Home Groups

Home Groups are a fantastic place in which to grow in your faith and build relationships with others. Some meet weekly, some every two weeks, some during the day and some in the evenings. We hope that there will be a home group for everyone, no matter what stage of the journey you are on. If you are interested in joining a home group then please contact our Vicar, Andy - vicar@dorechurch.org.uk.

Eco Church

A Rocha Eco Church
Since 2015 Christ Church Dore has been working with the Church of England's fifth mark of mission in mind. This states, "To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth". In 2022 we achieved a silver award in the Eco Church award scheme administered by A Rocha UK. The award is for how we express care for God's world in the following areas.

• Worship and teaching

• Buildings and energy use

• Land and nature

• Community and global engagement

• Lifestyle

We have two eco-champions; Anita Campbell and Angie Clarke along with a group of people who care for the churchyard and a committee which cares for the fabric of our church building. These are the people who are helping move us from silver award to gold.
A major re-ordering necessitated some of the churchyard building in 2024/5 both helped and hindered us in this. The re-ordering necessitated some of the churchyard to be closed off and people did not visit the site as often. The re-ordering has changed our heating from and old inefficient gas boiler and radiators with little control to modern under floor heating. This should reduce our carbon footprint and costs significantly. Christ Church is now back in the church building and fully back on track to work with partners and the community to achieve the Gold Award.

With gold in mind we want your ideas and feedback about how we are doing. To help you there is a poster designed in Autumn 2025 to show what we have done and what we are trying to achieve. If you want to join this effort (you do not need to attend church or have any faith) please contact fabric@dorechurch.org.uk 

As of October 2023 PCC has elected our first eco-champion- Anita Campbell.

Angela Clarke has been elected as an eco-champion by the November 2023 PCC and we will have 2 champions working on net zero by 2030 and improving the biodiversity in our churchyard.

LOCAL MISSION TEAM

Meets four times a year and comes together to facilitate the whole church's mission activities. Further details from Katie Casson in the Parish Office. For further information see Mission Action Plan