Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us".

We all love good stories of kindness, where someone does something for someone in need. When God calls us to repentance, one of the things He calls us to be is people who love mercy. We are called to be people who not only do kindness but love to do merciful acts for people. We all have plenty of reasons we could give for why we don't do that, but God invites us to experience His mercy so that we might be people who could love to extend mercy everywhere. Today Derek talks about what it means to love mercy.

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us".

Lent is a season of repentance where we intentionally allow God to search us to remove from our lives things that don't belong. When God calls us to repentance, He calls us to become the people He created us to be. One of the foundational things God calls us to be is people who actively do justice. Today, Derek talks about what it means to do justice as we dig deeper into Micah 6:8.

Today we are beginning a new series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us".

Lent has been referred to as "spiritual spring cleaning". It's a season where we intentionally open ourselves to God to allow him to point out areas of our lives that don't align with who he has called us to be. Because this is true, Lent is a season where we are offered an invitation by God to repent, or turn around, from the ways we live life contrary to who God created us to be. Today, as we begin Lent, Derek talks about what repentance is and explains that holiness looks like humility before God, and justice and mercy toward those around us.

This week we finish our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

We all long to know that our lives have meaning and purpose. We want to do something that matters. If we are Christians, we know that we find meaning, fulfillment, and purpose in doing things that God designed us to do. We often refer to that as calling. But so many people struggle to know what God's calling for their lives is. Maybe we don't even believe we are able to be called. In this message, Derek talks about what it means to be a called people by looking at the kind of people God calls into Kingdom service.

This week we continue our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

We've spent a few weeks building a base of who we are, why we exist, and the values that dictate how we conduct our mission, which is to equip people for Kingdom release. With all of that in place, how does someone begin to walk out the life we've been called to? If we've already begun to walk out the life, how do we continue in the life. In this message, Derek talks about how everything in the Kingdom comes by grace and surrender.

This week we continue our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

So much of our culture is concerned with appearance. Social media is all about putting out an appearance of who we want people to think that we are. We've become conditioned to polishing our image. But God has so much more in store for us. He desires for us to actually be on the inside the kind of people that we portray on the outside. We believe that the best way for us to become those people is not to hide who we actually are or pretend we don't struggle, but rather we live out authentic, vulnerable lives that are pursuing the wholeness God has called us to live in. Today, Evan expands on our third core value "We pursue wholeness with authenticity".

This week we continue our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

It seems like all across our culture today people get cast as the outsider. The experience of being an outsider is common among most people. We know what it feels like. But God's desire has always been to bring the outsider in, to welcome those who are on the margins. So as we follow Jesus, we too are to be people who extend welcome and hospitality to those who are outsiders and marginalized. Today, Derek talks about Vineyard Altoona's core value 'We Highly Value the Outsider'.

This week we continue our new series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

When it comes to making decisions, people have all kinds of strategies. Some choose to do what makes them happy. Some choose to do what is most expedient. Some choose to do what will give the biggest bang for the buck. All of these choices have one thing in common: they leave us in control. But what we see in the Bible is that being a Christian means we have handed over control of our lives to Jesus. So when it comes to making choices about our lives, we defer to what God desires. As a church, that is to be our posture. Today, Derek talks about Vineyard Altoona's core value 'We Join What God Is Doing'.

This week we continue our new series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

One of the most misunderstood words around the Christian faith is the word 'church'. We all assume we know what it is, and we all have our own ideas about why it exists. But do we actually know what God intends for the Church? What is the purpose of the Church of Jesus Christ? What is the purpose of Vineyard Altoona? Today, Derek talks about the purpose of God's people, the Church, in the world, and in particular our church.

This week we begin our new series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church.

Story is so powerful. The story that you are living helps you answer all the big questions of life: Where do I come from? Who am I? What's wrong with the world? How does what's wrong get fixed? As people, we often need to be reminded of the story that we are living. For those who follow Jesus, we have inherited the story of the Bible as our story. In this message, Derek talks about the biblical foundations of our story.