Posts that will appear in the weekly WCV Newsletter.
Isaiah 58 Fast April 13 – 20 In the bible, fasting and prayer usually go together. Fasting isn’t simply about the lack of food, or the lack of anything else for that matter, but rather an intensified focus, or shift in perspective from something temporal to God. It’s about bringing our attention to the Lord […]
We’ve been exploring points along Peter’s discipleship journey for the past few months (and we’ll continue for the next number of months). The audio recordings are posted here. Along the way, we’ve commissioned various artists – both visual and performance – to share their interpretations of what they’re learning. It’s like looking at the subject
The water we need to live – that we need to really live – does not come from earthen springs. It is not discovered in any well dug by human hands, not can it be drilled by any rig of human ingenuity. This water is not pumped, bottled, chlorinated or dammed up. It does not
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.
Yesterday our Vineyard School of Justice – in collaboration with International Justice Mission Canada (IJM), Global Wonders, and Mennonite Central Committee – hosted a special evening on the subject of modern day slavery. We screened two short films (one of which was IJM’s latest documentary “At the End of Slavery“), had presentations by Angie Redecopp
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 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,
