It’s Me, It’s Me, It’s Me
Yesterday I was a “fill-in” volunteer. Someone was sick and we needed someone to help the teacher for our Kingdom Kids. I was happy to jump into such an important job. First, I joined our team upstairs as we prayed before the service and then spent a couple of minutes of silence to listen for […]
Not Forgotten, But Forgiven: Part 2
To read Part One of Erica’s and Lisa’s story, click here. Life Turned Around Lately I have been helping Lisa work to find a job. Another member of the Vineyard connected me with her husband, the general manager of a local fast food restaurant. That night she texted me to say the restaurant was looking […]
Not Forgotten, But Forgiven: Part 1
Ministry On The Street At the Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, we have something called Street Team, which reaches out to people of all ages on the streets of Duluth on a weekly basis. Shortly after the Christmas season, our street team spoke with a 17-year-old girl, whom I’ll call “Lisa.” We offered Lisa hot […]
Healing At Dulles Airport
Hello friends, On our flight home from CA a couple weeks ago Jim and I had a chance to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was flying to be with her grandparents for a week in DC. On the flight Jim got to talk with L**** for a while and she shared some of her […]
Healing In The NICU
I have a cool testimony from about three weeks ago. I was the pastor-on-call within our church. That means if there is an incident or a need in the community, we go out and serve or pray or whatever is needed. We had an incident: a baby was born prematurely and was having lung issues. […]
Party In The Park
We planted our church about seven years ago. About five years ago we started an event called Party in the Park, with our whole goal being to reach out in our community in a live and active way and be really real. The party is completely free and has a zero-dollar budget to this day. […]
Paying A Dear Price For Jesus
An Unconventional Start We want to share a story about a woman in our church named “Mary.” She started coming to church because her 9-year old son had a friend that was a regular at our church, and he really wanted to come. Recognizing that she couldn’t just drop off her son and leave, she […]
Age Doesn’t Matter
Since I’ve been in the Vineyard, I’ve been interested in the children. I actually teach first grade in the public schools. As I’ve gotten into my 60s — and as a pastor’s wife — I admit I’ve been a bit confused about what God has called me to. There is so much to do in […]
From Radio To Pastoring: Following The Call Into Ministry
My name is Carlos Morales; my wife is Carmen Gutierrez. We are co-pastors at Metro Vineyard Church in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We joined pastors Ed and Pam Chilcott back in 2007 after meeting them through a radio ministry. Our hearts were touched by them. They were reaching the poor and the homeless in our […]
A Dream for Charleston
In 2010, my wife and moved back to Illinois from Syracuse, NY, where we were part of the Vineyard. We had a dream of seeing a Vineyard church in Charleston, so we started working with Happy and Di Leman to begin gathering people. About a year ago, we had 25 or so people meeting on […]
