Autumn 2025
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Week 1 |
Vision: Our Identity |
7th September |
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Week 2 |
Vision: Our Purpose |
14th September |
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Week 3 |
The Heart of Generosity: The Biblical blueprint for giving |
21st September |
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Week 4 |
United in Generosity: Building God's kingdom together |
28th September |
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Week 5 |
Courageous Generosity: Trusting God's provision |
5th October |
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Week 6 |
Offering our all: Generosity as an act of worship |
12th October |
The workbook for weeks 1 to 6 is available to download
here.
The workook for weeks 7 to 14 is coming soon.
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but
chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones,
are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-5
Peter describes with breathtaking clarity the identity, life and mission of the church. The church is all who in Jesus have become living stones. Those who have moved from darkness to light, who were not a people and are now the people of God. The life of the church, built of living stones, is intentionally dynamic. We adapt and change to make space for new living stones and to build each other up in the strength and power of the Holy Spirit. The mission of the church is simply to reach the not-yet-living stones that the Holy Spirit leads us to.
This autumn we are going to explore together our identity and purpose as the living stones who are built together as Christ Church. We will explore the biblical basis for our identity and purpose, and the practical aspects of how we work this out. We’ll share testimonies of God’s mission in and through us. We’ll engage in practical application of being living stones built by God into a spiritual house.
These include:
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4th October |
Big Church Family Day |
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12th October |
Generosity Sunday |
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19th October |
Team building and BYO lunch after the 10 Gathering |
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16th November |
Inviting people in our parish to Christmas at Christ Church |