Christ City Church Memphis

How do we respond to the demands and opportunities within the complex web of social and economic relationships we call society? How do we live when resources, jobs, and opportunities seem to be at our finger tips or, inversely, far out of reach? What would it look like if we began to view our money and resources, not only autonomously, but as part of a greater economic, interdependent ecosystem? J...

What does it look like to be mastered by money, and in contrast, to learn to master money? Join us this Sunday as Robert Grisham preaches part three of the series Possession(s).

What does it take for you to listen to good advice? Many aspects of a healthy spiritual life are not a matter of needing more information or some special revelation. Instead, what we often need is to understand what makes us so complacent, self involved or afraid that we fail to do the good we already know to do -with our finances. Join us as we find hope and strength to take action in part two of...

What happens when we apply the same creativity used to build wealth or get ourselves out of financial jams to our spiritual life? Listen in as we reimagine the relationship between money and religion and see ourselves as spiritual entrepreneurs.

Being overloaded with information today from social media, streaming services, various entertainment sources, breaking news reports, gaming etc.; the list is endless how our attention gets pulled in so many ways. Join us as we look at this practice Cultivating spirituality and how we can begin to heal from fears, being overwhelmed, anxieties, bitterness and grief.

Life is dynamic and so are each of us. At Christ City we are learning to follow Jesus in the constant changes we experience in the flow of life. This perspective has led us to our mission: Becoming disciples of Jesus who recover their lives, reimagine their purpose and refresh their world. Listen in to join the conversation and click https://christcity.org/vision-mission to learn more about the vi...

The vision of Christ City Church is to be A Place to Belong and A Place to Know God. Join us as we discuss the deep and layered topic of what it means to know God and the paths we seek to connect with the Divine. Click here to learn more about our vision https://christcity.org/vision-missions .

A place to belong is the first half of the vision of Christ City Church. Join us as we explore what this looks like in the life of our church and how we aspire to be, more and more, this type of spiritual family. Click https://christcity.org/vision-mission to learn more about our vision.

When we try to make meaning in our present without taking into account the past, we end up living untethered lives, deriving purpose in a vacuous space. We need neither deride the past or accept it uncritically but instead seek to recognize our place and purpose within it. Join us, as we examine the powerful implications of knowing your place. Part three of three in the series Embracing Purpose.

How can we live our lives knowing that one day we will be gone and those coming after us will inherit what we have left? Depending on our age and stage in life, the answer to this question can look very different. One thing we can be sure of is that it takes faith mingled with purpose to build a spiritual inheritance for the future that all followers of Jesus are called on to help create. Join us...

In every stage of life we find ourselves in there is an important task to accomplish. When we fail to recognize the task set before us we can lose faith, or worse, become petty, bitter, or disengaged. In this Sunday’s gospel passage, Jesus illuminates one such stage. Join us, as we ponder our life tasks as changing, growing humans.  Part one of three of the series Embracing Purpose .

With all that is, and continues, to happen in our world we can be quick to say the phrase “ It’s the will of God” from everything to disease, war, and if there is a good parking spot for us at Kroger. But what do we really mean when we say “Will of God?” In this sermon Rev. Sandra will unpack this loaded phrase using the framework presented in “The Will of God” by Leslie Weatherhead. This short bo...

In our society, we gauge our quality of life by our bank accounts, how much we can produce, and how much entertainment we can consume. The undercurrent in our thinking says we can get enough to be satisfied, we just haven’t made it there yet. The Scriptures remind us again and again that while we live by “bread”-material goods, it’s not bread alone that can sustain and satisfy us. When we try, the...

If you’ve been around church very long you’re probably familiar with the term discipleship. It’s not a term that we use outside of the church world. What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Why would we want to become his disciple? And what should we hope to gain by being his disciple? Join us this Sunday as Robert Grisham explores these questions.

Political division, sexual abuse and coverups, gun rights, abortion rights, COVID vaccine responses, immigration, racial injustice; these are just a few of the many issues that are ripping us apart, both as a society but also as individuals. And they continue to cloud this “Way of Jesus” faith that we belong to. There are days when we wonder if perhaps the church is causing more harm than good. Th...

We tend to notice things that are important to us or things we have been trained to see- a carpenter notices which way the wood grain runs and a parent can tell if their child is telling the truth. What we notice shapes our view of reality, what we think is possible and which proble

Join us this Juneteenth and Father's Day as we welcome a special guest preacher, Rev. Ayanna Watkins. Rev. Watkins is the Lead Organizer and Executive Director of the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH).

We often speak of truth as something that exists on its own, independent of any person or perspective. The Bible, on the other hand, speaks of truth as understood in relationship and mediated through relationship. Join us as we explore just what it means to live out of the truth of your relationships.

Dreams and visions can inspire us to pursue higher, more noble and creative goals. Truth telling can ground us by forcing us to look at what life is, instead of what we wish it to be. How can we become the type of people who ask for, and look to receive, these gifts from the spirit of God? Join us as we explore these questions on Pentecost Sunday.

Christians have been waiting for the restoration and the renewal of all things - the return of the Christ - for a long time. What does it look like to live in between the despair of our current world and the hope of a renewed one? Join us as we conclude the series The End. And the Beginning.

What would you do if the sun didn’t set and you always felt safe enough to keep your doors unlocked? What if the most difficult challenges of your personal life and of society seemed solvable? Join us as we commit our imaginations to 24 hours of daylight. Part of the series The End. And the Beginning.

In a vision of the end, John shows us an amazing scene where the divine presence comes to dwell on earth in a new, incredible city. This picture stands in stark contrast with the familiar image of a few faithful christians being caught up from the earth into a weightless heaven. Join us this Sunday as wonder and worship at the prospect of a heavenly address on earth when God moves in! Part of the...

People of every nation, tribe, and language, get along and rejoice in John’s inspiring vision of the future. What makes this possible, and how can this revelation bring hope to our present? Join us as we continue the series The End. And The Beginning.

The story is bookended by belonging and connection and wholeness. How do we live in the middle of the story in light of this hope? Join us as we continue to explore The End. And The Beginning.

Each person sees things from a different vantage point based on when, and where, we were born and what we’ve experienced. It’s part of the reason we argue about the best path forward as a society or who’s turn it is to do the dishes. Understanding the limits of our perspective can be freeing as we seek a connect to the one who is and who was and who is to come. Join us as we pursue a new point of...