Riverside Vineyard Church

Simon revisits our Overflow vision first shared in 2019 to become a church overflowing with joy and generosity.

Steve continues our Rough Guide To The Bible series, focusing this week on the Old Testament and looking at: • A simple timeline for “what's going on” • Is the angry, violent God of the Old Testament the same as the Jesus of the New Testament? • Do the Old Testament commandments apply to Christians today?

In the last talk in this series Simon looks at how the church ‘wins' through serving.

As disciples of Jesus we are called to a life of growing and learning. Simon looks at some of the opportunities for spiritual growth and some of the things that might hinder us.

Simon continues this series looking at how the church becomes a place of healing.

Simon begins our new series exploring the sort of church Jesus calls us to become.

As Steve finishes this mini series he pulls together the implications of our understanding of salvation and what it means in practice and especially what it means for sharing Jesus in today's post-modern world.

Steve explores the different "pictures" painted in the New Testament through which Christians have historically understood how Jesus saves us.

Listen to more stories of lives changed by God's love.

Steve looks at what it means "to be saved". He explores what we are saved for, not just what we are saved from.

Steve continues are series looking at what is the Bible? Why do we call it “the Bible”? How did we get the Bible and what makes the Bible special?

Simon concludes our Holy series looking at what God's holiness looks like in our lives.

We celebrate Jacob and Emma Perrins as they prepare to move away, and Simon speaks briefly on being hungry for God's voice in our lives.

As we continue our series looking at the narrative of holiness, Jake talks about how Jesus fulfils the prophecies in Isaiah and Ezekiel. We look at how these fulfilments shifts the way we, an unholy people, relate to a holy God.

Simon continues our series looking at Isaiah's encounter with God's holiness.

Simon begins our new series on holiness looking at Moses' encounter with God through the burning bush.

At the beginning of this new series, Steve looks at the big story of the bible. He uses 8 C's to take us through the Bible in a box set style format.

Simon concludes our Still series looking at three simple yet profound principles from the life of Brother Lawrence that we can all apply.

This week, Jake looked at the rhythm of sabbath rest.

Simon continues our series looking at how the practice of fasting can help us express our desire for God in an ongoing way.

Simon begins our new series ‘Still' looking at how we can help ourselves make space and time to let God's life flow into ours…

Simon talks about using the season of Advent to reflect on the fullness of God's love and grace available to us through Jesus.

Listen to the stories of lives transformed by God's love...

Simon gives an opportunity to recap, reflect and then think about how we relate this series to our own lives. If you are encouraged by our ongoing ministry and want to support us, you can give financially here https://www.riversideuk.org/give

Jacob concludes our series looking at how we try to be open, always learning and comfortable with questions.

Jake continues our 'This Is Us' series looking at the statement: 'In our actions we try to be kind, helpful, practical and responsible'. He looks particularly at the first three words 'In our actions', and discusses what it means to be a people who 'walk the walk'.

Abbie continues our This Is Us series looking at how we are growing in our intention to be a welcoming, loving, inclusive and safe space.

Simon looks at how we can share our faith in relevant, real and positive ways.

Simon continues our series looking at - in our relationships with others we try to be honest, authentic, and interdependent.

Keely continues our series looking at ‘In our relationship with ourselves, we believe we are loved, accepted and being transformed by God…'

Simon starts our new series This Is Us looking at the distinctives that we believe Riverside is called to carry and express.

Once a year we take time to look back and celebrate all that has happened through the life of the church, and then we look forward with expectation to the next season and where we think God is leading

At the end of our Parables series, we take time to reflect on what God has been saying to us over the past few weeks, and how we might relate what we've learnt to our lives.

This week, we look together at the parable of the mustard seed. Looking at how, in the Kingdom, greatness comes out of seemingly insignificant people and moments.

Abbie talks about her few couple of months in her role as Youth Pastor and paints her vision and plan for the future of Riverside's youth ministry. Tina, who has spent the last 19 months on the LOGOS HOPE ship tells stories of her travels and what God has been doing in and through her.

Jesus tells a story that begins with shame and humiliation to reveal a ‘prodigal' father who is lavishly extravagant with his love.

Chris looks at why the title of the traditional title ‘The Parable of the Talents' can be quite misleading. He shows how Jesus uses stories about money and stewardship to deepen our trust in God.

Steve continues our series by looking at the Parable of the Sower and why the farmer in the story seems to scatter his seed so recklessly…

Simon starts our new series looking at the stories Jesus told to convey spiritual truths. He begins with the parables of a lost sheep and a lost coin.

Simon concludes this mini series looking at Jesus' encouragement to love others through our choices.

Jake looks at how we can share our faith naturally and sensitively in a way that represents Jesus well.

This week we launched a new series called 'Show and Tell' - Showing Jesus through our actions and words. This week, Jake looked at the great Commission and the call to discipleship.

At the end of our Foundations series, we take time to reflect on what God has been saying to us over the past few weeks, and how we might relate these things to our lives.

In the last talk of this series, Jake looks at the significance of where God places us.

Simon looks at Riverside's foundational ethos of 'bringing our best and doing our best' to demonstrate God's love and goodness.

Jake speaks about how the church building that homes Riverside reflects our values and vision and gives us opportunities to live out following Jesus rather than simply talking about doing so.

Simon unpacks what Jesus centric leadership looks like at Riverside and how we can all carry leadership influence for the benefit of others.

Jake looks at how our understanding of God as love sets a foundation for everything that we do at Riverside.

Foundations are not overtly visible, but they are key to building well. In this first talk in this new series, Simon looks at how Riverside's history supports and informs the sort of church it is today.

Simon introduces our new ‘Pause' weeks which we'll be having between sermon series. These will give us the chance to recap on what we've heard, reflect on what we've learnt, and look at what we want to apply to our lives.

Jake concludes our Mountains series looking at our shared calling and our unique calling.