Jesus loved to be at banquets! He spends most of Luke’s gospel either coming from, at, or going to a meal of some kind. He loved to eat with people; it was his way of doing mission and building community. Famously in Luke 14 Jesus is at a banquet in the house of a religious leader […]
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Summer Community Banquet – 5 Jul
Jesus loved to be at banquets! He spends most of Luke’s gospel either coming from, at, or going to a meal of some kind. He loved to eat with people; it was his way of doing mission and building community. What is staggering, however, wasn’t his desire to party, but with whom he wanted to party! In Luke […]
Serving Week at CCC
As our banquet approaches, we are reminded of God’s call to ‘go’. From his covenant to Abraham (Gen12) to Jesus’ great commission (Mt28) or Peter’s first letter (1Pt2), God’s people have always been a sent people – a people on mission. This coming week, we have the opportunity to partner with DCM through Anto & Leanne’s […]
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 […]
A Prostitute Gatecrashes the Banquet (#CCCTrueLove)
This Saturday we’re hosting a huge banquet for Dublin (6pm, Filmbase, Temple Bar) as part of our True Love week. Then in our Sunday Service we’ll be reflecting on the theme of true love, looking at the famous story of Jesus being invited to a banquet hosted by Simon the Pharisee recorded for us in […]
4 Prayers For Mission Week: True Love (Sun 26th April – Sun 3rd May)
From Sunday 26th April until Sunday 3rd May we have 24 UK church interns descending on Dublin with one simple aim: to bring God’s love to the city. Jono Rice will be leading the whole week from our end supported valiantly by our two interns Hilary and Ola, and also Dalton and Shannen. However we’d […]
True Love Came to Dublin: Mission Week 2015
From Sunday 26th April to Sunday 3rd May 2015 we had 24 people from churches in the UK joining us for a week of mission. The theme was ‘True Love’; as we wanted, in word and deed, to show God’s love to the people and city of Dublin. Do read this blog to understand more about […]
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 […]