Get right up to date with the March edition of the Neema Crafts’ newsletter (Pdf). Neema Crafts provides training and employment opportunities for over 120 people with disabilities in the Iringa region of Tanzania. Ben and Katy Ray are one of Christ Church’s mission partners. They clearly are in need of prayer as they face […]

Some exciting developments are underway at our CAP Debt Centre. As we’re now incredibly busy and have a 3 month waiting list for appointments, we’ve decided to take on two Volunteer Debt Coaches.   These will be voluntary roles in which basic expenses are paid with a time commitment of 8 hours per week.  The job […]

Downend Junior Soup Team the Bromley Heath Souper Troupers need your help. So they have written to the Downend Voice to get local support for their project.  What started off as a small school project as part of Downend Soup is growing and we are keen to see other community groups and other local schools […]

The craft group at Christ Church have been supporting Mercy Ships for a number of years. The African Mercy is a huge hospital ship which docks in different ports in Africa. The surgeons on board perform hundreds of operations each year, many cataract, large tumours, and straightening children’s limbs, all giving their services free of […]

Community crowdfunding project Downend SOUP is gearing up for its fifth and most ambitious project yet – the SOUPerbowl – two SOUP events all on one evening. The simple yet effective idea sees people gather together to hear three community projects pitch their ideas.  Donations on the door create a prize fund which is used […]

At the start of 2019, Christ Church Downend made the bold decision to fling open their doors and invite the whole community to “Bounce into Church”. So on the last day of the school Christmas holidays, your local Church was filled with jumping children and happy parents. There was a  hospitality team serving toast and […]

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Christians Against Poverty Centre (CAP) Christmas hampers. Here is our CAP debt counselling centre manager, Leyla Fellows and Bryan Ashton who will be delivering these parcels and a food hamper to one family. We have a CAP here at Christ Church and we also support those […]

Here is Joan with one of the Noisy Neighbour nativity story books from the Bible Society. Our amazing local Mothers’ Union team have given out over 800 of these lovely books to children to children’s groups and local schools in Downend, Children’s groups at local churches and Messy Church at Christ Church Downend, in fact all over the Kingswood and […]

The annual Christingle Services at Christ Church have become a regular part of the calendar at Christ Church and all because of one amazing lady. Doreen Cruse, a longstanding member of Christ Church started doing door to door collections for The Children’s Society in 1960. Then in 1981, she was invited to tea with The […]