At Christ City Church we have 3 places for people to belong: Sunday Gatherings (30+ ppl) City Groups (10-30 ppl) Life Groups (2-5 ppl) We want church life to be more than just a Sunday meeting; we want it to be a community on a mission both on Sundays and also throughout the week. In […]
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Invest: Making the Most of 2017
A New Year affords us a moment to pause and ask ourselves: how do I invest my time, money, passions and relationships wisely in 2017 to ensure I make the most of the year? How can I change old habits, take more risks, grow as a person and ensure I don’t stagnate? With those questions in mind, […]
3 Freedoms that financial giving brings
This Sunday we have a ‘Giving Sunday’, where I’ll teach on the biblical principles of financial giving, and why giving to a local church is a good idea. In this blog post I want to talk about 3 freedoms that come from giving. You see, most people think that if they give financially they’ll ‘lose out’; they’ll […]
Summer in the City – Aug 2016
During August we’ll be taking a break from meeting in Synge Street Secondary School and instead we’ll have a ‘house church’ style with worship and social time. Each week we’ll be meeting in a house at 4.15pm for a 4.30pm start. There’ll be refreshments, some singing and a bible study, discussion or short talk, with time to […]
The Pub – Gluttons & Drunkards?
Every Sunday since we started the church we have always gone to the pub after our service (sometimes before too!) First it was Crowbar, then it was Sweetmans and now it’s The Bleeding Horse. And each Sunday we get anywhere between 10-35 people and it’s great craic. So why do we go to pub each week? […]
Sunday Church – Alienating or Inviting?
Many people grow up with the impression (or the reality!) that church is boring, irrelevant and alienating. Boring in that there is nothing to engage them. Irrelevant in that what happens during the service has little or no impact on the other six days of the week. Alienating in that if you’re not part of […]
Aliens and Strangers – 28 Feb to 3 Apr
On Sunday 28th February 2016 we kicked off this ‘Aliens and Strangers‘ series with a launch party in our new venue, Synge Street Secondary School. You can see photos from the event on our Facebook page. We’ll be continuing the series till Easter Sunday and this blog post outlines some of the themes we’ll explore. Being the […]
A Church That Loves Dublin
One of the slogans we have is that we are “a Christian community committed to love and serve Dublin” – it’s at the bottom of every page of our website. I’ll let you be the judge as to whether the slogan really represents us. Even if we’re failing I think it’s a good slogan and aspiration to have. When […]
Is Church still relevant in and to Dublin?
Four years ago (January 2012) Leanne and I visited Dublin for a week to try and help us answer the question “should we come to Dublin to start a church?” It was an amazing visit and became a clinching experience as to why we decided to come, which we haven’t regretted one bit! During that visit I think we […]
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts (Test)
In 2 Timothy 1:7 the Apostle Paul tells Timothy to ‘fan into flame’ the gift that was in him. Peter tells Christians that… Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms (1 Peter 4:10). So the obvious question comes – […]