The Last Supper must be one of the most famous scenes that has come to us from history. It’s of Jesus sharing the Jewish Passover Meal with his 12 disciples before his lonely and torturous journey to the cross. The record of the supper and the discussion Jesus had with his disciples is found in John 13-17. […]
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Sex in the City – 8th Feb to 29th Mar
Over the next eight weeks we’re going to look at eight topics to do with sex in the city of Dublin. Primarily we are going to try and answer 2 questions: 1. What does our culture say?2. What does God say? The first two weeks (8th and 15th Feb) will be an introduction to the themes of […]
Paddy’s leaving do – Sun 16 Nov
With great sadness but with a sense of excitement we have to say goodbye to Paddy Matthews on Sunday 16th November. He leaves for the USA on Monday 17th to be with his fiancée Haley. Paddy has been with the church from the beginning and has been vital in helping us get this far. He […]
City Group – Mon 15 Dec
Where: 10 Woodford, Stillorgan When: Monday 15th December, 7.30 for 8pm start, and finish by 9.30pm Who: Everyone who is a part of Christ City Church Why: To prepare us for launching our city groups in January 2015 City Groups are small groups within the Church that are looking to love and serve different geographic areas or people […]
A Church Not For Ourselves (Our Vision – part 2)
An archbishop from a previous century famously said “The Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non–members.” “If only that were true” I hear you say! Well that is certainly our ambition and vision; we want to be a church that primarily exists not for ourselves but for those who do not normally go to church and for […]
Christ City Church official launch
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 […]
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? […]
Meetings in August
During August we’ll not be having any official meetings but we’ll still be spending time together on Sundays, before moving to our new venue (Filmbase in Temple Bar) from September 2014. Here’s the plan: Sunday 10th August: Games night from 7pm at Steve & Leanne’s in Stillorgan Sunday 17th August: Meeting in Phoenix Park (by the […]