Upcoming Events
In addition to our Sunday gatherings, you can find us in the neighborhood and around the city.
Neighorhood Socials
Join us for a Neighborhood Social! Meet other CCC-ers who live near you, grab a meal, have fun, and build community.
Neighborhood Socials will be hosted throughout April and May. Host a gathering or find out more at christcitydc.org/neighborhoods.
Oriented to Love Fishbowl Dialogue
Christ City has partnered with Washington Community Fellowship, Christians for Social Action and Oriented to Love to host a Fishbowl Dialogue on Sexual, Gender, and Theological Diversity and the Body of Christ.
Oriented to Love (OTL) is program of Christians for Social Action, and has been one of the thoughtful Christian spaces that helped influence Christ City’s approach to queer inclusion, theological diversity, and congregational unity.
OTL hosts Fishbowl discussions throughout the U.S. with the aim to help Christians listen to each other across differences in sexual orientation, gender identity and theological conviction. OTL has been instrumental in helping followers of Jesus come together, not in spite of our differences but because of them, helping communities forge a unity that is deeper than agreement.
The upcoming Fishbowl Discussion will include panelists from across a theological spectrum, as well as gender and sexual identity expressions. The event is free, but RSVP is required. To find out more and to RSVP go to: go.ChristCityDC.org/Fishbowl
Racial History & Activism in Arlington
One of the tenets of Christ City Church is that place matters. We want to be alert to the ways that the history of a place shapes the contemporary landscape socially as well as spiritually. To that end, Christ City is joining with Coracle - an organization committed to spiritual formation and justice - to spend the day understanding the history of racial justice and activism in Arlington.
The pilgrimage will be a combo bus and walking tour of historic Arlington. The sites we’ll visit include: the original DC boundary stone, Arlington House, site of sit-ins and other desegregation activism. The tour will focus on the history of displacement of residents of color during DC development and recent historical activism.
The event is free as Christ City has underwritten a portion of this event for CCCers to attend, but you are invited to make a donation to Coracle when you register at go.ChristCityDC.org/Arlington.
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Lunch at our church office just a few blocks from Miner Elementary after Sunday service. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Pastor Andrea if you have questions or to RSVP.
Christ City Seminars
This spring, between small group sessions, we'll be hosting Christ City Seminars, which provide a variety of new opportunities to grow and learn. In May, we'll offer two seminars:
Woven Book Club: Join other parents and caregivers on Zoom to study Meredith Miller’s book Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From.
Principles & Practices of Peacemaking: Learn from the Telos Group, an organization focused on peacemaking and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine and the American South.
For more info and to sign up, visit go.christcitydc.org/seminars.
CACUP Unification Service
Christ City is a partner in the Clergy And Community United for Peace (CACUP), a coalition that unites and coordinates efforts among faith and community-based organizations dedicated to ending community and police violence in DC and PG County.
Join the CACUP for a unification service on Saturday, April 20 at 6p at Church of the Incarnation (880 Eastern Ave NE) to kick off this important work with prayer, praise, and purpose. RSVP for the service here.
CCC Serve Day
Join Christ City for an all-church service day around the city. More info coming soon!
Easter Sunday Services
Join us at Miner Elementary for an in-person Easter service with worship led by our choir at 9am or 11am, or join us online on our YouTube channel.
Find more info at christcitydc.org/easter.
Good Friday Service
Join us for a collaborative Good Friday service with The Table Church on Friday, March 29 at 7pm at First Congregational Church (945 G St NW).
Limited childcare will be available.
LGBTQIA+ Event
The LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group will be attending a queer, BIPOC led church service in Baltimore on 3/16 at 4pm. We will coordinate to find carpool options for transportation. This service is open to anyone and you do not have to be queer to join us. Please contact Kiry at @kiry@christcitydc.org to learn more.
Ash Wednesday Service
Join us for our Ash Wednesday Service. It'll be on February 14 at 7pm, at Washington Community Fellowship's church building. We've partnered in collaborative services in years past but this year Pastor Andrew is away so they've graciously given us use of the space and asked us to take the lead.
Lenten Prayer
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and throughout the season of Lent, we will be gathering for our Lenten Prayer, every weekday morning at 7am for about 20 minutes. All are welcome to join via Zoom (go.christcitydc.org/lentenprayer).
LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group
If you identify as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and are looking for a way to connect with other queer and questioning folks at Christ City, Kiry will be hosting an affinity group for queer folks to find community, share food, heal, and grow in faith together. Privacy will be highly valued in this group as we know that not everyone is in a place to publicly identify as queer and some are still exploring how they would like to identify. Please email kiry@chirstcitydc.org to RSVP. Lunch will be provided.
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Meet & Greet at our church office just a few blocks from Miner Elementary immediately following the August 13th Sunday service. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Andrea if you have questions or to RSVP.
Holiday Services
This holiday season we have several special services coming up as well as one Sunday without any services. Make sure to note these important dates on your calendars!
12/24 - Christmas Eve service at the office
12/25 - Christmas Homily online
12/31 - No services
1/7 - First liturgy of 2024
If you’d like to join us for Christmas Eve at the office, RSVP below!
Paz y Esperanza Trip
Paz y Esperanza is one of the international ministries that Christ City has partnered with over the years. Their Executive Director, Nina Balmaceda, has preached at Christ City, and Paz y Esperanza has been a recipient of our Advent Offering and ongoing support.
Their work is throughout Latin America and focuses on holistic community development, peacemaking, and care for those affected by violence. Christ City will be traveling to Peru, one of the Paz sites, to visit their work, learn more about their approach to care for the marginalized, and their faith-based approach to peacemaking. Though the trip date is coming quickly, there is still opportunity for others to join the trip.
If you have a background in or an interest in:
Faith-based community organizing
Deaf Education
Law / Advocacy
Conflict / Peacemaking
We’d love for you to consider joining us. The team from Christ City is limited due to travel capacity, but there is limited space available.
H Street Festival
The H Street Festival is an annual neighborhood-wide event on H St. NE. The festival includes musical stages, food, arts and business booths throughout the 11-block-long stretch of H Street that houses the festival.
Christ City will host a booth at the H Street Festival and Christ City members are invited to volunteer at the booth throughout the day. We’re asking folks to serve in 2-hour time slots. At the booth, we’ll pass out popsicles to festival attendees and have an interactive art display. The display is a wooden chalkboard cut out to spell H St where festival goers can use chalk to write, or illustrate the things they love about H Street.
This is a great way for us to get the word out about Christ City and celebrate with our neighbors at one of the most attended D.C. neighborhood festivals that is right in our community.
Community Lunch
After service on August 27, we'll break bread together with lunch! We'd love to have you contribute a dish! Please bring your dish in a covered container and a serving utensil. We will have a warmer and extension cords for hot dishes.
Community Clean-Up
Christ City Church is joining with the Miner Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) and the wider Miner Community for a Miner Campus wide clean up. The first day of school is just days away and we want to help make the campus a clean, welcoming place for students and staff as they start a new school year. Bring your yard tools, garden gloves, and cleaning supplies and join in making the Miner Campus sparkle!
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Meet & Greet at our church office just a few blocks from Miner Elementary immediately following the August 13th Sunday service. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Andrea if you have questions.
Summer Social
Join us at Hi-Lawn (on the rooftop of Union Market) for happy hour on Saturday, August 12 from 5-7p! Bring friends & fam, and meet new folks over a lawn game or dinner.
Teen City Mixer
Teen City is having a mixer for parents, teens, incoming teens and the volunteers on Saturday, July 29th from 11am - 2pm at the home of the Bells. To RSVP for the mixer or learn more about Teen City, contact Nikki.
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Meet & Greet immediately following the April 5 service at our Church office, which is just a few blocks from Miner Elementary. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Andrea if you have questions.
No Sunday Service
We will not be having a Sunday service on July 2nd!
Our regular service schedule will resume the following week and we look forward to seeing you on Sunday, July 9th!
Healthy Conflict Workshop
As part of our current sermon series, Conflict is Key, we've partnered with Garden City Center to offer an online workshop on "How to Have Healthy Conflict." The workshop will be on Monday, June 26, the day after we finish our series, at 7:30pm.
BIPOC Lunch
If you'd like to join us for the BIPOC Lunch (for CCCers who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color) after church, please RSVP here.
For context, this came out of our continuing work in racial equity and inclusion — and the realization that spaces like this are much needed, especially in a multi- church. We have had different iterations in recent years (e.g. an AAPI affinity group, a white growth group) and this is the latest space for gathering.
If you identify as BIPOC and are looking for a way to connect with other CCCers of color, please RSVP here. And if you can't make this Sunday but would be interested in future meetings, please email Pastor Justin.
Start of Summer Small Groups
Christ City summer small groups will begin starting June 6th.
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Meet & Greet immediately following the April 5 service at our Church office, which is just a few blocks from Miner Elementary. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Andrea if you have questions.
Spring Seminar - The Spiritual History of DC
The purpose of the seminar is to explore the history of Washington, D.C. through the lens of historic D.C. churches. Participants will learn about the histories of four historic D.C. churches and how those churches shaped the history of Washington, D.C. The seminar will include outside reading assignements as well as site visits to the four congregations and include worshiping with one of the churches at the conclusion of the seminar.
Newcomers Lunch
If you're new to Christ City Church, join us for a Newcomers Meet & Greet immediately following the April 5 service at our Church office, which is just a few blocks from Miner Elementary. You can meet some of the staff, learn more about our church, and enjoy a free lunch. Email Andrea if you have questions.
Easter Sunday services
To celebrate Easter, we will have two services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Kids City will be available at the 9a service.
Good Friday service
Join us at Miner Elementary for a Good Friday service.
Childcare available for ages 7 and under.
Baptism Service
We are excited to have a baptism next month, during our Sunday service on March 26! If you have not been baptized, but would like to take this step of displaying your faith, or if you have questions about baptism, you can reach out to Pastor Justin.
Miner Mutual Aid Community Table
The Miner Mutual Aid was started at the beginning of the COVID pandemic as a way to respond to the financial hardships many Miner families and those in the neighborhood were experiencing. The Community Table events provide fresh vegetables, food, baby supplies, and much needed encouragement. Each month Christ City serves alongside the Mutual Aid as a way to show care to our neighbors and support for the Mutual Aid. If you’d like to volunteer, please reach out to Pastor Matthew.
BIPOC Lunch
If you'd like to join us for the BIPOC Lunch (for CCCers who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color) after church, please RSVP here.
For context, this came out of our continuing work in racial equity and inclusion — and the realization that spaces like this are much needed, especially in a multi- church. We have had different iterations in recent years (e.g. an AAPI affinity group, a white growth group) and this is the latest space for gathering.
If you identify as BIPOC and are looking for a way to connect with other CCCers of color, please RSVP here. And if you can't make this Sunday but would be interested in future meetings, please email Pastor Justin.