The annual Christ City Church Weekend Away is 5th-7th November, and the early bird deadline is 10th October , so sign up now for the cheaper prices! If you are still undecided these are 4 great reasons I think you should come along. The weekend away will be… Fun: My enduring memory of any CCC weekend […]
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Mountain by Bryan and Katie Torwalt
The first time I heard this song, it was during a time of sung worship when my wife and I were visiting a friend’s church in Los Angeles a few months back. I immediately fell in love with the song as it sings of remembering all of God’s goodness and grace when one reflects back […]
Planning for multiplication – becoming a Church Planting Church
(February 2023 update: this article is still relevant, and we praise God that in Sept 2022 we launched CCC South. However please check out the more general page on becoming a church planting church that will be helpful going forward) We’re just about to celebrate three years as a church so I wanted to write […]
The CCC Advisory Team
It’s with great delight that I want to tell you about (announce!) that Christ City Church now has an Advisory Team. This blog is to explain a bit about the purpose of the team, who they are and how it will work. But first… Some History Leanne and I moved to Dublin on September 24th 2012 with […]
Church – an introvert’s nightmare?
Sunday service is about to finish and you already know what’s coming next. The mingling and socialising time. People are off to get coffee, they are reconnecting and engaging in lively conversations. You hear bursts of laughter all around you. And there you are, a little overwhelmed, quite tired at this point and scanning the […]
7 top tips for adjusting to church life as a new parent
1. Think about your priorities and values Is church and the church family something you want to prioritise? Justin and I love Christ City Church and it’s a big part of our lives. We want to make sure this continues, and we really want Faye to grow up in the church family. I mentioned how […]
Adjusting to (church) life as a mum
A few weeks ago I went to the pub after the church service for the first time since Faye was born. That made me realise that we’re starting to find a ‘new normal’ for our lives. And that I’m now in a place where I have a bit of space in my head for something […]
Jesus The Revolutionary: The King’s Cross (Mark 9-16)
Many Christians have never taken a moment to consider what ‘discipleship’ (following Jesus) is really all about. They might be good at ‘church going’ and do lots of ‘religious things’ including praying and trying to live a good life, but they have never taken seriously the words in Mark 8:34-35 where Jesus says; “Whoever wants to be […]
Abortion – 5 reasons to engage
Abortion. A divisive word. But a significant current issue. We might be tempted to put our heads in the sand and not engage with this and there might be plenty of reasons why we could feel that way. For example: It’s none of my business what other people think. I don’t want to come across […]
Christ City Life: Engaging Online
There is a dog playing bongos on my phone. All those hours of truly pioneering engineering, hours of redesign, consultancy, product testing and retesting, budgeting and outright sheer creative brilliance from those engineers at Apple, and this is what I’m using my phone for. Dogs. Playing. Bongos. Sorry, Steve Jobs. It’s never been easier to […]