Vineyard Stories: Raising Worshippers
I’ll never forget that day. I was a new mom with a two year old and a newborn. It was a morning not unlike every other morning of the week. My son was running circles around the coffee table, and I was sitting on the couch nursing our new baby girl. I was quickly learning […]
Pastoring The Suicide Problem
I’m sitting down to write a piece that Vineyard USA has asked for my thoughts on. I pause. I pray. And I reflect on the recent sounds of sirens passing down our street. The Noise Of Sirens Several years ago, I built a pond in our backyard to help drown out the noises of the […]
First-Time Cross-Cultural Church Planting As Grandparents: The Chilcott Story
Let’s Rewind The Story To The Beginning, The Real Miracle. We had never been to Puerto Rico before, but as we flew the first time into San Juan for a short-term missions trip, as I looked out of the airplane window, suddenly I saw this picture or vision of planting churches in Puerto Rico, setting […]
Vineyard Stories: How To Produce A Great Church Service
Church shopping. Soon after transitioning out of a 20-year long church staff position, my family was on the hunt for a new church. Since I have been planning church services for so long, I thought I knew what I was doing, but what I learned as a church spectator/visitor in the next six months transformed how […]
Pastoral Care In The Midst Of Health Crises: In Ministry, A Family Member, Or Yourself
Pastoral Care In The Midst Of Health Crises: In Ministry, A Family Member, Or Yourself After 25 years of pastoral ministry, I have witnessed the pain a health crisis can bring, for those I serve and in my own life. What is the pastoral response to such devastating events, in our communities, in our families, […]
The Ends Of The Earth: Stories Of Healing From The Big Sky Region
The Ends Of The Earth: Stories Of Healing From The Big Sky Region In Acts 1:8, Luke recorded Jesus telling His disciples to “Wait in Jerusalem until you receive power, then you’ll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the remotest part of the earth.” In Montana, I often joke that we may not […]
Vineyard Stories: Coffee That Cultivates Community
Challenge Accepted We, Justin and Kendal Harden, are thirty-somethings with little life experience. We love and serve our home church, Vineyard Community Church of Campbellsville, Kentucky. We have five exceptional children between the ages of two years and eleven years old. We own and operate a small micro-roastery and espresso bar in the heart of […]
Preaching A Christianity Worth Believing In | Reaching The Next Generation
[Parts of this article were previously published in Sermoncentral.com (2008)] My evening took an interesting turn. It was supposed to be a leisurely dinner with a friend from out of town. Instead, he brought his brother along and left midway through to go on a blind date. Thankfully, the conversation with my friend’s brother came […]
Vineyard Stories: The Path To True Peace
The Path To True Peace As I look at my journey with the Lord, it is apparent that God has led my wife Penny and I into different seasons in which He teaches us new lessons about who He is and helps us to see who we are. Clearly one of those seasons began for […]
Vineyard Stories: I Was Healed Of ALS
Judy’s Healing Testimony Ephesians 3: 20-21 “Now to him who is able to do far more than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever.” There are no better words […]
