able to have lots of unhurried time in beautiful country surroundings enjoying God, his creation and one another. For obvious reasons this will not be possible in 2020. However, we want to do all we can to make our alternative […]
The Sermon on the Mount
Jesus was the greatest moral teacher that ever lived and the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ was his most famous sermon. Many of the phrases used are still used 2000 years later –‘turn the other cheek’, ‘do not judge’, ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’. Initially Jesus came proclaiming the kingdom […]
Haggai – Whose House?
The year is 539 BC and after many painful years in exile, the new world leader, Cyrus, has said that the Jewish people can return to their land and rebuild their temple (2 Chronicles 36:22-23). They start returning in 538BC and work on the temple begins in 536 BC. Things are looking good; hope and […]
CCC Online Communion
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a number of scenarios for us a church where knowing the ‘right’ course of action is not obvious. One such area is communion. Since there is no precedent or historical examples to refer to we have had to think on our feet and listen to how other Christian leaders are […]
Wednesday Morning Prayer
An early morning prayer meeting that will be led by members of our Prayer Team. Every Wednesday morning from 7.30 to 8.10am going forward we’ll pray together as we believe prayer shouldn’t be an afterthought, but what we turn to first amidst this season of uncertainty. This will be a great opportunity to kick-start your […]
Physical Church Again – Q&A
With the recent update from the Irish Government, including specific guidelines for religious services, we will be returning to hybrid church with in-person and online church available from Sunday 16th May 2021. We are SUPER excited that after 5 months of not meeting physically for our church gatherings we can start to meet again. The key to living in […]
A Call To Fast – Wed 5th August
I feel very convicted as I write this blog that I haven’t done this sooner. We aim to fast once a term, and the last time we did corporately was on Wednesday 5th February, before the coronavirus pandemic hit our world. If there was ever a reason for God’s people to commit together to seek […]
Covid Restrictions, The Prodigal Son(s) & Your Heart
Rules…they bring out the worst in us don’t they?! Some of us love rules, they make us feel secure, they give us boundaries and they help us know if we’re ‘succeeding’ or ‘failing’. Some of us hate rules, they make us feel restricted, they stifle us and they remind us that we’re naturally suspicious of […]