Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard on this final weekend of the summer holidays. We are thrilled that you’ve joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.

As we have now moved into September, next weekend means that we start sending out weekly Saturday Contacts again. This means that all the Encounter news you need to be aware of will be communicated via this avenue or on the home page of our website. However, we have a number of things coming up this month and we don’t want you to miss any of them so do please take note below of some of these events and activities. 

Please note that we are having our final BBQ of the summer after the celebration on the 15th September and this will be another great occasion and opportunity to connect as a church family. Do try and join us if you are nearby and don’t forget to book in!

This Sunday we are beginning a new series ‘Everyone & Anyone’ where we are looking at some of the heroes of scripture in the New Testament that speak to us about how God calls and uses everyone and anyone. David West is speaking with a message called ‘Heavens Employee’ as he looks at the character Epaphroditus.

We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to our final August Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. Happy Bank Holiday weekend to you all! If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

We do hope and pray that you are having a good summer and as we approach the end of the month you are filled with anticipation for all that lies ahead in the coming months . We certainly are filled with expectation and hope as we step into the future.

This weekend we are drawing our Freedom Calls series to a close. We hope that this series has encouraged us all to pursue freedom, hope and an ever-increasing openness to the Spirit as we allow the Lord to bring His restorative presence and power into our lives. This Sunday Mark brings a message called ‘The Big Picture’ as he explores how in Christ, the old has gone and the new has come!

We look forward to worshipping with you today, either in the building or online.

Welcome to another August Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

We had an amazing Sunday last weekend with our Church Family Picnic in the grounds of Sudeley Castle. We were thrilled that so many of us were able to be together for fun, friendship and connection. Along with all the conversation and food, some of us even manged to throw a rugby ball around and play an all-age game of cricket!

This weekend we are back in the building and online as we continue our Cry Freedom series. This series encourages us to pursue freedom, hope and an ever-increasing openness to the Spirit, as we allow the Lord to bring His restorative presence and power into our lives. This Sunday Mark brings a message called ‘Cry Freedom!’

We do hope you are enjoying some of the fabulous weather we have had recently, that you are finding opportunities to ‘dial down’ and that you are excited about worshipping together today.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

We are now in the month of August; The Paris Olympics have begun American Presidential races are hotting up, the school holidays are well underway, we occasionally see the sun and we are enjoying a slightly quieter month in the life of the church.

Sunday celebrations are much the same. We are in the building and online – However, next week there is no celebration as we are having a Church Family Picnic on the 11th August in the grounds of Sudeley Castle. We do hope you can join us for what we hope will be an opportunity for fun, friendship and connection. Please see below or on our homepage for further information. 

Today we are continuing our summer series called ‘Freedom Calls.’ This is where we are reminding ourselves that when we encounter Jesus, He moves into our lives and brings His transformation to us.

Today Mark brings a message called ‘Intention or Power,’ where he will look at how living for acceptance and love is slavery, but living from acceptance and love is freedom

We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you’ve joined us and we hope that you enjoy being a part of our latest online teaching, worship and ministry.

We are now at the end of July; the school holidays have begun and we anticipate things being a little quieter in the life of the church for all of us. We are always keen that the teams that serve in so many different ways within the life of Encounter are able to get some rest and refreshment. 

Sunday celebrations are much the same. We are in the building and online - apart from our picnic on the 11th August and this will be an opportunity for fun, friendship and connection.

Today we are continuing a new summer series called ‘Freedom Calls.’ This series reminds us that when we encounter Jesus, He moves into our lives and brings His transformation. 

Today Mark brings a message called ‘Restoration’ where he will press down on the pedal of exploring God’s desire and passion for us to live the lives for which He has made us.

We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard and thank you for joining us this weekend.

Today we are continuing a new summer series called ‘Freedom Calls.’ This series reminds us that when we encounter Jesus, He moves into our lives and brings His transformation. As He does that, He defuses our despair and our anxiety, lights up the shadow sides of our personalities and brings healing, wholeness and completeness to us. 

Today Malcolm Hayes brings a message called ‘The End in Mind’ as he asks the questions:

How do we live life so that the preacher doesn’t have to lie at our funeral? 

How do we live life so that we have very few regrets? 

How do we live life so that the brief days that we have in this life are lived to the fullest?

We hope that you enjoy being with online today.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

Today we are beginning a new series called ‘Freedom Calls.’ This new summer series reminds us that when we encounter Christ, He moves into our lives, defuses our despair and our anxiety; He lights up the shadow sides of our personalities and brings wholeness and completeness to us. We will be looking at how Jesus wants to move into the dark arenas of our lives and bring His light, so that those around us will see the hope that we carry.

Today Mark brings a message called ‘Yesterdays and Todays’ as he looks at the life of Joseph. He is exploring the way in which God is so much bigger than our past, and how concerned He is with the shaping of our future. He will be exploring how our pasts don’t have to limit who we can be today.

We also have a church BBQ after our celebration today. If you are nearby, do come and join us!

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you’re here for the first time a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

In the aftermath of a long election campaign and the results from last Thursday, along with a deluge of sporting events and all the world-wide news over this past his week, it is a gift to be able to gather together online to worship, pray and open up God’s Word together.

Today we are drawing our Awaken series to a close. The series has been focussed on pursuing a greater awareness of God’s desire to awaken us to the reality of His love for us, what it is He is doing within us and around us, as well as the call He has for us over our lives.

Mark will be bringing a message called ‘The Intercessor.’ A message that reminds us that Scripture tells us that Jesus is always interceding on our behalf and looks at what that means for us as we pray.

Finally, if you haven’t yet joined us on this month’s invitation to the journey of fasting and prayer, do remember that even if it’s the last week, it’s never too late to join in as we pray for a fresh awakening to the reality and the love of God, in our families, amongst our friends and in this region.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you’re here for the first time a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend.

Last Sunday we had the joy of having Steve Gee with us from Garden City Vineyard, Milton Keynes. If you haven’t yet listened to his message on the faith of Abraham, we would encourage you to do that.

Today we return to our Awaken series with Steve Hodgetts bringing a message called ‘Receiving the Spirit.’ This is a message for all of us who long for more joy and peace in our lives and for those of us who long to be closer to God and want to grow in our faith.

Finally, if you haven’t yet joined us on this month’s invitation to the journey of fasting and prayer, do remember that it’s never too late to join in as we pray for a fresh awakening to the reality and the love of God, in our families, amongst our friends and in this region.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you’re here for the first time a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us this weekend although this Sunday things are a little different. 

Today we have Steve Gee coming to speak in the building. Steve and his wife Tammy have been in ministry together for over two decades. They planted their first church, Daventry Vineyard, in their early 20's and went on to launch the Central Vineyard in 2006, which has since multiplied into three unique churches. In the summer of 2022, they relocated from the Milton Keynes to plant Garden City Vineyard

Steve is also a Regional Leader for Vineyard Churches, and the region that we are a part of, as well as being an Associate at Gospel Entrepreneurs and a Faith Guide Coordinator for World Vision UK.

All this means that our normal online worship will be slightly different and we will not be able to get Steve’s message out to you until later in the day.

Please check out your inbox later today for the link to this Sunday’s message. You will also be able to find the message on the homepage of our website.

Next week we return to our Awaken series with Steve Hodgetts bringing a message called ‘Receiving the Spirit.’

Finally, is you haven’t yet joined us on this month’s invitation to the journey of fasting and prayer, do remember that it’s never too late to join in as we pray for a fresh awakening to the reality and the love of God, in our families, amongst our friends and in this region.