Vineyard Churches Uk & Ireland

Dreaming the Impossible is our annual youth festival for young people aged 11-18 from churches and youth organisations everywhere. At DTI 2022 Laura Hancock looked at God’s goodness; yesterday, God was good, today, God is good, and tomorrow God will be good. She reminded us that even when the world around us doesn’t feel good, God promises to weave his goodness through it all.

Dreaming the Impossible is our annual youth festival for young people aged 11-18 from churches and youth organisations everywhere. At DTI 2022, Susie Aldridge shares about the power of God and how, with him, anything is possible. “We’re not superheroes, but when the power of God flows through us anything can happen. Let’s be people of his presence – the power is in his presence.”

Dreaming the Impossible is our annual youth festival for young people aged 11-18 from churches and youth organisations everywhere. At DTI 2022 Lara Sokunbi explored how we can be a generation that stands firm. Speaking from Matthew 7, she unpacked what it looks like to build our houses on the rock and be pillars of hope in the midst of the chaos that surrounds us.

Rich & Lydia Dicas are UK-based worship leaders and songwriters whose hearts burn to see God’s love transform people wherever they go. In this seminar Rich explores what it looks like to write in and for the local church, and how you can cultivate a songwriting culture where you are. Recorded at the English Worship Retreat in February 2022.

In this seminar Jimmy covers a wide range of topics including intellectual property, copyright, income streams from music publishing and recorded music, collection societies and registering songs and recordings, releasing records as an independent artist, publishing options for songwriters and best practice for staying on the right side of the taxman as a self-employed musician! Recorded at the English Worship Retreat in February 2022.

This conversation is about leading worship in this season full of stories, values and tips. Jesse, Helen and Nigel are three ‘veterans’ of the Vineyard worship tribe who have made it through the pandemic (so far) and still love Jesus. Recorded at the English Worship Retreat in February 2022.

In this talk, Eoghan shares about how we discover our identity as we pursue intimacy in our relationship with God. Recorded at the Irish Worship Retreat in March 2022.

Sharing from her own story, Lydia talks about coming out of hiding and breaking free from shame and fear. Recorded at the Vineyard Worship Gathering February 2022

Harmony shares a message of encouragement to our worship tribe. Recorded at the Vineyard Worship Gathering February 2022.

Jesse shares from the book of Revelation to talk about intimacy with Jesus. Recorded at the Vineyard Worship Gathering February 2022.

Recorded at the Vineyard Worship Retreat February 2022, Bernie talks to us about what it looks like to surrender our whole lives to Jesus, sharing stories of stepping out in obedience and taking risks.

Leading a ministry time can be challenging, but by learning what to look for, knowing how to explain it and realising how to guide your church through it, we can help those in our churches to benefit from the ministry of the Holy Spirit. With his many decades of experience, Steve Nicholson will share some of his experience in leading a ministry time, with practical ways to spot what the Holy Spirit is doing in our midst and how we can midwife what is happening. Starting his ministry in the early 70s, Steve Nicholson founded and led the Evanston Vineyard outside of Chicago up until his recent retirement, and has served the Vineyard movement for over 40 years training church leaders and church planters around the world. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

Do you feel tired and burnt out? Weary from the long, painful season we've had to walk through these past couple of years? Join Steve as he unpacks how we can be resilient leaders who continue to lead for the long haul, leaning into Jesus in the hard times and letting him sustain us. Steve has had many decades of experience in leadership, walking through many different storms. Starting his ministry in the early 70s, Steve Nicholson founded and led the Evanston Vineyard outside of Chicago up until his recent retirement, and has served the Vineyard movement for over 40 years training church leaders and church planters around the world. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

How do we express our Christology in and through our worship? Dr. Lucy Peppiatt (Principal of WTC) explores the language we use about Jesus, how we sing about him and to him, and how that speaks to us of the nature of God. She looks at what we can do to help people connect with Jesus in worship as well as the role of the worship leader and songwriter in catechising the church in the faith. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

Are you struggling to keep your young people engaged in services? Do they seem complacent & bored? As overseers of worship ministries, we have the incredible opportunity to enable young people to find their voice. As we champion them, they find new fire for Jesus, invest in church and revive our corporate worship times. In this seminar we look at practical ways to engage the next generation in worship, creating space for them to lead as themselves. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

In this seminar, hosted by Susie Aldridge & Zeke Rink, Tim Alford (Director of Limitless) shares some top tips for how to run a healthy youth ministry. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

No matter where God has you serving in your church, you have something to give away to others through mentoring. In this seminar we explore how to do that both in a structured way and as an organic part of how you lead. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

Revelation 7 verse 9 tell us of " ..a great multitude that no one could count, from every tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb". God created us different and he saw it as good. George Floyd's murder bought into focus the stark reality of racism and how it impacts on the daily lives of black people within our church family and the wider communities we serve. To change this narrative we need to have an understanding of God's perspective , that can only lead to a continuing heart journey of challenge and change. In this session we unpack aspects of the black experience as well as consider what steps you as an individual as well as a church can take. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

In Christendom, Spiritual Formation is the lifelong process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others. In this seminar we explore the expansion of the Kingdom of Heaven within us, the inward journey that Jesus invites us to take, and its implications for the world around us. We explore the Kingdom from the inside out, locating ourselves through reflection and spiritual practices, and rooting our experience theologically, in Vineyard’s history, and in our future together.  Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.

Our world is facing an environmental crisis. What does it mean to be followers of Jesus in this context? What does it mean to love our neighbour, including our global neighbours, in 2022? How can we be bringers of hope in the climate crisis? Listen to be inspired by what the church can do and is doing to bring God's Kingdom in this space. Hannah Bowring leads Tearfund’s work supporting churches to respond to the climate crisis. Recorded at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering 2022.