Every summer as a church we spend 5-6 weeks studying the Psalms, thinking through how they can inform and direct our prayers. As I have been reading/praying a Psalm a day, and wrote an essay on the Psalms as part of my student internship with Christ City Church, Steve asked me to share a few […]
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7 Reasons we do the banquet
Each year CCC puts on two banquets for the local community, with a particular focus on providing a fun, warm, welcoming night with food, music and friendship for the most disadvantaged in the city, especially those who are homeless. I wanted to write a quick blog as to the vision behind the banquet and how […]
Renew – what an encouraging month!
May 2019 was given over to God as a month of renewal, and so as I head off I wanted to note down some HUGE ENCOURAGEMENTS that have come from the month. In no particular order… A hunger for Jesus our first love – We used Revelation 2:1-7 and Jesus’ words to the church in […]
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 […]
Judges – The Flawed and the Flawless
The book of Judges is not for the faint-hearted. It is full of blood and violence and is often very disturbing: shocking in fact. The stories it contains are not nice tales of how God’s people lived good lives that give us examples we can follow. With a few exceptions, it does the exact opposite. […]
Seminar – Faith & Work (28th April)
One of the greatest failures of the church is to create a divide between the sacred and secular; that is to mark off church activities as sacred (prayer, bible-reading, church attendance etc) and certain activities as secular (work, sport, music, sex, money etc). This then creates a second and equally devastating failure that also plagues […]
May 2019: a month of renewal – seeking God for CCC
Christ City Church is coming up to 5 years old (Sept 2019), and in preparation for this we wanted to ask the whole church to commit to a month of renewal. A number of times in the Bible story we learn that the people of God gathered together to recommit themselves to God and to […]
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 […]
CCC Games Night – 14th Apr
Three or four times a year we put on a games night after church. The idea is to have loads of fun, make friends and for there to be a family-friendly and non-pub option. It’s midterm the following week so hopefully that means the kids can join in as they won’t have to be up […]
Questioning Evangelism
When you look at the way Jesus does evangelism you notice two things: Firstly, He is always being asked questions. Secondly, He is always asking questions. In fact, you’ll notice He very often answers a question…with a question. Questions to ask yourself When it comes to sharing our faith, Jesus’ actions force us to ask […]