What is happening at Christ Church and beyond
Date for your Diary: 15th-17th May. Church Weekend @ Home!
Church Walk: Today’s walk (18th January) will be at Priory Country Park. Due to the café closing at 3.30pm, we will meet at church at 2pm (straight after the Malawi lunch) to car share, walk and then go to the café.
Ladies Bible Study: Ladies, if you have ever felt you would like to explore the Bible more deeply, you are welcome to join our Ladies Bible Study. We meet weekly during term time on Monday mornings 8:45am-10am in Room 6 at Christ Church. Led by members of the group, with the help of Bible commentaries, we study books of God’s Word in depth together. New members are always welcome. Join us to continue our study of Ezra at 8.45am for 9.00am in Room 6 on Monday 19th January. For more information, contact Rachel Bennett
Bible Study: What the Bible says about Homosexuality. Continues Monday 19th January at 8-9.15pm. In weeks 2-5 we will be exploring the 7 passages which explicitly talk about homosexuality: diving into the passages, their context, and what different commentators say about these passages. Week 6 will tie them all together.
Go4Gold Soup and Social: Friday 23rd January @ 12.45pm. There will be a choice of soups, bread rolls, cheese, yoghurts and fruit for a suggested donation of £2pp. This will be followed by a social in the Hub from 2-3.15pm (suggested donation £1pp). No booking is needed, you are welcome, just turn up to one or both events.
Men’s Breakfast: is on Saturday 24th January at 9am at Christ Church. We should conclude at 10:30am. Numerous breakfast options available with perhaps the most popular being the egg and/or bacon and/or sausage bap plus tea/coffee etc. Also available are cereal, croissants, toast, jam, orange juice etc. If you are vegetarian and would prefer a veggie option instead please let me know (mens.breakfast@ccbedford.org). All for the bargain price of £3 (free on first visit). No need to sign up, just turn up on the day as we would love to see you. This is a valuable time to build up friendships and develop support networks. We hope you can join us.
Men’s Social Curry Night: A men’s curry night is planned for the evening of Friday 30th January at 8pm at Deshi Spice at 60 Tavistock Street, Bedford. Final numbers needed by Sunday 25th January to advise the venue. Please let John Betteley know your intention to join us either directly or via the email mens.breakfast@ccbedford.org It would be good to see you there.
Discipleship for the Workplace: Are you in full-time paid work and interested in thinking about how your faith fits with everyday working life? Sue Marshall will be leading a short, informal course on Discipleship for the Workplace, made up of three sessions (dates and times to be agreed). It will be a chance to chat, share experiences, and reflect together on faith, work, and the challenges we face. Open to anyone curious about living out their faith at work. If you’re interested, please email Sue Marshall.
Thank you: to everyone who has donated ‘winter warmers’ to Foodbank- most of the hats, scarves, blankets etc. have been given out and the clients were most appreciative. We have a few hats etc left, so we don’t need any more donations just now.