Clik here to view.
Church Planting Is Just Like Apple farming
At Christ Church Manchester we love to plant churches. My dad is an apple farmer and he loves to plant apple trees. The two are quite similar.A few years ago I was walking with my dad along a path...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CCM:City Gives Money to Yalova
For the next two Sundays at CCM:City (AM and PM) we are going to do a special offering for Yalova.“What’s Yalova?” I hear you cry! Well, good people of CCM:City, Yalova is a town in Turkey that’s not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CCM Day – Your life Matters
Hi guys and gals of CCM! On Saturday December 1st 2012 we will have another magnificent CCM day. Our speakers will be Liam Thatcher from Christ Church London and Andrew Davies from Rhiwbina Church in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas at Christ Church Manchester
“It’s Cchhhhrrrriiiiissssttttttmmmmmaaaaaaassssss” as Noddy Holder* would say. What’s happening at CCM over Christmas this year? CCM:City will not have any meetings on 23rd and 30th December. This is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Show Me The Money
Any idea what the most popular new years resolution was this year? Well it wasn't quitting smoking, changing job or eating less chocolate.Interestingly, it seems that the bite of the recession is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dance Music for Worship
We have been experimenting with dance music at CCM:City for a while.Our latest effort come from Michael Bear, Babette Shaw and Jamie Semple. Have a listen. Do you recognise it? That’s right, Shine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Flipping Fantastic Sunday!
Has it ever struck you that two days ago when we remembered the death of Jesus we called it ‘Good’ Friday?I don’t think anybody at the time would have called it a good day (with the possible exception...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We are CCM
What we are doing at CCM is neither original or innovative. Whilst we apply all our creativity to the task, when you boil it down we are just copying Jesus. Jesus was the first church-planter, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Are CCM: Devotion
In the London 2012 Olympics, Team GB won 29 gold medals. I was recently challenged to name as many of them as I could. Go on, have a go. How many can you think of? (Click here for answers) I got just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Are CCM: Community
In 1623, John Donne wrote a poem named ‘No man is an island’. His point is that rather than thinking of ourselves as thousands of tiny islands each occupying its own part of a sea, we should instead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Membership at Christ Church Manchester
Have you recently joined CCM:City? Have you been around for a while but want to know a bit more about who we are? If either of those is true of you then you should come to the first ever CCM:City...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Be Like John Terry
John Terry has been at it again this week. Believe it or not, there is much that we can learn from the Chelsea captain on the subject of grace. When Terry went on to the pitch last week to collect the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VIP Family Meeting
Christ Church Manchester is more than a collection of individuals but a family brought together by God. On Thursday 30th May the CCM:Gorton family will meet together for our ‘VIP’ family meeting. V is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coming Soon: When The Rubber Hits The Road
Do you go to church? If so, would you say that makes you a Christian? Contrary to widely held belief, going to church does not make someone a Christian any more than going to the garage makes them a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CCM Membership Course
When Jesus began his public ministry, his first act was identify with a group of people. He did this by baptism, even though personally he had no sin to repent of. As he lined up with the people in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CCM Membership Course
When Jesus began his public ministry, his first act was identify with a group of people. He did this by baptism, even though personally he had no sin to repent of. As he lined up with the people in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
I recently asked a bunch of our students what advice they would give to freshers just starting out their academic career. One of them sent me this - The yearly ritual of Freshers Week involves copious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Students at Christ Church Manchester
So you got the greatest A-Level results known to humankind and you are able to move to the finest city on earth. Manchester, beautiful Manchester. The next month or so will be a whirlwind of packing,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your University Needs You
One of the most heart breaking parts of leading a student work (or a church with stacks of students) is watching young people slowly drift out of relationship with Jesus and then out of church. A new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Redemption Stories
Everybody has a story. Regardless of somebody’s age or occupation, culture or nationality, religion or education, one thing that give us common ground is that we all have stories to tell. Each person’s...
View Article
