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Content From ChristChurch London
Prince of Peace: Prayer for the Peace of the City -
| Sun May 12 '19
At Love London Sunday we spent the afternoon praying for the city of London, and to guide our prayers we interviewed various people about how they are using their skills and passion to bring about peace in our city. Listen...
Wednesday (Matthew 26:10-13)
| Wed Mar 28 '18
As Jesus continued to teach in the Temple, some of the religious leaders decided to take action. They plotted to arrest and kill him, but being afraid of the crowds, they sought to do it in secret. Then on Wednesday,...
Tuesday (Mark 12:1-12)
| Tue Mar 27 '18
It was the Tuesday of Passover week. Thousands of worshippers continued to flock to the Temple to offer their sacrifices. But today there was an unusual sense of tension in the air. Just yesterday, Jesus had brought the Temple to...
Monday (Mark 11:15-18)
| Mon Mar 26 '18
The streets of Jerusalem were filled with celebration, as crowds arrived to celebrate the Passover. Thousands of people trekked up the steep hill towards the Temple. It was a sight to behold. This Temple was the pride of Israel. It...
STEPS on screen
| Thu Mar 8 '18
Many of you will have heard about the STEPS course, which is a 12-week course designed to help people find freedom from unhelpful patterns of thought or behaviour. STEPS was created by our very own Lars, who oversees our ministry...
Freedom from fear // STEPS
| Fri Feb 16 '18
We asked Kim* to share her experiences from the most recent STEPS course in Limehouse. I started STEPS because I felt like there were many areas in my life where I could do with some help. It wasn’t easy to...
New Chapters: Central Service
| Mon Jan 29 '18
There’s a couple of shifts taking place at the ChristChurch London Central Service. We sat down with leaders Andy Tilsley and David Stroud to find out what’s happening. Tell us a little bit about what’s changing. Andy: Believe it or...
Finding Freedom: Men’s Recovery Group
| Fri Sep 22 '17
It can be really hard to face addictive or repetitive behaviour patterns on your own. The Men’s Recovery Group is a completely safe space to seek the help of others in order to gain freedom from unhelpful habits. We asked...
London is Open: Studying in the City
| Wed Sep 20 '17
With Freshers’ weeks getting underway, London is opening its doors to students from all over the world. For many people the city might be completely new, so we asked the Central Students connect group to tell us about their first...
Meet The Thatchers: Marriage Preparation
| Fri Sep 15 '17
We caught up with Liam and Helen Thatcher about all things marriage-related, how they negotiate living and working together, bad hairstyles, and the trouble with clingfilm… How and when did you both meet, and how long have you married? Helen:...
Saturday: Reunion
| Sat Apr 15 '17
‘It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your...
Friday: Triumph
| Fri Apr 14 '17
‘When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.’ (John 19:30) Having expressed his thirst and drunk sour wine, fulfilling Psalm 22 and 69, Jesus now utters his penultimate...
Thursday: Distress
| Thu Apr 13 '17
‘Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and...
Wednesday: Abandonment
| Wed Apr 12 '17
‘From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).’ (Matthew 27:45-46) One of the most striking...
Tuesday: Relationship
| Tue Apr 11 '17
‘Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is...
Monday: Salvation
| Mon Apr 10 '17
‘Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals – one on his right, the other on his...
Sunday: Forgiveness
| Sun Apr 9 '17
‘When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals – one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”’ (Luke...
Empowered Prayer
| Mon Feb 27 '17
‘If you know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’ (Luke 11:13) On Sunday David concluded our series on The Lord’s Prayers...
The Prayer of Surrender
| Mon Feb 20 '17
‘Not my will but yours be done’ (Luke 22:42) In the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) Jesus teaches us to pray, ‘Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’ Often we can think of that...
Using Our Imagination in Prayer
| Mon Feb 13 '17
On Sunday we spent some time in corporate worship reflecting on a 15th Century icon of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev. This was probably a new experience for lots of us, but hopefully it helped to engage our imagination in...
Praying the Bible
| Mon Feb 6 '17
‘Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path’ (Psalm 119:105) Sometimes it can be hard to know how to pray. We lack the words, or structure, or we find ourselves going through the motions and...
The Prayer of the Heart
| Mon Jan 30 '17
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:27) Many of us have a tendency to turn everything into a project – a discipline or an achievement. But...
Deciding to Pray
| Mon Jan 23 '17
‘Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.’ (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Most areas of life require some kind of discipline. Sport, study, learning a musical instrument; all of these require regular...
The Lord’s Prayers: Praying for Unity
| Mon Jan 16 '17
‘How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.’ (Psalm 133:1) 18-25 January is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The church across the world is hugely diverse – with different styles, emphases and practices....
The Lord’s Prayers: Names of God
| Mon Jan 9 '17
Who are we Praying to? ‘The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of...
Week of Prayer, Friday: The Nations
| Fri Jul 8 '16
As we finish our week of prayer in this city, let’s pray for the cities of nations around the world that are experiencing extreme loss, pain, confusion or fear at this time. Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you that you...
Week of Prayer, Thursday: New Vision
| Thu Jul 7 '16
After the results of the EU referendum, Justin Welby and John Sentamu released a statement, part of which said: ‘The vote to withdraw from the European Union means that now we must all re-imagine both what it means to be...
Week of Prayer, Wednesday: Government & Leading Institutions
| Wed Jul 6 '16
Our nation is shaped by many people from different sectors of society. Today let’s pray for all those who have influence, not only as they seek to work out the best way forward in their own sector, but also the...
Week of Prayer, Tuesday: Leadership
| Tue Jul 5 '16
We are advised in the Bible to pray for those who lead us, and so today we focus our prayers in that direction. Join with us as we pray for those in leadership across our nation. Prayer: Heavenly Father, you...
Week of Prayer, Monday: Peace
| Mon Jul 4 '16
Today we pray for peace. If you were with us in church yesterday, we prayed the ancient prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. Today we continue to pray for peace; for ourselves, our communities and our nations. Peace is a...
God is in Charge: A Prayer for our Nation
| Mon Jun 27 '16
Last week saw the UK voting in favour of leaving the European Union. For many this has been a difficult decision. Whilst some consider it to be a great new opportunity for us, others have expressed fear, disappointment and anger...
Prayer for Orlando
| Wed Jun 15 '16
This weekend saw the worst mass shooting in the US for the past 25 years, when a gunman opened fire in The Pulse Club, Orlando, leaving 49 dead and at least 53 wounded. Would you join us in prayer this...
Saturday: God in the Grave
| Sat Mar 26 '16
‘He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence,...
Friday: Pierced for our Transgressions
| Fri Mar 25 '16
‘Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us...
Thursday: The Sheep and the Shepherd
| Thu Mar 24 '16
‘He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and...
Wednesday: Showdown in the Temple
| Wed Mar 23 '16
‘Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes. Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has...
Tuesday: Beautiful Feet
| Tue Mar 22 '16
‘How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”‘ (Isaiah 52:7) If you were asked to suggest one...
Monday: Humble Beginnings
| Mon Mar 21 '16
‘Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to...
Launch Sunday
| Fri Jan 15 '16
This Sunday is a momentous occasion, as ChristChurch London moves from two services in one location, to four services in four locations! We hope you enjoy getting to know our different services and working out which one you will want...
Prayer for Paris
| Tue Nov 17 '15
In light of the horrific events in Paris on Friday night, we took a moment on Sunday to reflect and pray for all those affected by the terrible loss of life, for all those injured and traumatised by the terrorist...
Love London: Get Involved
| Tue Oct 27 '15
If we are to serve our city and help it to flourish, we will all need to play out part. This video, originally shown at Love London Sunday 2015, explores some of the ways in which people can get involved,...
Love London: The Services
| Tue Oct 20 '15
From January 2016, ChristChurch London will be meeting in four different locations each Sunday. This video, originally shown at Love London Sunday 2015, looks at what we hope to achieve through our new services. Find out more about how you can...
Love London: The Vision
| Wed Oct 14 '15
What are we passionate about at ChristChurch London? What is the plan for the next few years? And how do we want to contribute to the spiritual, social and cultural renewal of our city? This video, originally shown at Love...
Prayer for the Election
| Mon May 4 '15
Paul writes to Timothy: ‘I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.’...
Prayer for Nepal (update)
| Tue Apr 28 '15
As you are probably aware, this week Nepal experienced another earthquake; the second in two weeks. The first was a 7.9 magnitude earthquake; the worst the nation has seen for 80 years. The UN has estimated that 8 million people have...
A Taste of the Nations
| Thu Apr 9 '15
What are the challenges that internationals face living in London? And what can the church do to help build a diverse community that supports people from every nation? In this video, originally shown at our Love Nations Sunday, Andy Tilsley...
Saturday: Crying out for Rescue
| Sat Apr 4 '15
Easter Saturday: a day of many questions and few answers. It sits in the silence, suspended between the despair of Good Friday and the hope of Easter Sunday. Psalm 88 is a cry of anguish, which sums up the pain...
Friday: Four Ironies of the Cross
| Fri Apr 3 '15
Good Friday. Jesus has stood trial before Roman and religious leaders, fearful of his popularity and suspicious of his motives. Although there had been no grounds for Pilate to punish Jesus, the combination of fabricated evidence and pressure from the...
Thursday: Washing the Disciples’ Feet
| Thu Apr 2 '15
The Last Supper is an iconic part of Easter week. Sat in the upper room, Jesus celebrates the Passover with his disciples and reminds them of his imminent betrayal and death. He does this through instituting the sacrament of communion...
Wednesday: David’s Riddle
| Wed Apr 1 '15
Jesus was a master teacher. People came to him with questions designed to entrap him, and he deftly turned the questions on their heads in a way that exposed the true motives on his interlocutors. In Mark 12, Jesus has...
Tuesday: Taking up your Cross
| Tue Mar 31 '15
If you sit down and read Mark’s Gospel through there’s a watershed moment that it’s difficult to miss. The first eight chapters of Mark’s Gospel focus on Jesus’ ministry in and around Galilee in northern Israel. They’re filled with healings...
Monday: The Devil and the Details
| Mon Mar 30 '15
Right at the start of his ministry; before he’d begun preaching about the Kingdom (Matthew 4:12-17), calling people to follow him (v18-22) or healing the sick (v23-24); before news about him had spread through the nearby towns (v25); before Jesus...
Love Nations: Celebrating Diversity in London
| Thu Mar 26 '15
London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, with more than 300 languages spoken here, over 50 non-indigenous communities with populations exceeding 10,000, and almost 30% of our population having been born overseas. This video, originally shown...
Prayer for the Nations
| Wed Mar 25 '15
At Love Nations Sunday, as well as celebrating the nations and thinking how we can serve our diverse city, we also took some time to pray for the world. In addition, we gave each person an envelope containing the name...
Christmas Prayer
| Mon Dec 15 '14
‘To us a child is born, and he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.’ (Isaiah 9:6) Wonderful Counsellor, who orders all things by his wisdom. We ask that you would draw close to us...
London: A Portrait of a City
| Thu Dec 4 '14
London is a diverse place, full of beauty and brokenness, challenges and opportunities. We love this city and want to celebrate all that is good about it. In this video, shown at Love London Sunday 2014, we interview people on...
Vauxhall City Farm
| Wed Nov 19 '14
On October 13 we celebrated our tenth birthday with a very special Love London Sunday. As part of our celebrations, we gave a gift of £10k, which we divided between four charities who are making a great contribution to our...
Love London: Scribed
| Thu Nov 6 '14
On Love London Sunday, Jon Wicks scribed the various events of the day, incorporating details from the interviews, videos, the sermon, and many memories from our first ten years. This time-lapse, taken at the afternoon service, shows the whole creation...
Street Doctors
| Wed Nov 5 '14
On October 13 we celebrated our tenth birthday with a very special Love London Sunday. As part of our celebrations, we gave a gift of £10k, which we divided between four charities who are making a great contribution to our...
Home For Good: Adoption Sunday
| Wed Oct 29 '14
This Sunday, November 2, is Adoption Sunday, and we will be joining with churches across the country to celebrate and pray for those who are involved in fostering and adopting, as well as the many thousands of children in need...
Love in Action
| Fri Oct 24 '14
We love this city and are committed to making it a great place to live, by working for its spiritual, social and cultural renewal. This video highlights just a few ways in which individuals and groups are seeking to make...
ChristChurch London: Our Story
| Tue Oct 21 '14
ChristChurch London is ten years old. This video takes a look at some of the highlights of our first decade and some of the elements that have made us the church we are today. This video was created for Love...
ChristChurch London: Our People
| Mon Oct 13 '14
What is ChristChurch London? Perhaps more than anything else, it is a community – a group of people seeking to work together for the good of the city that they love. This video offers a snapshot into some of the people...
Broadcast Headlines September/October ’14
| Thu Sep 25 '14
Love Summer? Love London!
| Thu Jun 26 '14
Summer is an amazing time to be in London. There is so much to see and celebrate in this beautiful city, and there are many locations just waiting to be explored. So if you find yourself with a bit of...
Live Fruitful: The Story of GOODFRUIT
| Wed Jun 18 '14
Anthony Ogunbowale-Thomas and Dee Atkins are both involved in running GOODFRUIT and are the CEO and Communications Manager, respectively. We caught up with them to find out a bit about GOODFRUIT; the story so far, their hopes for the future,...
Saturday: In the Tomb of a Rich Man
| Sat Apr 19 '14
‘Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who...
Friday: The Substitute Son
| Fri Apr 18 '14
Jesus stood on trial before the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. Having examined the evidence, Pilate had found no reason to condemn Jesus. And yet the cries of the crowd were demanding. So Pilate invoked an annual custom in an attempt...
Thursday: Who Killed Jesus?
| Thu Apr 17 '14
Who was responsible for Jesus’ arrest, his trial, and eventually his death? It’s not an easy question to answer, and its one that the gospels approach in various different ways. In one sense, it seems that the Romans had a...
Wednesday: Moving Mountains
| Wed Apr 16 '14
The Old Testament was packed with promises of God’s return to Israel and people were full of expectation of what that day would be like. Some passages spoke of God defeating enemies and rescuing His people (Zech 14:1-6, 16). Others...
Tuesday: Lessons from a Fig Tree
| Tue Apr 15 '14
It was the time of the Passover. Thousands of Jews had travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate the time in Israel’s history when God set them free from captivity in Egypt (Exodus 12). In the midst of the crowds, there was...
Monday: An Unintended Prophecy
| Mon Apr 14 '14
Jesus had received word that his friend Lazarus was ill, and by the time he arrived to visit, Lazarus had died. In John 11 we read the story of what happened next. Jesus spoke with Mary and Martha and explained...
Home For Good
| Mon Nov 4 '13
Sunday November 3 was Adoption Sunday, when churches across the country celebrated and prayed for those involved in fostering and adopting. Check out this video to find out about the Home For Good campaign, and to read more about how...
Saturday: Dead Seed
| Sat Mar 30 '13
Easter Saturday is a dark day. It’s a day of questions and doubts. It sits in the silence, suspended between the despair of Good Friday and the hope of Easter Sunday. Just a few days before his crucifixion, Jesus spoke...
Friday: The Seed and the Serpent
| Fri Mar 29 '13
The Russian playwright Anton Chekov famously wrote: “If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be...
Thursday: A Tale of Two Fires
| Thu Mar 28 '13
On the evening Jesus was betrayed, he shared a meal with his disciples, and Peter declared his total allegiance to Jesus. Jesus replied ‘truly I tell you, before the rooster crows you will deny me three times’ (John 13:38). After...
Wednesday: Thieves in the Temple
| Wed Mar 27 '13
Right at the heart of Jerusalem stood the Temple, an enormous structure elevated on a mountain. It had taken 46 years to build, and its foundations covered nearly 1.5 million square feet. The temple was covered in gold, and the...
Tuesday: The Tenants and the Vineyard
| Tue Mar 26 '13
Stories are explosive. They have the potential to get under our defences and blow things apart. Jesus told a story just a few days before his execution; a highly-charged story that likely contributed to the calls for his arrest: ‘Jesus...
Monday: Preparing for Departure
| Mon Mar 25 '13
At various points throughout Jesus’ life, he spoke in hushed tones, and swore people to secrecy about his true identity. But in today’s passage, as Jesus’ ministry comes towards its climax, he takes just a few of his closest disciples...
Love is a Verb: Questions and Answers -
| Wed Aug 22 '12
At the conclusion of our Love is a Verb sermon series, we put some of your questions on relationships to a panel of leaders in ChristChurch London. David, Caroline, Andy and Joy, and Charlie and Laura tackled a range of questions on...
Saturday: Waiting in the Silence
| Sat Apr 7 '12
Why do bad things happen and bad people get away with it? Where is God in times of darkness, silence and pain? The story of Easter Saturday explores some of these questions: ‘Do not fret because of those who are...
Friday: Adding Insult to Injury
| Fri Apr 6 '12
Betrayed, tried and wrongly condemned to death, Jesus is handed over to the soldiers to be brutally tortured and crucified. ‘The soldiers stripped Jesus and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set...
Thursday: The Garden of Tears
| Thu Apr 5 '12
In one of the most moving passages in all of Scripture, Jesus is pushed to the point of despair. The story of Gethsemane challenges us to be obedient to God, even in the toughest of times. ‘Then Jesus went with...
Wednesday: Three Meals to Change the World
| Wed Apr 4 '12
Are there areas of your life where you are in slavery, or lacking in hope? In today’s passage we see that Jesus promises freedom for captives and the promise of a new world. ‘Then came the day of Unleavened Bread...
Tuesday: What is Jesus Worth?
| Tue Apr 3 '12
If you had to put a price on Jesus’ value, what would it be? In today’s passage, Jesus, the most precious being ever to have existed, is humbled to the point of being sold for next to nothing. ‘Then one...
Monday: Return of the King
| Mon Apr 2 '12
Is Jesus King of your life? Are you fully submitted to him? The Easter story begins with a dramatic entry to Jerusalem, which proclaims Jesus as king and demands our allegiance: ‘As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and...
