On Sunday 12th October 2014 we officially launched Christ City Church Dublin. The theme of the service was ‘Satisfied?’ and we talked about what gives us satisfaction and whether we can ever be completely satisfied. We’re really excited to have launched the church after over two years of praying and planning, and we were thrilled […]
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Stop The Tall Poppy Syndrome (Value 4)
The tall poppy syndrome is a perjorative term used to describe a social phenomenon in which people of genuine merit are resented, attacked, cut down, or criticised because their talents or achievements elevate them above or distinguish them from their peers. Why do I mention all this? Because the 4th and final value of Christ City Church is Leadership. […]
Where is the love? (Value 3)
There are many reasons why people don’t believe in Jesus. Some intellectual (doubts and objections), some emotional (pain and suffering) and some relational (the church sucks!). In this blog post I want to look at number 3 and talk about our third value as a church: community, which guides us to fulfil our vision of making […]
When will I grow up? (Value 2)
My little boy has just turned 5 years old. And on the night before his 5th birthday (we had been counting down from 10 sleeps) he started to ask me questions about what going to happen when he was 5. “Will I be bigger?” “Will I grow taller?” “Will I be grown up?” He expected […]
What happened to all the fun? (Value 1)
What is the first thing you think of when you think of God? Angry man in the sky? A delusion and invention of mankind to keep us in order? Jesus? Love? Well, what is the first thing you think of when you think of church? Boring? Irrelevant? Outdated? Man wearing a dress? Pews? Mass? Jesus? […]
A Provocative Church (Our Vision – part 1)
I am friends with a guy who is starting up a tech company in Dublin called Vivos. The central idea behind the company comes from Howard Thurman, a 20th Century preacher, civil rights activist and spiritual mentor to Martin Luther King. He said: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, […]
Internship at Christ City Church Dublin
One of our core values as a church is raising up leaders. We see this clearly in the ministry of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. Leadership is a big deal all across the world in every sector of life; education, business, arts, government, sport and so on and so forth. One of the tasks of the current […]
Why Get Baptised? Our First One In Dublin!
We have been in Dublin just over 18 months and in September we will be launching officially as a church. Do read more about all that on our get involved and vision pages. So it was with great joy that we had our first, hopefully of many, baptisms this Sunday as Maxime got baptised. You […]
The Dublin Banquet
On Sunday 4th May a team from the UK organised a big community meal for the people and city of Dublin. The team were given the challenge to organise a banquet in 48 hours, with only the venue already secured. They worked hard from Friday evening to Sunday to get all the food, invite people […]
Our 1st ever weekend away
Last weekend we were in Durrow, Co. Laois for our first ever time away together. It was so much fun – lots of games, eating and chatting, as well as looking at the book of Hosea in the Bible and learning more about how God loves us and the kind of relationship he wants with […]