People from Christ Church and others in Downend raised over £430, to provide a simple Christmas meal for over 1,000 pupils children at Bazaar School in Kumi, Uganda. In addition, some of the money will feed Prisoners in Kumi Prison on Christmas Day. Jan and Richard Bacon, who volunteer for a Charity called Mission Direct, […]
The newly appointed Bishop of Bristol, Bishop Vivienne Faull, made a first visit to Downend as she made a tour of Churches in the Kingswood and South Gloucestershire Deanery. She was welcomed by the Ministry Team at CCD alongside Rev Jo Vickery and Rev Paul Peterson. She had a tour of the newly re-ordered Church […]
Thanks to Richard Hawkes for his creativity in making it.
Grace Huggins celebrated her 90th birthday in style in the new Christ Church Downend building in November. Friends and family gathered at the Mothers’ Union & again at Thursday Open Church to salute this amazing and special Downend lady. Grace moved to Downend in 1960 and she has attended Christ Church Downend for 58 years and […]
I am delighted to let you know that The Very Revd Vivienne Faull (@vivfaull), currently Dean of York, has today been announced as the 57th Bishop of Bristol. Bishop Designate Viv, brings great experience of ministry in the Church of England to her new role. When appointed to Leicester Cathedral, she was the first ordained woman […]
Find out what’s been happening in the life of Christ Church over the last 12 months in our annual report 2017-18 (Pdf, 1.7mb). If you would like a hard copy of the annual report please contact the Parish Office tel: (0117) 908 9867.
Christ Church Fellowship, in partnership with Pam from Christine Peters in Staple Hill, is hosting a fashion show and afternoon tea on Friday 11th May 2pm – 5pm in the Parish Hall. Tickets are £10 each, either from Pam at the shop, Parish Office or from Maggie Nichols. Your style says a lot about you […]
Adam Weary who plays basketball for the Bristol Flyers shares some of his life story with our Sunday teenagers’ group. We made a recording of Adam’s story and it is well worth listening to. Adam talks about moving from New York to Memphis, his family, his basketball, his success in sport yet feeling empty, facing […]
Listen to Jo Vickery’s interview on BBC Radio Bristol by Jonathan Ray as he talks about the Building for Life project at Christ Church, the audio should be played with immersive sound so that the quality is at its highest.
Unfortunately Christ Church Junior School building is closed due to snow so we are having to cancel the 10.30 service this Sunday (4th March). The 9.15am service at the Church Centre Quakers Road has also been cancelled. However the 6.30pm service at the Parish Hall will go ahead unless the weather deteriorates further. Nigel will […]