Christ Church Manchester News - 29th July 2010

I hope you are all fit well and telling your week exactly what you think of it.

Here is some news for you -

Healing Meeting - On Sunday 15th August Dave Wade from the Newfrontiers Church in Blackburn is coming to preach. We are expecting to see people healed as Dave has experience in this.
So on Saturday the 14th August a bunch of people will be giving out flyers around Hyde town centre. Fancy helping out? Get in touch with Stu Gosling

From CCM to India -  If you were at church last Sunday you would have noticed a waterwell, right there in the middle of room! Together at CCM we want to collect £500 to give a village in India their own source of fresh water. If you want to give, please put your donations in the waterwell at church. If you pay tax, dont forget to giftaid!  We also want to raise money for a medical camp (£250) and to release a sex worker from the red light area (£500). More about these other projects next week. If each church member gave £15 we would have enough for these 3 projects.
Clare and Sue are having a stall at the Oldham Carnival on 7th August, selling crafts and running a tombola to raise money for the India projects.  Recieved any presents that you cant use? Do you have any New and Unused good Quality items, like photo albums, wine, perfumes, gift sets. If so would you donate them to us for our Tombola? Please bring them to church THIS sunday so we can use them for the Tombola on the following Saturday.

Thats all. So just remember that it is easier to walk to Denmark with a large rucksack than it is to drive to Norwich and you will have more fun once you get there. (Deep sigh)

Christ Church Manchester News - 22nd July 2010

"Newday is a youth event in Norwich, which is somewhere near Denmark"

Here is some news for you -

Newday - a bunch of CCMs youth are going to Newday (youth event in Norwich, which is somewhere near Denmark). They need some equipment. Do you have -
2 x two or three man tents, 1 x Cooking tent, 1 x Double burner stove and gas cylinder, 1 x camping kettle, 2 x tables with folding legs, 2 x cool boxes, 6 x Ice-packs, 2 x washing up bowls, 2 x large chopping boards, 2 x large cooking pots with lids, Set of kitchen knives / long-handled wooden spoons.

Can you help with anyone of that? If so email me. Thanks.

India Trip - You may remember the inspiring visit from Rev. Sudheer Kumar (REAP India) in May? Dates are now finalized for the the ten day mission trip to work with him in India. These are 30 Sept to 12th October 2010.  Clare Taylor, Sue Ward and Roberta K. are going, but more team members would be very welcome. The team will be running evangelistic outreach meetings to villages, dedicating waterwells, operating a medical camp, running mercy camps, visiting and speaking at some of the current ministries. This is a great opportunity to get a taste of mission, see first hand what God is doing outside the UK, and to be part of it!  See Clare Taylor for more info.

Expecting God to Speak

"We are a small church throwing out a very very wide net, so we really need God to help us."

Tomorrow (Saturday 3rd July) we are having a prayer meeting at 9am at Kingsburn Hall in Burnage, South Manchester. I wanted to remind you because I am really looking forward to it. I am expecting God to talk to us! We have loads to ask God for and we have many things that only God can change.

I am desperate to see us grow. I want to see more people Join us from Hyde, Denton, Dukinfield, Ashton, Oldham, Chadderton, Reddish, Levenshulme, Gorton, Burnage,and Fallowfield. That list of locations is where many of you live and I know that I have missed out a whole bunch of places! We are a spread out group of Missionaries. So I want to see Good bring us new people.

In September we start CCM:City (evening meeting in Fallowfield) and we also have CCM:East (every Sunday at Hyde Town hall), both of these venues need to grow not because we are all about meeting attendance but because who we gather on a Sunday is a fair indication of who is part of CCM!

We are a small church throwing out a very very wide net, so we really need God to help us.

So 9am, Sat 3rd July at Kingsburn Hall (Map is here). We will start promptly and finish promptly (I promise). We will pray hard for an hour.

It would be awesome to see you.

Christ Church Manchester News - 30th June 2010

I hope you are fit well and spoiling for a punch up. Here are some vital pieces of info for you -

Prayer Meeting -  On Saturday at 9am we are meeting at Kingsburn hall in Burnage to pray. Click here for a map. We are meeting to pray because we want CCM to grow. We want it to grow numerically, in discipleship, in mission and in Gods power. So we need to pray.

You maybe thinking Saturday morning is a ridiculous time for a prayer meeting! You maybe right! We are going to start promptly at 9am and finish at 10am on the nose. We are going to pray hard and expect God to answer.

So July 3rd 9am at Kingsburn Hall in Burnage (814 Burnage Lane, Burnage, M19 1RS). You maybe thinking that Burnage is a long way from where you live and you are probably correct. However, CCM is so spread out that a meeting anywhere in Greater Manchester will be miles away from someone! Remember, it is an experiment to see what works. Show up and see what it feels like!

Prayer requests - Minan is now out of hospital. The family still need prayer and support. So keep them in your prayers.

Ian Collinge - Ian strained his throat a few months back and it seems to be getting worse. He needs to be able to speak and sing at a number of important events over the summer. Please pray that his throat heals quickly.

Lisa Upton - Lisa has a dodgy back. Recently she has been experiencing sever pain in her back that is quite debilitating. Pray that God straightens and strengthens her spine.

Faith Purcell - Faith also has a dodgy back. Pause right now and pray for these guys.

So have a good week and always remember that chasing a mouse in the dark with a carving knife is not big, clever or ultimately successful.

Sunday Mornings at Christ Church Manchester

We meet at Hyde Town Hall every Sunday morning from 10:30am until around 12noon. We meet together because we love worshipping, we love spending time with each other and because we love Tameside and East Manchester. Simple really.

On an average Sunday (although, they are far from average!) we turn up have some coffee, catch up with old friends and look out for our new friends. Community is important us. We want to share our lives with each other in real and meaningful ways. Sunday mornings are a small but important part of that.

Once we have had our fill of tea and coffee we will usually have a few songs of praise led by one of our worship leaders and a band of musicians. We have a number of different nationalities represented among us and so our worship can take on a variety of different flavours.

After a couple of songs the kids all go out to take part in various different activities. Kids are as important to us adults, so we like to have a lot of fun with them as well as teach them about Jesus at the same time. We run a crèche for the under 3s, a group for the 3 – 6s, a group 6-9s and a group for the 11 – 14s. We have dedicated leaders (who all have CRB checks and are well trained in child protection) for each of these groups who work hard to make sure that we offer quality kids work to our children and teenagers.

While the kids are out partying hard the rest of us listen to 25 – 35 minutes of teaching. We like to use the bible and we like our teaching to be focussed on God and real life application of the gospel. Most of the teaching is done by people who go to Christ Church but occasionally we get visiting speakers as well.

Once the speaker has finished we spend some more time worshiping together and reflecting on the teaching.

The meeting usually finishes at 12noon. At this point people with kids collect them from the children’s work. We finish off our time together by consuming tea, coffee, cake and biscuits.

Sound good? Come down and check us out.

The Chapel - Creative Community

Manchester is a city jam packed full of innovation, creativity and culture. There is so much to do and anybody who claims to be bored in Manchester is clearly not trying very hard.

In a city like Manchester the Church really needs to step up to the creative plate!

With this in mind we decided that we start The Chapel. We want to influence and create culture. We want to encourage, support and release people who are creative into whatever area of culture interests them. I want the church (not just the leaders but the whole community) to create and support culture. I want to see Christian artists, musicians, designers, and whoever creating work that is meant to be consumed by the world at large. I also want to see the church producing forums and settings where secular artists can be supported. I don’t want Christian culture I just want culture.

Our first baby step towards this was The Crypt. The Crypt came out of the fact I bumped into a DJ who loves dubstep and electronica, and wanted to help us out. So we ran a club night, people showed up, christians looked awkward, people danced and we partied.

What else could we do? Anything! We know artists, musicians, comedians, bloggers, tweeters, creatives and consumers. So the only thing holding us back is our imagination. You in?

If you want to know more please contact me (Tim Simmonds) in any of the following ways -  07961 233 768, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), twitter, facebook or on my blog.