The rain was pouring outside but in the Church it was warm and welcoming as we opened the doors to our lovely Parish Church to all ages for our Family Easter Afternoon Tea. There were scones & jam & cream, Easter biscuits, plant & cards stalls from the Stroke Recovery Gardening Group and the Monday […]
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 […]
This week’s lifting the lid focused on youth ministry outreach. Not the outreach that takes place in Downend Secondary School every Friday but the in-house outreach that takes place in the youth hub and parish hall every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. There are many aspects to youth ministry, as this table shows, but to give […]
Continuing in our series “Lifting the Lid” – here is a little summary of Junior SOUP, what it is, who is involved, why we do it and what benefits there have been. Junior SOUP was a little experiment to see if the concept of Downend SOUP with social enterprise and community engagement could be brought […]
Find out what’s been happening in the life of Christ Church over the last 12 months in our annual report 2018-19 (Pdf, 1.5mb). If you would like a hard copy of the annual report please contact the Parish Office tel: (0117) 908 9867. Annual Parish Church meeting Our Annual Parish Church meeting is on Wednesday 10th April […]
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 […]
The March newsletter (Pdf) from Misa Hiorescu in Ursoaia, Moldova
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 […]
A movement to cover Bristol in prayer 24/7 365 days a year Imagine a wave of prayer gliding across the city and its outskirts day after day, night after night. The city’s people: the wealthy and the down on their luck; the successful and the despairing; those in health and those in sickness; those taking […]
Beautiful paintings of storms being calmed by our Sunday Connected + group. We know the one who can calm all the storms in our lives.