Christ Church Chester

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Welcome to our web site! Christ Church Newtown is a vibrant growing church, part of the church of England in the diocese of Chester. Christ Church is located in Newtown just outside the city centre of Chester.

We are delighted to report that our new vicar at Christ Church is the Reverend Graham Shaw. Graham is married to Anna and they have a baby son, Barnabas. Graham has written a quick introduction here.

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Services are normally held as follows;

9.30am Traditional Holy Communion

11.00am Informal Worship with Sunday School

We share coffee and croissants with both congregations at 10.45am

Click on the This week for special events and any particular changes.

Christ Church Mission Statement

This church exists…

To celebrate the presence and love of God
To help each other become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ
To share the good news and serve our local communities in the power of the Holy Spirit

Our current parish profile to attract a vicar is here. A parish profile written in March 2009 in order to attract a vicar for St. Michaels can be found here.

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- 22Jan12 Unexpected Heroes: Part 3: Gideon – Ralph Kemp January 27, 2012
  Unexpected Heroes The Bible is full of unexpected heroes and heroines: a. God calls people we wouldn’t expect him to call. b. God calls them in ways we wouldn’t expect him to call them. c. God asks them to do tasks we wouldn’t expect him to ask of them.Christ Church is full of unexpected heroes. What might God be calling us to do? It may be unexpected… […]
- 15Jan12 Unexpected Heroes: Part 2: Rahab – Veronica Johnston January 16, 2012
  Unexpected Heroes The Bible is full of unexpected heroes and heroines: a. God calls people we wouldn’t expect him to call. b. God calls them in ways we wouldn’t expect him to call them. c. God asks them to do tasks we wouldn’t expect him to ask of them.Christ Church is full of unexpected heroes. What might God be calling us to do? It may be unexpected… […]
- 08Jan12 Unexpected Heroes: Part 1: Moses – Graham Shaw January 9, 2012
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