TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IN SEVEN SIMPLE LESSONS!
Greetings, Shore Vineyard.
How do you follow up an eight-week prayer series which culminated so beautifully in our Pentecost prayer room and Sunday service last week?
Well, I thought I'd up the ante, and risk over-promising and under-delivering, by preaching a message on 7 Things to Ignite Your Spiritual Life This Week (That You've Probably Never Heard of Before).
The title is a bit tongue in cheek, I admit, but I genuinely feel it's a message which will help any and all of us grow in our faith and life journeys. This week.
Sunday is also important, because the chair of our Pastoral Recruitment Group James Isherwood will be giving an update on our search for a new Senior Pastor after the service.
Plus it's Soup Sunday, so please plan to stay on - and if you're happy to make one of your best soups to help feed the masses, please email Jody on jody.alder@mercermarshbenefits.com. The more the merrier.
Also on Sunday, our wonderful chapel service at 8.45am will be led by Chris Berry. This is always beautiful and deep, so why not try it if you haven't been before?
Looking further ahead, can I draw your attention to our term 3 leaders' meeting on Tuesday, July 8, which will feature our own Makerita Siaosi leading a workshop entitled Gather Well: Tips for Meaningful Group Time. This workshop will explore tips and skills to effectively facilitate meaningful discussions and build safe groups. Makerita will be dipping into her long experience in group dynamics as an accredited group facilitator and facilitation skills trainer. We would like all our leaders - worship, small groups, youth, children's and more - to be there to grow together and upskill in this important area.
Other things to note:
We invite anyone who loves to worship to join our Shore Vineyard worship circle tomorrow night, June 13, 7.30pm, an informal gathering to worship, pray, read scripture and move as the Holy Spirit leads. A lovely follow-up to our Pentecost journey.
If you're just discovering Shore Vineyard, we would love you to come to our New(ish) People's Lunch after the service on Sunday, June 29, to find out more about the story and heart of SVC and how you can belong.
And our Vineyard national conference, Come Holy Spirit, is in Christchurch from September 24 to 27. It would be great to have a good group from Shore Vineyard there, so check out the link and we'll have more information to share soon.
Bless you all. What a privilege to do this together.
And don't miss my seven tips on Sunday. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll change your life! This week.
Vic Francis, Senior Pastor