This information is compiled from a few phone conversations with Noel and Nathan, Monday evening, 9pm Kathmandu time. We are glad that still no fatalities have been reported from among the Vineyard communities in the Himalayan region. A team of Nepali and Canadian people spent Monday in Champi and Kotgaon. These are two villages in the mountains […]
If you’re looking to donate, go here. I just got off the phone with Nathan – 9am Sunday morning Kathmandu Time. Two aftershocks occurred during our conversation. Each time, the crows go crazy, the dogs begin to howl, and people on the streets begin to call out to each other – warning and reassuring each
The info in this report is from a conversation I had with Noel Isaacs and Nathan Rieger, who are currently both on the ground in Kathmandu. This info is from 8:15pm on Saturday (Nepal time) – about 9 hours after the earthquake. The earthquake struck Saturday morning (April 25) during the Kathmandu Vineyard’s weekly church
Here is Violet Rademaker sharing two stories about her parents. Thanks for sharing with us, Violet!
The real Jesus – the one we read about in the bible and not the one whose name is commonly invoked to justify all manner of violence, exclusion and judgement – the real Jesus is winsome. There is something about him that surprises, challenges, comforts and wins people. Even non-religious people love him and more often
In Genesis, God gave humans a few jobs. One of them was to tend and watch over the creation God had placed them in (Gen 2:15). This task has never been taken away – which means, we too, are to tend the earth. There are many ways to do this, but on Sunday April 19 we
What are you doing the first weekend in July? Why not pitch a tent (or camper… or sleep under the stars) at our annual Vineyard camp-out? Mark your calendars now for this great opportunity to make some new friends, share quality time together, play games, relax, sing songs, tell jokes (and maybe a few camp-fire stories),
On April 5, we celebrated alongside 5 people who got baptized. It sure felt like heaven was celebrating with us. What a rich time of hearing their stories, prayer, public declarations of faith, worship and plunging! Congratulations to Jayden Williams, Alvin Deegan, Lou-Ann Pinay, Brad Morand and Cora Stevenson on this step in your faith journeys. We’re excited for what
One of our core practices at WCV is community, and part and parcel of expressing and demonstrating God’s love to one another (as well as inviting his kingdom to come, now) is healing prayer. To see God heal, you have to be attentive to people who need healing, and you have to be willing to
When the death of Jesus began to seem just over the horizon of time, followers of Christ began to want to touch something that would seem like a physical bridge between them and that moment. Relics begin to surface. People wanted to hold the cup that Christ held at the Last Supper. They wanted to
After six months of learning in the Vineyard School of Justice, we had the privilege of celebrating our four students this past Monday evening with a moving graduation ceremony. Below you can see the year-end video screened in their honour, read Suhail’s (the director of the school) commencement address, as well as the pieces read
Recognizing what the Father is doing and blessing it, is our primary strategy for identifying new leaders in the Vineyard. Like the old proverb says, “one who thinks he is a leader but has no followers, is merely taking a walk.” We recognize leaders amongst us precisely because they are already leading. It’s first about the
It’s time to haul out the old metal dunk tank again! On Easter Sunday, April 5, we are going to witness the baptisms of a number of people as they make a public confession of their faith in Jesus. If you believe in Jesus and haven’t yet taken this step, we invite you to think
