The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a faith community in Christchurch, New Zealand exploring fresh expressions of doing church. We’re a network of people who want to share our lives together as we journey and grow our faith in God, and heeding the challenge of trying to rethink what it means to be “church”.

ON THE KITCHEN MENU…

Sunday Gathering:
Hot food, interesting people, God talk, inappropriate humour, laughing kids, stretching conversations… all around a huge kitchen table. That’s what we get up to on Sunday afternoons (4.30-6.30pm), and it’s normally a spirit filled buzz of activity and chaos. We’ve recently acquired a great new space on the corner of Buckleys Road & Carnarvon St in Linwood. We’re in the process of turning into an amazing feasting room, with the bonus of an outdoor courtyard for the kids to kick around in. Did someone say wood fire Pizza Oven?

Taste Worship:
Our semi-regular worship / music / visual / feel / coffee / community session – where everyone in The Kitchen comes together to get a taste of God. People can turn up and leave at any stage during the session, or come for as long or as shorter time as they want. We try to make Taste as organic as possible, so people can do what they want at their own speed and in their own time.

We do our best to keep this blog updated with the stuff we’ve been doing so out-of-towners and people who couldn’t make it, and anyone else who is curious from a distance, can see what we’re getting up too. So feel free to read and leave comments if you are so inclined.

The Kitchen is small and still evolving – we’re not interested in becoming a mega-church – but anyone’s welcome to come along for the ride as we discover more about God and each other. If you’re interested in being a part of the Kitchen community, or want to be on our email or text list to find out about what were up too each week, just drop us a line.

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The Kitchen works in partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, which keeps us honest and in touch with our spiritual roots. We want to play our part in spearheading innovation in kiwi ecclesiology that will benefit both The Kitchen and other faith communities. If you’ve got something similar going on we’d love to hear from ya.