CCK Life.

CCKY, CCK's youth group for 11 to 14 year olds, is starting the new school year with a bang on Friday night with Pirates of the Lagoon. Inspired by an idea from none other than Steve Horne, the night will see the CCKY youth put into groups who will then have to build rafts from whatever materials are available. They will then sail the rafts across Hove Lagoon, although we fully expect most of the rafts to end up on the bottom. Anyone aged 11 to 14 is welcome and it all starts this Friday night at 7pm at Hove Lagoon (map). All youth are asked to bring a towel and a change of clothes. The event will end at 9:30. You can also check out what else is happening at CCKY this term by visiting their website at www.ccky.co.uk and by watching the video below.

Elder at CCK, Matt Davis, writes this series of blog posts to explain our Zone structure here at CCK. Why Zones? Good question!  This series will serve to help you understand how and why we are building community through Zones, and our vision for their impact in the future. Amongst others, we will answer questions such as ‘Where are the Zones? Who are the Leaders? What is Zone Life? How do I join a Small Group?’ In basic terms, a Zone is simply a cluster of Small Groups that relate based on their geographical location in the City. There is also another type of Zone which is set up to serve a particular demographic (ie. Internationals or Youth).  At the time of writing we have 14 such Zones. We are beginning to see the reality of this prophetic dream!

Anna and I are taking some time out this summer. It's been a demanding two years and we're in a situation which could develop into serious exhaustion. So I felt we needed to take a long break this summer, away from responsibility and serving. The elders at CCK have thoroughly endorsed this decision and are keen for us to have a good break and time away. So, from this last weekend, I'm laying down all my responsibilities at CCK for the next 10 weeks, and my involvement at Together On A Mission, Mobilise and Newday. Through some amazing God circumstances, we're actually flying out of the UK to spend our time in a fantastic city with a superb Newfrontiers church. And I will be disappearing from the online world of twitter, Facebook, blogging and emails… ! It's been a fast paced three weeks since these decisions were made, with elder’s involvement. There are no sin issues or wrongdoing. I haven't been asked to step down or been disqualified and this is not a church discipline situation. It was my initiation and it has received the elders endorsement.

Yohaan: It’s been great having you with us at CCK this weekend Rory. I’m sure there are some very fired up men who would like to know more about you! Rory: I grew up in a Christian home. My first encounter with the living God was when I was 5. I had meningitis and nearly died. My grandfather who was an Anglican vicar at the time prayed for me and the power of God touched me and I was left with marks on my face. I woke up the next day out of a coma without a trace of the meningitis. I knew that God was powerful and alive and I was living with a second chance. But I got too busy playing sport to be Christian.