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Valuing the Week – with Jo & Shahne

Each Saturday during the lockdown Rev Jo and Shahne Vickery give us an update on news in our church family but also share stories of how our church values of Thankfulness, Graciousness, Openness and Prayerfulness!

Coronavirus Finance Update – May 2020

Interior of the newly refurbished Christ Church Downend

This week Rev Paul Peterson caught up with our treasurer, Jamie Paddon, to find out how the coronavirus lockdown was impacting Christ Church. P: Thanks for chatting to us Jamie – the big question for you as treasurer is what impact is the coronavirus lockdown having on Christ Church’s finances? J: Well, the two main […]

Neema Crafts Tanzania PPE Appeal

Ben and Katy Ray are our mission partners in Tanzania. For the safety of the staff and community they have decided to shut down the Neema Centre until such a point as it seems safe to re-open. This was not an easy decision, especially as there are very few reported cases currently in Tanzania, but […]

Valuing the week – with Jo & Shahne

Each Saturday during the lockdown, Rev Jo and Shahne Vickery give us an update on news in our church family but also share stories of how our church values of Thankfulness, Graciousness, Openness and Prayerfulness!

Valuing the week – with Jo & Shahne

Each Saturday during the lockdown, Rev Jo and Shahne Vickery give us an update on news in our church family but also share stories of how our church values of Thankfulness, Graciousness, Openness and Prayerfulness!

Annual report 2019-2020

The new Annual Report is out, and is very far from a boring read! Want to know what has been happening and why we’ve been doing it? Have a read! Most of it was written BC – before COVID. New challenges are now before us, not least the serious financial situation we are now facing […]

Doing church differently

Dear friends, We’re very aware that not everyone has access to the internet, so wanted to ensure that everyone associated with the Christ Church Family was kept up to date with news. Whether you’re reading this on-line or in paper format, please be assured of our prayers and desire to stay connected during this uniquely […]

Support to CAP clients

Dear Christ Church family, During these challenging times, we’re very keen to ensure that we continue to support CAP clients with food parcels. Bryan Ashton who usually co-ordinates our foodbank is having to self isolate, so for the next few weeks Paul Peterson will be working with Leyla to ensure food is delivered to those […]

Christ Church building to remain closed

It is with great sadness that we have had to take the decision not to open Christ Church Downend to the public in view of the rapidly growing spread of the Coronavirus. We do not believe it would be responsible to do this now or in the foreseeable future. You will find many resources for […]