Sunday 6th and Sunday 13th September 2026 will be Renew Sundays for all of Christ City Church. We do these every year. This blog will give some context as to what we’re going to do and why, so that you can be praying and preparing yourself in advance for this time of personal and corporate […]
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Renew – 2022
Why is personal and corporate renewal necessary? In the 5th Century BC Nehemiah was called by God to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and to re-envision the people for being God’s covenant people. Nehemiah helps us understand what corporate renewal looks like in the life of a church. Nehemiah 1-6: Rebuilding the city walls The […]
Belong – church as family
Connect & Belong When people come to Christ City Church for the first time, we encourage them to come to Connect, where we talk about what it means to be God’s people while focussing on 1 Peter 2:9: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you […]
Nehemiah: Rebuild & Renew
The 5th century BC proved to be a tough period for the people of God. They had previously returned from exile under the decree of Cyrus The Great (in 538 BC), yet despite the great joy of returning home to Jerusalem, things had not gone as they had planned or dreamed. Many Jews had not […]
Renew – what an encouraging month!
May 2019 was given over to God as a month of renewal, and so as I head off I wanted to note down some HUGE ENCOURAGEMENTS that have come from the month. In no particular order… A hunger for Jesus our first love – We used Revelation 2:1-7 and Jesus’ words to the church in […]
May 2019: a month of renewal – seeking God for CCC
Christ City Church is coming up to 5 years old (Sept 2019), and in preparation for this we wanted to ask the whole church to commit to a month of renewal. A number of times in the Bible story we learn that the people of God gathered together to recommit themselves to God and to […]