Finding Peace & Holding Hope
“The Spirit is hovering over all of this chaos, starting in our own personal lives, our churches, our communities, our nations, and this world. The Spirit is hovering to bring new life out of this present chaos and out of our present struggle.” :: Rose Swetman is a Vineyard pastor who is the founding co-pastor […]
Pastoring Through A Natural Disaster
Dealing with natural disasters is a seemingly ever-increasing reality. Sometimes we find ourselves amid an entire community that’s been affected (e.g. hurricane). Other times, we’re walking with just a couple of people through a more localized situation (e.g. house fire). In any event, understanding the impact natural disasters have on our communities and those who […]
COVID Church Check-In: Mission Vineyard Church
Our church was feeling distanced. Our community and our neighbors were experiencing a sense of isolation. In April we realized that the circumstances surrounding this virus were not going away. Mother’s Day was usually a fun day of celebration for us at the Mission Vineyard, but we were now asking, “what would it look like […]
Listening And Loving As A Way To Hope And Healing
What will we remember about 2020? The year has been unrelenting in rapid fire devastation. We are in a pandemic. Thousands have died in the U.S. and millions around the world; and the future health of many is in uncertain. The effects of COVID-19 have closed down businesses, produced an even more volatile stock market, […]
Leadership & Unity
“God’s heart is for unity, and He wants to show us how we can lead people toward this truth.” :: About Julie Yoder Growing up as the only girl amongst four brothers and being raised by pastor parents was incredible preparation for the challenges of ministry! Julie has spent a decade now on staff at […]
COVID Check-In: How Are Worship Leaders Doing?
As we enter into the third quarter of “pandemic church” it seems only a distant memory when churches were buying cameras and light stands, sound techs were cursing at computers, and worship leaders were staring into phone cameras asking, “Is this thing on?!” . HOW we worship has changed (for some more radically than others), […]
How Do We Evangelize In A Global Pandemic?
:: Melanie Forsythe is the Lead Pastor of LIFE Vineyard Church, a vibrant community of Jesus followers in the heart of Columbus, Ohio. She came to faith in the post Christian landscape of Australia. There, Melanie was a youth pastor for many years before moving to America alongside her now late husband and co-founder of […]
