Welcome to our site

We are a Church of England church located in the parish of Portsdown, Hampshire.  Christ Church commits itself to further extend the influence and benefits of Christian teaching within the community of the parish of Portsdown and the wider world by our own example and through pro-active partnerships with other congregations at home and abroad.

Mission of the Month

For details of our Mission of the Month program or to find the name of our Parish mission partners see here >more

The "Mission of the Month" for May is Christian Aid  >more

Roof appeal

We urgently need to make repairs to the roof - For full details see >more. 

Special thanks to the following Trusts:

Allchurches Trust Ltd who have given us a grant of £500.  For more information on the trust and its work see >here

Hampshire and The Islands Historic Churches Trust who have given us a grant of £4000.  For more information on the trust and its work see >here

Hampshire County Council who have given us a grant of £1000.

Make a Donation to our Church

Use our secure donation button on the left to make a donation to our funds. This services uses "PayPal" as the provider - you can pay using credit card, debit card or bank transfer. For the moment you will need to follow a few steps to open a PayPay account if you don't have one. In the future we will  enhance this service accept direct payment by these methods.

Kairos

Read all about the Kairos initiative, what it means to our Church and what's going on. >more

Christ Church Profile

Read our Parish Profile and Annual reports (2007 reports now published), see how Christ Church is organised, see who is doing what and what the PCC is all about - its all on the PCC Page - >more

Latest news from the BBC >more

News from Christ Church

News Feed

Keep up with News from Christ Church using our RSS news feed. For more details see here or drag the RSS icon onto your news reader.

May Magazine

The online version of our May2008 "Portsdown Post" parish magazine is now available >more

Open Church

The Church will now be open every morning starting on Monday 14th April from 10:00 to 12:00.  You may want to have a time of quiet reflection or prayer, find out something about the Church family or the Church building, or just join us for a cup of coffee and a chat.  Whatever the reason you will be most welcome.

Listen On-Line to our Service

As a trial we are taking recordings of the key parts of our service and making them available on the web and a CD.  Click to access the information and files >more

Friends of Christ Church

We have launched a new membership program called "Friends of Christ Church". It's designed for those in the community who appreciate the importance of the buildings and grounds, and want to conserve them for future generations, but do not feel able to join the Church community >more

Roof appeal

We urgently need to make repairs to the roof - For full details see >more

Special thanks this month to the Hampshire and The Islands Historic Churches Trust who have given us a grant of £4000.  For more information on the trust and its work see >here

Blood and Bone Marrow

The National Blood service is very short of blood following a very busy festive period. If you don't already give blood please consider joining. You can find the details of the nearest centre and donation dates here. For more information click here.

Would you like to become a Bone Marrow donor ? For more information on why its needed and what to do click here