Someone asked me recently about reading the Bible when you feel nothing. You sit down early in the morning, Bible in hand, coffee at your side. The world is asleep. Maybe, you’re still asleep. You wish you could get another ½ hour. Your eyes… they feel so heavy… You stumble your way through your daily reading. You try to jot down a note or two… pray… get your heart oriented
On Sunday, 8 January we are starting a 4 part series we are calling mended. We’ve all been wounded. We carry wounds from broken relationships, church hurts, shattered dreams and our own foolish choices. Sometimes the pain dulls over time, but often it never fully goes away. In this 4 week series, we’ll explore an incredible and liberating truth: Jesus can heal us because he was wounded for us, is
Start the new year off by joining us in reading through Proverbs. download it here: reading-through-proverbs or from facebook: reading through proverbs
Madeleine L'Engle's poem "The Risk of Birth" This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late. That was no time for a child to be born, In a land in the crushing grip of Rome; Honour & truth were trampled by scorn– Yet here
If you need a colouring activity with / for your kids, here is a downloadable Christmas colouring book vineyard-christmas-coloring-book
HOW CAN YOU BE A PART Sign up at the Welcome Desk to have our Mary and Joseph figurines stay at your home. After their stay with you, your household will take Mary and Joseph to their next host home (as indicated on the sign-up calendar) where you will enjoy a cup of coffee/tea and pray together. That home, in turn, will take Mary and Joseph to the next home,
For all you into colouring... an advent colouring page
Advent begins this sunday, 27 November, as we mark this season of anticipation & expectation I am drawn to this short poem by Madeleine L'Engle This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason There’d have been no room for the child.
A guide for individuals and families for Advent 2016 You can download the pdf at either of the following links: advent guide 2016 advent guide on facebook
