As a church grows bigger it must grow smaller! In other words as the number of people in a church increases, the number of smaller contexts for people to connect must increase too, otherwise a church can feel like a place you attend once a week where you sit next to strangers. A church is […]
Tag Archives: City Group
City Group Sunday – 7th & 14th Sept
At Christ City Church we talk about three places to belong City Groups Sunday Gatherings Life Groups However, we encourage you to see your primary place of belonging within CCC as City Groups. Why? Because it’s in City Groups you get to form deep authentic community. It’s in City Groups that you get to use your […]
Living Alone in Lockdown
This blog consists of two parts: the first shares the perspective of Margaret, a lecturer at a college in Dublin; the second shares the perspective of Mihai, who works in the advertising industry. Although Margaret and Mihai come from different cultural and professional contexts, their experiences of living alone in lockdown provide valuable insight (regardless […]
Sermon-Based City Group Discussions
What should we do in our City Group? Leaders of City Groups in Christ City Church are always faced with this questions. Should we read a book together? Or maybe go through a letter in the Bible? It could be daunting to have to come up with a program every week. It took us a while […]
Christ City Life: Joining a City Group
You made it to church and even came along to the pub after, so what’s next? At Christ City Church, there is a clear missional ambition to build communities and bring the Kingdom of God to those around us. A City group may comprise anywhere from 4-10 people with the aim of meeting during the […]
City Groups – 4 Reasons You Should Join One
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 […]