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 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 (pictured centre) started doing door to door collections for The Children’s Society in 1960. Then in 1981, she was invited to tea […]
We have received the November 2018 newsletter from Pastor Misa Hiorescu in Moldova. Christ Church supported the building of the church where he is the pastor through a tithe gift taken from donations to the Building4Life project and Misa visited us for the reopening weekend in October. Pastor Misa writes: Lord’s peace, dear brothers! First […]
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.
Family Forest Day – Saturday 15 June 2019 Come and join us on our annual day out to Phil & Kathy’s farm in the Brecon Beacons. We take as many families as we can, and bring along anyone else who wants a day out, and we spend a lovely relaxed day getting to know other […]
Christingles are models made from oranges, ribbons, sweets and candles. Each part has a special meaning. The orange represents the world, and the sweets represent the good gifts God has given us. The candle symbolises Jesus coming into our world. He said, “I am the light of the world.” The red ribbon around the orange […]
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 […]
Ben & Katy Ray are our mission partners in Tanzania. In that country, people with disabilities are often considered to be a burden or even a curse. People think that nothing can be done for them. They are often left uneducated and told that the best chance they have is to beg on the streets. […]
The Downend & Bromley Heath in Bloom team have organised a big poppy display in Downend as we mark the 100th Anniversary of the end of WW1. Local groups, including schools and clubs have painted 600 poppies and in the Church grounds there are 173 special poppies which are named with those from Downend who […]