Culture  

Culture is the ‘operating system’ of the human heart. To Dream powerfully and effectively with God the believer needs to get heaven’s culture shaping their dream life.

Culture is a way of thinking, and behaving. Culture is what sets our core values, priorities and boundaries. It is both natural, intuitive and learnt lived out behaviour that is established through both conscious and subconscious agreement.  Culture is what our ideas and beliefs look like when they are lived out. (Christian maturity is discernible by the habit of obedience John 15:14) The way to transform wider culture is through the individual believers living out at work, in their family and wider community the lived out behaviour, norms and characteristics  of God’s Kingdom. People who wake up in the same overarching culture yet live differently have the capacity to transform that dominant culture. “Social Change is a million individual acts of kindness” Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia, 2005.
Cultural transformation is the product of millions of acts of believers living counter culturally, resisting and redeeming the dominant ziesiest. For this to happen the priority of the church must be to equip believers to be personally responsible for getting heavens culture on their inside. Lived out behaviour is not the fruit of white knuckles and gritted teeth it is rather the result of God rubbing off on His people, (Galatians 5:22-26). It’s Gods people adjusting to Him so that they begin to think, act and ultimately imitate Him. Everything lining up with Christ. This happens through resting and trusting Him, and not through the religious treadmill that says you can never do enough to please Him, and that the breakthrough is always just out of reach. It begins by getting clothed with God’s ability Acts 1:8. So great was the disciples need for power to become witnesses that they were not to leave Jerusalem until they had it.

 

Jamie Lee, 28/10/2018
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Welcome! Whether you've just moved to the area, or have lived here all your life, we hope our website helps you to find out everything you want to know about our Church.

 

Some key information about the church...

 

Where & when does the church meet?

The church meets every Sunday at 11:00 am for our Sunday Service. There is plenty of free parking around the CCK building. We are walking distance from Plumstead Train station and local buses. It’s good to get to the meeting 15 minutes early to enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the service starts.

We meet at the church building in the middle of Plumstead

The address is:

46 Lakedale Road
Plumstead
London
SE18 1PS

You can see a map on our contact us page.

 

What should I expect when I visit the church?

You will receive a very warm welcome particularly from our Welcome Team who will be able to answer your questions and direct you to where you need to go.

Sunday is special because it’s the main opportunity in the week for the whole church family to gather, worship God, enjoy his manifest presence together, minister to one-another, receive encouragement and exhortation from God’s word and be refreshed by God’s Spirit and one-another’s friendship and support.

There will be approximately 45 mins of singing with opportunity for church members to pray, prophesy or read a passage from the bible. After the notices there will be a preach, we take time to understand the bible’s message and how this can teach us about God, about ourselves, about the world that we live in and about what authentic Christian lifestyle looks like in practice. At the end of the preach there is always a chance to respond.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are served after the service where there is plenty of time to meet new people and ask more questions.

 

What happens to the kids at church?

As a family church we are thrilled to have people of all ages involved in our Sunday morning meetings. Typically, after worshiping together for 30 minutes or so, the children and young people will leave for their own activities.

We have a fantastic programme for the kids at the Church for ages 0–14. Children stay with their parents at the start of the service as we worship (sing songs!) together for the first part of the morning. Someone will announce when the children need to go to their programme.

For more information about what happens in the children's work please visit the relevant age groups for you under church life.

Is there a dress code?

No! Please just be yourself and come dressed in your 'normal' clothes.

 

Will I have to join in?

Not at all!
You are free to simply observe or participate as much as feels comfortable for you.

 

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I have more questions, how can I get in touch and ask them.

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