Here are questions and notes from our weekend away at Lee Abbey, which will also echo the sermons preached at Christ Church. We Are Family: but what does that really mean? Follow the link to read questions which you can look at as an individual or as a group. http://christchurchdownend.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/What-does-it-look-like-for-Christ-Church-to-be-a-real-family.pdf
Our 4th issue in our series “What does it look like to be Christ Church?” asks how we take seriously Jesus’ bias for the poor. Nigel Stowe our preacher, and Leyla Fellows our CAP Centre Manager, helped us to connect helping those in need with Jesus’ command to love one another and to love God. […]
Here are the questions from yesterday’s talk by Shahne Vickery about how we are all created to have different spiritual temperaments, or ways of responding to God in worship. Reflect, discuss with others, feed back: to aidan@christchurchdownend.com or anitadobson@christchurchdownend.com Spiritual Temperaments Shahne spoke of 7 different temperaments: the intellectual, the ascetic, the naturalist, the activist, […]
Session 2 of our journey into what does it look like to be Christ Church examines what God can do in and through us if we grow warmer towards spending time with the Lord and listening to him. We may not all have the gifts or the the temperament of Iona Clark who shared her […]
We are starting a new journey in this season. A journey of exploration, of listening, of wondering, of learning. Of asking ourselves, what does it look like to be the church that Jesus calls us to be? What does it look like to be the Acts 2 church that “devotes itself to prayer” “eats and […]
Come away together to this beautiful Christian conference centre in North Devon. A time for the whole church family to worship, relax, learn and share together. Time to get to know each other better, and to learn, worship, explore, eat, relax together. Those who know Lee Abbey will be able to share with you how […]
Sandy Wright, a regular member of our Thursday morning congregation, who was married at Christ Church 44 years ago, recounts a recent experience that reminded her how prayer really works. And how much God cares for us,and shows us in so many little ways that we might miss if we don’t open our eyes to […]
The two men walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus after Jesus’death have always fascinated me. Why is only one of them named? Why did they not recognise Jesus even though he travelled and talked with them for some time? How did they feel,having to explain it all to an apparent stranger when they were deeply upset […]
It was hard to decide whether the magic tricks or the story of Rod Williams’ life being completely turned around was the more jaw dropping. On Friday 5th April we were treated to a spectacular display of magic by Rod Williams. Along the way he told his story of going off the rails as a […]
How Messy Church broke pots and records for its Easter session #MessyChurch always likes to make a bit of a … well, obviously! The clue is in the name. But this month we had an especially smashing time as we discovered how God wants to mend his broken world; how he wants to mend broken […]