When Dilys Garrod went carol singing at the Highbury Pub with a group from Christ Church, she spotted an opportunity to use music to help build community there.
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Welcoming Megan Gibbins
On the Sunday that Megan Gibbins was ordained in Birmingham Cathedral, we held a special lunch to welcome her as curate at Christ Church.
Cafe Church: Relating to Muslims
Here in multicultural Birmingham many of us live or work alongside Muslims, but never get beyond a superficial friendship and find it difficult to talk about our faith. How can we overcome these barriers? We welcomed Richard Sudworth, minister at Christ Church, Sparkbrook, to lead our discussion at Cafe Church.
Revive Residential 2014
15 young people, some of them new to the group, spent a beautiful sunny weekend at Blackwell Adventure. The activities included grass sledging, a giant ladder climb, crate stacking, an obstacle course and team building games, all helped by the brilliant Blackwell staff. Youth worker Ellen Dann reports…
A visit to Auschwitz
In March 2014 teenager Katie visited the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. She told her story in Christ Church on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Reloaded Residential 2014
Do you remember February – the month when it hardly stopped raining? Youth worker Ellen Dann reports on a weekend which was memorable for the right reasons – once the members of our older youth group had found a way round flooded roads.
Growing youth work in Bolivia
When Matt Churchouse joined the Christ Church team that visited Bolivia in the summer of 2013, he hoped to be able to help and encourage the churches there in the area of youth work, but the programme didn’t leave much room for that kind of specialised activity. In January 2014 Matt made a return visit to Bolivia with a special focus on youth work.