At a members’ meeting on Sunday we appointed Maurice McCracken, currently working as UCCF National Co-Ordinator for the Relay programme to be full-time elder at Christ Church with effect from 1st September 2010. Although we’re disappointed to have to wait till then to prise Maurice away from UCCF we also really appreciate the valuable ministry he has there and are delighted he will be an elder in his spare time over the next 15 months.

Sunday was also a slightly sad day as we said goodbye to Steve Palframan and Jeremy Clark as elders at Christ Church as they take up their new posts at Aigburth Community Church – another step towards its independence which is wonderful to see.

On the 18th October we’re have the first of what we’re calling ‘Theology Breakfasts’.  Meeting in the church office at 9.00am for breakfast starting at 9.30am we’ll be spending a couple of hours working through a bible doctrine. We’re starting off with ‘Justification by Faith’.  Looking at what Paul meant by the term and what it means for our standing before God.  If you’d like to come along it would be great to see you and if you’ve got a moment to do some reading beforehand you might want to check out these links and read Romans 1-3!Martin Luther   Tom Wright

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For the next 2 weeks (27th July, 3rd August) we will be meeting in Pleasant Street Primary School while the hall at Arch Bishops is painted.

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During our Living Room meeting on Sunday we got the chance to catch up with Jules, a missionary working in Argentina who Christ Church support. Have a listen and pray for her.

Seven new transcripts have been added to the website from our recent series at Christ Church. Transcripts from the John 14, John 15 and John 21 sermons are online, as well as the handouts from all three ‘Real Family’ Living Room sessions, and the handout for the first ‘Demolition Men’ session.

Download them via the ‘Resources’ section of the website and choose ‘Sermon Transcripts’.

Sorry for the delay in getting this Sunday’s (6th July) talks online – it’s very much on the agenda and they’ll be posted as soon as possible. Also on the agenda for uploading is the talk from the Training Field evangelistic meeting ‘Is It Ok To Fail?’ from 25th May! So please accept our apologies for the delay in these talks, and do be assured that they’ll be online as soon as possible!

To keep you bang up-to-date with what’s planned for Word in One City next week, we’re happy to post the latest version of the Word in One City timetable. All the previous blog entry links link to this current timetable too.

Word in One City 08 Timetable (pdf file)

This may or may not interest you, but I’m interested, and I hear a few of you are too! If you want to know which books would be worth buying and reading, or you’re interested to know what kind of subjects are occupying the thinking of the staff team, here’s our reading lists for this year, and the reading list for next year’s team.

2007/08
Scott J. Hafeman – NIV Application Commentary: 2 Corinthians
Mark Driscoll – The Radical Reformission
Steve Jeffrey, Mike Ovey, Andrew Sach – Pierced For Our Transgressions
Mark Rowland – Everything I Know I Learned From TV
Tim Chester, Steve Timmis – Total Church
Francis Schaeffer – The God Who Is There/Escape From Reason/He Is There And He Is Not Silent
Christopher Ash – Married For God
Andreas J. Kostenberger, Peter T. O’Brien – Salvation To The Ends Of The Earth
John Piper – Brothers, We Are Not Professionals.

2008/09
Ed Welch – When People are Big and God is Small
Carl Truman – The Wages of Spin
Thomas Watson – Doctrine of Repentance
JC Ryle – The Reformers
Zion’s Christian Soldiers?: The Bible, Israel and the Church
Martinez – A Thorn in the Flesh: Finding Strength and Hope Amid Suffering
Peter Adam – Written for Us: Receiving God’s Words in the Bible
David Wells – The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World
D A Carson – Christ and Culture Revisited
Mark Dever – The Gospel & Personal Evangelism

So do ask us about those books if you’re interested in reading them, or feel free to buy them yourselves and read along!

NOTE: the timetable previously released has since been ammended. Click the link for the current one. Changes to note are further details for the evening meals together, we’re now having a delegate party on the Saturday instead of the barbeque, and the barebeque has been moved to the Sunday afternoon.

Word in One City 08 Timetable (pdf file)

Here’s the next in our Christians At Work series, Matt Waldock speaking.