Christmas is an opportunity to take the love of God into homes, pubs, shops and people’s lives, and throughout December we’ve been running a busy programme of events aiming to do just that. Some highlights are listed here: also see our Services and Events page.
An exhibition by the Art Group was one of the main features at this year’s Craft Fayre. The Lunch Club team, led by Phil and Beryl, brought many different church groups and outside organisations together in one event which attracted a steady stream of visitors. Over £800 was raised which will benefit children in Kenya and Tanzania.
There are victims of torture right here in Birmingham, many seeking asylum from the regimes that tried to silence them. We learned about what can be done to help them and discussed some of the wider issues in a Café Church session led by Amy and Jill from the charity Freedom from Torture.
Young people spent a night and a day living in temporary shelters to learn about the experience of a billion of the world’s population.
There was music, cheering, applause and food for runners and spectators as the Great Birmingham Run passed our front door on a sunny Sunday morning in October.
The Frere family spent 3 weeks in Kenya building on the links forged in last year’s Youth Encounter visit, enjoying many memorable experiences and discovering some specific needs that the rest of us could help to meet.
In summer 2014 a group of young people and leaders from Christ Church joined thousands of others at a lively, inspiring and colourful Soul Survivor. Youth worker Ellen Dann reports.
On a few days each August, when most regular activities take a break, we open our building to provide play, company, crafts and more for adults and children. We welcomed well over 100 guests to each of our three sessions in 2014.
A 6-strong group from Christ Church spent a week at the New Wine Summer Gathering in Somerset. This annual event includes praise, worship, teaching, seminars, prayer, healing and more, all with a focus on how God is changing people and communities.
In the centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War, Christ Church members were invited to contribute family memories. These stories are a reminder of the human cost of the war and its legacy for succeeding generations.