Selly Park
Welcome to Christ Church!
Sunday services
at Christ Church are informal in style. Regular service times are 10.30 am and (most weeks) 6.30 pm
Sermons from morning services are available for download
Christian living
Small groups and other events to help us live and grow as Christians
Resources to help read the Bible in a year and a report on our Weekend Away in September 2011
Young people
Our two youth groups covering the age range 11-18 are led by youth worker Ellen Eagling
Our building
is used for a wide range of church, community and private events each week
Find out more about its facilities,
take a
photo tour or visit the
Building Project
archive
Worldwide connections
Our partners rescue street children in Tanzania, engage in Christian media work, combat poverty and much more
Beccy and Dan travelled to Bolivia to help with church projects there
Christ Church serves an Anglican parish in Selly Park, south Birmingham. We are people with a wide range of ages, backgrounds and life experiences, united by our Christian faith.
Our modern multi-purpose building is at 953 Pershore Road, almost opposite Hobson Road.
News via Twitter
16 May 2012
On Thursday 17 May we have a special Ascension Day celebration at 8 pm. Jesus is risen, ascended and glorified!
13 May 2012
We tackled a tough topic in this morning's service: anger! As the sun shone, Geoff pointed a way through the red mist: Link...
6 May 2012
Love your enemies: Helen and the All Age congregation worked on the first in our new series "Jesus' hard teaching". Link...
29 April 2012
Broken by failure... yet Jesus' closest follower is restored and commissioned to lead. A positive message from Allan: Link...
29 April 2012
There was a full house at today's service as Dave and Dee renewed their marriage vows. It was good to see so many friends from former years.
Our vicar, Geoff Lanham
Do you only work one day a week? What do you like best and least about the job? A younger member of the church asked Geoff some searching questions. You can listen to the interview using the link below
The Christ Church building
Hard talk
Whoever said being a Christian was easy? During May and June our Sunday morning service theme is Jesus' hard teaching. He tells us to be different, and gives us the power to do it. There are details of all our services in our diary of services and events.
The cross at Easter
Outside... during Easter week our cross proclaimed the Easter message to everyone passing along the busy Pershore Road
Inside... displaying a new banner made by children in the craft workshop at Easter in 3D
Earlier, our Holy Week celebrations linked ancient Jewish tradition, the Last Supper, Jesus' death on the cross and the needs of the world today.
Children's Easter workshops
Children explored the Easter story through drama, dance, craft and animation. Find out more about Easter in 3D here.
Brown Rice Day
How can a huge pan of rice help fight world poverty?
Answer: by feeding it to Christ Church members in return for the price
of a Sunday lunch.
Find out more...
Café Church:
Social media and identity
As ever more of life goes online, how does this affect the way we see ourselves and relate to God and others? We discussed this at a special Café Church, and put the event online. More details...
What do we value?
Passionate, prayerful, responsive, genuine... some of the words from the statement of values we put together this year. We focused on these values in our Sunday morning services from January until mid March and all the sermon recordings are available for download.
Following God means facing challenges, but we're promised everything we need for the task
Bolivia: Building the link
Christ Church is joining with other local churches to support church growth in Bolivia.
Dan (left) met church planter Raphael in Bolivia last year
Cycle training
We've been running some free sessions to help anyone become more confident about cycling on the road, and to look after a bike properly. Cut pollution, cut costs but don't cut corners on safety. Find out more...
Alpha Course: Exploring life
The Alpha course is a great way to find out about the Christian faith in a no-pressure environment. We ran our first ever course from January to March 2012. More details...
The Alpha course: an opportunity to discuss life's big issues
Events for the next 2 weeks
| Today |
| Saturday 19 May |
| 7.45 pm |
| Football: European Champions League Final |
| Tomorrow |
| Sunday 20 May |
| 10.30 am |
| Holy Communion |
| 6.30 pm |
| Evening Worship |
| 8 days away |
| Sunday 27 May |
| 10.30 am |
| Pentecost: Morning Worship |
| 6.30 pm |
| Still |
Recycling point at Christ Church
Batteries, ink cartridges, mobile phones, low energy light bulbs, spectacles and aluminium foil can be placed in bins in our entrance hall. Check the details here...
Help Christ Church when you shop online
Order online from dozens of major retailers through our eStore and a donation will go to Christ Church, at no extra cost to yourself
Christ Church receives up to 30% of Ebay's earnngs on purchases made through this link:
Or buy fun and educational stuff here...
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