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 […]
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
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
On Sunday I showed a short clip from a CNN report about the unlikely friendship between Daryl Davis and a KKK leader. I also referred to a Tedx talk Daryl Davis gave which provides more of the background to this amazing story. Here it is:
This winter marks the return to our “Fixed on Jesus” series. We’re going to be exploring three Hot Button topics that you think the church should be talking about (thanks for participating in the survey). As mentioned previously, the point of this series is not to nail down where we stand (as a church or
Now that we’re in the New Year we’re going to be entering the third part of our series “Fixed on Jesus: how to hold the centre in an age of diversity”. Having rooted ourselves firmly in the centre (part 1), and having explored a model for how to love well, GYVE (part 2), we are now
Let’s welcome the New Year with a celebration! On Sunday, Dec 31 at 10am we will have a Celebration Service. We will look back at 2017 and take it all in. The good, the bad, the ugly – and give it all to God with gratitude. We will look forward to 2018 with anticipation. We
Dear WCV, We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a merry Christmas and a joyful New Year. In this season of busy-ness, may you encounter the Prince of Peace. In this season of gift-giving, may you experience the Giver of Life. In this darkest time of the year, may you be guided by
Why are yearly celebrations about big ideas so important in the scriptures? Our friend, Dan Wilt, unpacks the answer to this question in a compelling way. Be inspired here (1 page article).
We are in the process of evaluating the Outer Circle process. We do this each year, often adapting based on suggestions we’ve received or in response to other concerns we foresee. This year we’ve developed a short survey (less than 3 minutes to complete) that we hope will help us plan for the future. We
A guest post by Janet Blatz. What does my table look like? As a single lady in her late thirties my table looks different than those of my friends, who are married and who may or may not have kids. But that doesn’t say that having meal at a table isn’t as important but, in
We are going to explore our top three “Hot Button Topics” during Part 3 of our Fixed on Jesus series. Together we’ll explore the “in non-essentials, liberty” part of our series. Having determined that Jesus (his Kingdom and activity as described in the Creed) is our centre – “in essentials, unity” – and having explored how to
Hey folks! So the Christmas season is upon us once again! (Hold on as I pour myself another mug of eggnog). Below are a few events I’d like to highlight that will be happening at the Vineyard for this 2017 Christmas season: Our kids and youth will be leading us in worship and throughout the
