In our Autumn Gift Day at Church of Christ the King, we'll be raising money for some key projects that serve our City. We believe that the Church is here to make a difference, to bless and serve our City, to support and meet people's needs.
A three part video has been put together to give you more information about these projects. Please view them for more information:
Autumn Gift Day: Part One
Autumn Gift Day: Part Two
Autumn Gift Day: Part Three
CCK Life.
Posted on June 26, 2012
by Matt Carvel
A few months ago, Charles “Chuck” Colson, passed away. Though many in this country might not have heard of him, they will likely be more familiar with Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal with which Colson was intimately and infamously involved.
“Tough, wily, nasty and tenaciously loyal to Richard Nixon” was Time magazine's assessment of him and in the early 1970s he was widely known as Nixon’s “hatchet man”. But doing the President’s dirty work is not how Chuck Colson will be remembered, because between leaving his post at the White House and being imprisoned for the Watergate cover-up, he became a Christian.
The way in which Jesus miraculously transformed his life is laid out in his autobiography, simply entitled, “Born Again”. It became an international bestseller when it was published back in 1976, and on hearing the news that he had died, I decided to give it a read.
Posted on June 21, 2012
by Matt Simmonds
On Sunday 27th May we were privileged at CCK to open our doors to lights, cameras and plenty of crew to host the BBC’s Pentecost Praise. Slightly shorter than our average Sunday at CCK, the service lasted just under an hour from 10-11am and attracted 0.43 million viewers (slightly more than our normal Sunday attendance!)
Simon Brading gave a short welcome to the nation and led a packed out congregation in worship, together with Becki Cox and his band. Throughout the service there were two video testimonies from members of CCK and Joel Virgo preached powerfully from the Bible on the message of Pentecost. Everyone came together for communion to the song ‘Vagabonds’, written by CCK’s own Stuart Townend and other songs featured were ‘Breathe’ by Lou Fellingham and ’10,000 reasons’ by Matt Redman.
The service was available on iPlayer for one week afterwards and got 21 thousand plays which is encouraging (according to the BBC) and was also uploaded on YouTube and has since received over 3,400 hits.
Posted on May 28, 2012
by Tim Jones
Joel chats to Ben Travis about what we're doing here in Brighton and beyond.
Posted on April 25, 2012
by Emily Sneyd
Tal is an Elder here at CCK and he and his wife, Jo, are part of our Racecourse site. They also head up our Family Life department together and are excited to share about being part of the National Parenting Initiative and the parenting course starting next week.
So tell us, what is the National Parenting Initiative?
Tal: Well, parenting is certainly a hot topic in the UK at the moment and parents face bewildering choices about how to parent effectively. So the National Parenting Initiative (NPI) was set up to encourage every church in the UK to run a parenting course in their community in 2012, which would equip parents with long-term strategies and practical tools to build a healthy family life. Our new course begins on 1st May!
Jo: It just feels to us like there’s a real need for this course so when we heard about the NPI, we knew we wanted to be part of it. It’s our heart as a family life department to be able to equip parents and to be able to do it under a national banner alongside other churches is so great.
How will the course look?
Posted on April 12, 2012
by Emily Sneyd
Matt Davis is an Elder here at CCK and he and his wife, Alison, have been leading our Shoreham site since last September. What many may not know is that Matt also oversees the Business and Enterprise (B&E) network, and this is our chance to find out what it's all about!
What is the B&E network?
As an Eldership team, we recognise the importance of valuing the business & enterprising community here at CCK and see the value of being part of their working world. It’s our heart for CCK members who are immersed in the business & enterprising world to see that their role is important and highly valued.
With the help of The CITY, (an online community tool), we've set up a B&E steering group who want to see the affirming of business men and women and also the harnessing of good ideas, theology and teaching. It’s a small group of eight, where each CCK site is represented, who meet termly to chat about how things are going and what we want to do. I then link back to the wider eldership to see how we can progress various ideas and initiatives.