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?
CCK Life.
Posted on April 25, 2012
by Emily Sneyd
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.
Posted on March 12, 2012
by Joel Virgo
Church of Christ the King on the BBC
On the 27th May (Pentecost Sunday) the BBC will be broadcasting our Sunday AM service at our New England site. The service will be just under an hour long and will be broadcast LIVE on BBC1.
The BBC will also be recording two Songs of Praise episodes with us which will be recorded on the Sunday afternoon and Monday evening of the same weekend. These programmes will most likely be broadcast later in 2012 and 2013.
We're still finalising details of timings for these recordings and also working out how this should affect our other services planned for that weekend. For the time being get the dates in your diaries!
Posted on March 08, 2012
by Tim Jones
Part of the current morning routine in our house involves me dozily grappling for the on switch of my HiFi to hear the morning news. This is half because we are conscientious citizens who want to stay abreast of what is going in the world and half because, if we don’t have some sort of noise, I’m pretty sure that both my wife and I would be consistently late for work and our child would not get fed. It is fair to say we are not morning people.
Posted on March 01, 2012
by Tim Jones
Can you think of a time when you set an impressive ‘Personal Best’? Some of my friends run the Brighton Marathon each year and - whether they broadcast it or not - their primary aim is to beat their ‘PB’. Yes, competition is deeply ingrained in human beings, even (or maybe especially,) when that competition is against yourself. For the Christian this can be problematic. Here is a live example: I know the greatest amount I have ever given in a Gift Day. I know that there is a March Gift Day just around the corner. I also know how much money I’ve got in my bank account, how much my house costs me, how much my car has cost me this month, and when my wife and daughter’s birthdays are (February and January in case you were wondering.)
Posted on January 11, 2012
by Tim Jones
Are there any general physical concerns a healthy person should have going into and coming out of the fast?
Everybody has a different metabolism and so will be effected differently by fasting. However, some general comments can be made: