ACTION

Action

The very best way to get the most out of being at Christ Church is to get involved in serving others. There are numerous ways of doing this some of which are listed below…

Helping out with our Social Action projects: This is one of the areas in which our newcomers to Christ Church are often most enthusiastic to be involved. The Grapevine lunch which meets on the first Sunday of each month always needs more helpers to cook, serve food or wash up! The same goes for the Night Shelter which is running this year on Thursday nights through to Friday morning to provide food and a bed for the night for people who are homeless. Those who have got involved with these projects have found them some of their most worthwhile and fulfilling experiences. This whole area of our mission at Christ Church is overseen by Sarah Parker and Camilla Pearse who are the ones to speak to if you would like to be involved.

Helping our with our Children’s and Youth Work: One of the results of becoming a ‘Sssh-free Church’ is that we now have some 250 children coming regularly to our groups at the 9.30 service! This work is as important as anything that we do at Christ Church and relies completely on volunteers. The Friday Night Youth Club is another crucial area of work at Christ Church and again is completely dependent on volunteers giving up their time to look after the 70 teenagers that come each week. Another area that we are currently most concerned to develop at Christ Church is our provision for those of our children with Special Needs and volunteers prepared to help those children are particularly needed. Our Vicar, Stephen Kuhrt, oversees our children’s and youth work at Christ Church and is the one to contact with if you would like be involved further. All volunteers for this work need to complete CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) forms.

Using your gifts and talents in other areas of church life: Christ Church can only function because so many of its members give up their time to maintain its grounds and buildings, look after its finance and do the numerous other things needed each week to keep the church running. Our aim is to be a church where the gifts of every single member are recognised and used and with this in mind we are currently forming a ‘G & T’ (Gifts and Talents) Committee to help those at Christ Church identify and use these gifts. ‘G & T’ is chaired by our Curate, Helen Hancock, and will play an important role, in enabling everyone who belongs to Christ Church to find their ‘niche’ and contribute to the life of the church.