Greetings to all our friends and families. This months we gathered at Dharay Gaon place for the opening service of our new Church place for the community. It was so wonderful to be part of this journey, which we had started some years ago. As I sat there worshiping with the people of that community […]
Sometimes one must leave home to find one’s way back. Here’s a Lenten reflection from The Work of the People.
Introduction: We had a great time on Monday, Feb 24 exploring some particular ways we’ve grown this past year as a community. We heard stories of some compelling fruit in a number of people’s lives. We also looked at the financial fruit we’ve tasted these past few years. The apostle John said, it’s for the
On March 5, we entered the season of Lent. A season, 40 days leading up to Easter, that the church has historically observed as a time of preparation. A time to prepare hearts, bodies and lives for the life that’s made available through Jesus’ resurrection. Lent is only helpful if it points us towards resurrection.
Natasha Boone painted this picture of Jesus for a few Sundays ago when we explored doubt.
The Canadian Vineyard’s National Celebration is happening this year in Kitchener, Ontario! Monday, July 28 – Thurs, July 31. You can register now at Vineyard Enlive! Featured Speakers Cheryl Bear is Nadleh Whut’en from the Carrier Nation in Northern British Columbia. Her story includes having earned a doctorate, and being an award winning First Nations recording artist
Flatlanders Inn Every valley lifted up, every mountain made low. Flatlanders Inn is a diverse and intentional community that seeks to cultivate a positive, nurturing, and relational place to live for people who want to get their feet back under them. Welcome, once again, to the life and stories of Flatlanders Inn. The fall and
As 2013 has come to a close and we are well into 2014, I reflect on the past year and how God has moved and shown up in the Himalayan Region Vineyard (HRV) churches (HRV churches are located throughout Nepal and in Nepali speaking areas of India). It’s been an exciting year and wanted to
After two months of evaluation, discussion and prayerful discernment, we’ve decided to begin the Upstairs Gathering again! A combination of practical details coming together, along with a sense of permission from God, has given the pastoral team a sense of confidence to continue the Sunday Gathering journey in this way. We’re excited to see what
Every family, every household; even every person who eats on a regular basis, produces dirty dishes. Part of being a well functioning family or household means that those dishes get done. Someone always has to take care of the domestic chores. When I was young, I had to be reminded to “clean up after yourself!”.
This year’s Outer Circle started on Saturday with a scrumptious meal, a wonderful time of connecting in our Triads, sharing our areas of “grace received” and “grace needed”, and celebrating Communion together.
Our series on Hospitality wrapped up in December. You can go back and listen to any Sunday (Upstairs or Downstairs) that you missed – or if you’d simply like to listen again. They are all available at our sermon page here.
Our 12 week experiment in a second service will come to an end December 8. We are in the process of evaluating it so we can figure out if we should continue in the new year, or try something different. What do you think? Have you been at one? Did you find it encouraging, stimulating,
