Prayer for our Gatherings

Colossians 4:2 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Prayer changes things. It changes the world around us, and it changes us. Various kinds of prayer are part of our regular practices here at the Vineyard. Prayer Ministry, Intercession and Prophecy are three of our Core Practices that relate to prayer. Like we often … [Read more…]

Invitations to Lent

Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy … [Read more…]

“Beating Through the Wall” – A poem by Sherry Ansloos

The following piece was written in response to the call for artistic submissions about the Hot Button Topics. I thought we were together, but after some clumsy words about an assumed similarity, I found that we were not as together as I had originally thought I was “here” and you were “there” I said “this” … [Read more…]

Vineyard Canada National Gathering – “Portage: when the church seeks first the Kingdom”

Make your plans! The quadrennial Vineyard Canada National Gathering is this summer in Montréal. July 23-26. We’re calling this time together “Portage – When the Church seeks first the Kingdom”. In this video, National Director David Ruis unpacks this for us. Register here.    

Listening In & Speaking Up

Speaking Up Thank you for all your participation in our series thus far. Many of you have voiced appreciation, apprehension, curiosity, concern and a whole host of other feelings and related thoughts. We deeply appreciate this. These are all signs of engagement. We also deeply appreciate your prayers. They are critical. However, we’re also aware … [Read more…]

The Bible Series at Drop-In

For the last year or so, we have been celebrating communion every Tuesday at drop-in. The hope was that it would be an accessible and intentional way for us to connect our lives with the life of God, and to be filled with his life-giving presence. After reading the passage on the Lord’s supper from … [Read more…]

Imaginative Prayer

Hey parents of kids Grades 1-7! We’d like to help you understand how the Imaginative Prayer book can power you up in spiritually leading your kid/youth/family. What we’ve been doing: After a wonderful season in Gifts4God, we are back in our regular rhythms in Kids Church and Youth Sundays. We are really excited about how … [Read more…]

Outer Circle Update

A few quick notes about the Outer Circle: We have postponed the January Outer Circle due to the Hot Button Evenings that are scheduled for Jan and Feb. We didn’t want to overload people’s evenings any more than necessary. The next scheduled Outer Circle is March 10. This is also our Annual General Meeting night. If your … [Read more…]

Join the Conversation – Hot Button Evenings

We’d like to remind you – and invite you – to join the conversations around the Hot Button topics. We know that many of you are having conversations among yourselves. This is great! Please keep having them. Also, please make sure you participate in our two Hot Button evenings. We’ve intentionally tried to keep the … [Read more…]

Worship Pathways

Anyone who is interested in being involved in worship at WCV is invited to join us for three successive evenings on February 15th, 22nd, and March 1st, 2018 at the Ansloos’ home from 7-9 pm. We will worship together, share an overview of Vineyard values in worship, and give information about our worship teams & opportunities at … [Read more…]