We Are Christchurch

On Sunday, our friend Steve Levy is joining to preach the penultimate message from our 1 Peter series. Get to know his story by listening in on this conversation he had with Pete Greasley from 2015.

As our series through 1 Peter draws to a close, Lindsey and Lewis dissect Sunday’s message ‘Post-Christian Survival Guide’ and answer listener questions.

[If you find Lew’s keys, please get in touch…]

It’s a We Are Christchurch special as Lewis travels to East Sussex to meet Terry Virgo.
We hear Terry tell his story from his early life in Brighton, conversion through his sister’s boldness and subsequent ministry spanning seven decades.

Terry has seen God move, first among a small group of believers and outward into a movement of 1500 churches in over 70 countries globally.

It was thrilling to hear him tell the story of grace from first to last.

Here’s the chat.

On Sunday September 17, Joel Virgo preached a wonderful message from Matthew 8. If you haven’t heard it, here it is.

The day before preaching, Lew sat down with him to hear his story of life and ministry. Here’s the chat.

A quick pod! 
Gav and Lew travelled to East Sussex this week (you’ll have to listen in to find out why). On the way home they took a few moments to look back over the first two years of The Church Office.

We’re back!

After a summer break, The Debrief returns to delve deeper into the message preached at Christchurch Newport last Sunday. It was called ‘A Good Life’ and you can hear it here.

The night before school restarts (which might explain some of the background excitement…), Lindsey and Lew recap the message, probe a little deeper into applying it to our lives, and answer listeners questions.

If you’d like to contribute a question for future episodes, do it anonymously here.

Christchurch Newport are a people together, to make Christ known, to all. If we can serve you in any way, get in touch. We’d love to connect.

Tom Clewer is an old friend. Of Christchurch, of the pastoral team, of Lew, and of so many in our church. He's the pastor of Grace Community Church, Porthcawl, and on August 20 he's coming to preach Psalm 121 to us.

Ahead of his coming, Lew visited the Welsh Riviera to hear something of his story. Grace abounds!

In 2018, alongside a small group of believers, Owen and Charlotte Cottom planted Grace Church Cardiff, located in Grangetown - the most ethnically diverse postcode in the country. Ahead of him coming to preach on August 6, Lewis caught up with him to hear some of his life story and how Grace was started.

Before we take a break for the summer, Pete and Lew get together to chat more about Sunday’s message, and answer your questions - thank you! They cover a load of territory from transgenderism, to belonging to why there are better podcasts out there…

During the conversation, Pete referenced a message Ed Shaw gave at Christchurch recently. You can listen to that here.

Lindsey and Lewis catch up to briefly talk hanging baskets before going deeper into 1 Peter 1: 13-21, and the message Christchurch heard on Sunday June 25.
What is holiness? And what practical steps can we make to living it out? And why does it matter anyway?

Lindsey caught up with Bob at his house to chew over Sunday’s message What a Salvation!

Listen in as we go a little deeper into what it means for ‘the Spirit of Christ to predict the sufferings of Christ’ and how Christchurch seeks to build community around the Bible. 

Join Gavin, Lew AND JACK! as they chat over and think through applying Post-Christian Joy, a sermon preached at Christchurch Newport on Sunday June 11.

Daniel Hames is one of the pastors at St Aldates Oxford, a lecturer at Union School of Theology and the author of God Shines Forth (which he co-authored with Mike Reeves). He also dabbles in a bit of song writing…

His passion in life is helping the church grow into a deeper joy of understanding God as Trinity, and that’s why we’ve invited him to come preach to us on June 4 on that subject.

Ahead of his coming, Lewis caught up with him over Zoom to hear more about his life, and how the Trinity - rather than being a quirky academic complexity - is the source of lasting, real joy.

Ed Shaw is pastor of Emmanuel City Centre, Bristol and one of the founders of Living Out, and organisation established to help people, churches and society talk about faith and sexuality.

On Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30pm Ed will be joining us to share his story of same sex attraction and the greater joy found in rooting his identity in Jesus Christ. He’ll speak frankly and honestly of ongoing attraction and choosing to live a celibate life for the glory of God.

There will be an anonymous Q+A on the night too.

Ahead of him coming, Lewis caught up with him over Zoom to hear more about his life and what it means to submit out sexual lives to Jesus Christ.

[Special thanks to Heather for prepping Lewis!]

As a follow up to last Sunday’s message, Lewis sat in Pete’s garden and asked him questions about the place of prophecy in the life of Christchurch Newport. Thank you to all who submitted questions! We tried (and failed!) to get through them all.

(P.S. Please note, Ed Shaw is coming on Weds June 7th not Tues June 6th as stated in the podcast.)

In 2015, Bilge left his as German academic and relocated his family to Turkey where they planted Projekt Istanbul. Christchurch Newport has supported this work from the beginning, and it was a pleasure to welcome him to preach on May 21.

The day before, Lewis sat with him to hear his story. In this second part, they chat about the call to Istanbul, the debt he owes Tim Keller as a personal mentor and the reality of living in modern day Turkey.

In 2015, Bilge left his life as a German academic and relocated his family to Turkey where they planted Projekt Istanbul. Christchurch Newport has supported this work from the beginning, and it was a pleasure to welcome him to preach on May 21.

The day before, Lewis sat with him to hear his story. In this first part, they cover Bilge’s early life in Hamburg - his origins and experiences as a Turkish immigrant, how Christ called him and his discovery of prayer.

It’s Monday and it’s The Debrief! Lindsey and Lew (AND ZAC!) are back to hear what’s ahead in church life, laugh at illustrations that don’t quite work and discuss Living Hope [https://christchurchsermons.libsyn.com/living-hope], a message preached at Christchurch Newport on Sunday May 14.

The Debrief is back for a new series as Christchurch Newport begins Strangers and Exiles: Christ’s people in a post-Christian world. Listen in as Lindsey and Lewis chew over Sunday’s opening message, and (try!) to answer the questions that came in (spoiler alerts! Some of them were BIG).