What should we do in our City Group? Leaders of City Groups in Christ City Church are always faced with this questions. Should we read a book together? Or maybe go through a letter in the Bible? It could be daunting to have to come up with a program every week. It took us a while […]
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EAI’s Statement on the forthcoming Referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution
Christ City Church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance Ireland who have recently released a statement with regards to the forthcoming Referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which was adapted from an earlier submission they made to The Citizens’ Assembly. Leanne has written about what this means, has encouraged us to join […]
Mary Magdalene (Film Review & John 20)
This Easter Sunday I will be speaking on John 20, where Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after he has been raised from the dead. To help me prepare for this, and to be up-to-date with the latest blockbuster, I went to see the film Mary Magdalene last night with Leanne. So what did we make of […]
Overcoming the fear of group prayer
We know that prayer is an important part of our lives as Christians. We also know that it doesn’t necessarily come easily, especially when we talk about praying in a group. There is no denying the power of prayer; the Bible clearly teaches us that (1 John 5:14-15; James 5:16-18) and each of us will […]
Consumer Church
Many have said that we now live in a consumeristic culture; that is, a culture where the consumers’ needs/desires/preferences dictate everything. In the business world people often say ‘the customer is king’ – in other words, what the customer wants is more important than anything else. This has had lots of positive results including better […]
Philippians – Finding Joy
What better way to start 2018 than studying a letter all about joy! Paul is writing from a prison; is being slandered by those outside the prison; is addressing a church struggling with unity with a few of its own hostile enemies; and he writes them a letter which is all about joy! Joy pervades […]
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 […]
Why Go To Zambia?
As a church we partner with Vinjeru School in Zambia and for the last three years we have sent a small team to work in the school for two weeks… and this blog post is to encourage you to consider going! The school provides education for some of the poorest children, and was set up […]
Christ City Life: First Sunday
Let’s be honest. Everyone likes to be noticed. There’s nothing worse than walking into a room full of strangers and feeling transparent. That creeping social awkwardness where you’re waiting to be spoken to, where the smiling acknowledgement from a friendly face just never materialises. That was the experience we’d previously had at other churches. The […]
Christian Medics’ Seminar – How do I live out my faith in medical school?
“I don’t think you should go to medical school. All the young guys I knew who pursued medicine ended up leaving their faith” – this was genuine advice given to me by an older Christian leader whom I respected while I was still doing pre-med back in college. I was torn when I heard it. […]