Christ Church South Devon

Christ Church South Devon A Bible-centred church; treasuring Jesus, loving people, serving Plymstock.

We are a brand new Anglican evangelical church serving East Plymouth and South Devon.

On Sunday we began a new short preaching series in the one-page book of Jude. Jude was a brother of Jesus Christ, but he...
07/09/2026

On Sunday we began a new short preaching series in the one-page book of Jude. Jude was a brother of Jesus Christ, but he prefers in his letter to use the title, “servant” – seeing as there is infinite honour and privilege in being a servant of the rightful King of the Universe! As servants of Christ we can rest in the security of being guarded by God – being called, loved and kept by Him so that we can safely reach Jesus’ eternal heavenly kingdom. But we also have responsibility: we need to stand firm as guardians of the gospel in the face of the continuing threat of false teaching. As in Jude’s day, modern-day false teaching tries to say that obedience to Jesus as King is neither good for us nor necessary for us. But the gospel message is that we were saved for holiness, to discover the eternal joy in living God’s way with Christ as our King.

The children and young people began a new series called “Growing Up: God’s Big Story” written by the team at Faith in Kids. They looked at the immense worth and dignity that every human has because we are made by God in His image. There are lots of different people telling us what we should believe about ourselves, so who should we believe? The One who made us, knows us and loves us infinitely!

This Sunday we begin a short series looking at the one-page letter of Jude. Although he was Jesus’ step-brother, he pref...
03/09/2026

This Sunday we begin a short series looking at the one-page letter of Jude. Although he was Jesus’ step-brother, he preferred to see himself as Jesus’ servant. And he writes to other servants of Jesus, to remind them of what it means to be a servant: the honour, and the responsibility. The joy of being guarded by God, and the vital work of being a guardian of the gospel.

Each week we provide a Spotify Playlist of songs to go with the themes of the Bible passage. Click below to listen.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ONNAiB7PTSfHJY1pURRKe?si=f743cbb7367f400f

On Sunday we finished off our Summer holiday series looking at the increasingly stark contrast between King Saul and Kin...
01/09/2026

On Sunday we finished off our Summer holiday series looking at the increasingly stark contrast between King Saul and King-to-be David. In 1 Samuel 20 we discovered how both Saul and Jonathan were faced with the decision at the heart of every human life: do I seek My Kingdom or God’s Kingdom? Saul chose himself; Jonathan chose God – and therefore God’s chosen King.
We also saw the incredible security there is in an unbreakable covenant, and in covenant love. Jonathan commits in covenant love to David, God’s chosen King – and David commits in covenant love to him. Likewise God’s forever chosen King, Jesus, displays His covenant love for us by dying on the cross in our place, and giving us an unbreakable covenant security both now and forever!

This Sunday we finish of our series in John's letters with a look at 3 John - (another) one of the shortest books in the...
23/07/2026

This Sunday we finish of our series in John's letters with a look at 3 John - (another) one of the shortest books in the Bible. This time we see John writing to his friend Gaius, encouraging him to unite freely and generously with others who truly follow Jesus and His teaching. The perfect companion piece to 2 John, this is a call not to divide from others who bear the name of Christian unless absolutely necessary.

On Sunday we looked at John's second letter - one of the shortest books in the Bible. 2 and 3 John are "worked examples"...
20/07/2026

On Sunday we looked at John's second letter - one of the shortest books in the Bible. 2 and 3 John are "worked examples" of the key teaching points from 1 John, and it's a great help to be able to study them straight after studying the longer letter. In 2 John we see his vital advice and instruction on when it's right to divide from others who call themselves Christians. We may be labelled as unloving or unnecessarily divisive, but John warns that if people claim to speak for God but don't follow the teaching of Jesus and the apostles then we must not welcome them or partner with them! Instead we need to commit to walking in the truth - which means loving God by obeying His commands to love our neighbour.

16/07/2026

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This Sunday we continue our series in John’s letters with a stop-off in 2 John, one of the shortest books in the Bible. ...
16/07/2026

This Sunday we continue our series in John’s letters with a stop-off in 2 John, one of the shortest books in the Bible. This letter picks up where 1 John leaves off, warning that there are false teachers claiming to tell the real truth about God while denying the real real truth about Jesus. And John is clear that we need to avoid those false teachers, and make sure we don’t do anything that will further their cause.

Each week we provide a Spotify Playlist of songs to go with the themes of the Bible passage. Click below to listen. (As this newsletter is taking a break over the Summer holidays, this is an extra-long Summer playlist!)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5g5Ss1dYNoe4CgWNWNeUPM?si=98952e1b67a24d85

On Sunday we reached the end of 1 John. He finishes his letter as he started it: with a focus on the “witness statements...
13/07/2026

On Sunday we reached the end of 1 John. He finishes his letter as he started it: with a focus on the “witness statements” that prove that we can trust Jesus, and that consequently we do have eternal life. In chapter 1 John introduced us to the eyewitness testimony of the apostles. In chapter 5 he concludes with the divine witness of God – that proves Jesus was His Son, and that He came to die for us. That’s how we know we have eternal life. And that’s how we know it’s not worth going after idols, god-alternatives, that promise much and deliver little. John wants us to have confidence about Jesus, and confidence about eternal life.

Our children and young people dug into James’ teaching about the choice we have: we choose to obey God because we belong to Him. Or will we choose to pretend we don’t belong to God?

This Sunday we conclude our time in 1 John with a final reminder that Jesus really is God’s Son come as a human to give ...
09/07/2026

This Sunday we conclude our time in 1 John with a final reminder that Jesus really is God’s Son come as a human to give us assurance of eternal life. We can be sure that this is true because of how God has provided robust testimony. And we can be sure of eternal life because it is true! With that in mind, we must let that assurance affect our decisions and our actions.

Each week we provide a Spotify Playlist of songs to go with the themes of the Bible passage. Click below to listen.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1rydUZ67t0RDVReqEYLhNV?si=517796a21579402d

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