Vineyard Bath Podcast

This week, Mike launched us into a new series looking at the person of Gideon in the book of Judges. Listen as he reflects on the call of Gideon, the cost he had faced and how some of the parralles can be drawn between Gideons men and our journey as a church family.

On the 27th August, Flic came to speak to us from Ephesians 1. Listen as she encourages us to take up our direct line to God, to get to know him better and to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ. She asks us, what would the impact be if we prayed in all our life for a deeper relationship with God for us and those around us?

On the 20th August Megan Wardrope came and spoke to us on Galatians 1. In this chapter Paul emphasises to the church that the gospel is all about Jesus, listen as Megan brings his words into our modern day lives and challenges us afresh to strip back the chaff and step into relationship with the one who has called us, who is, Jesus.

On 13th August, Mike spoke to us on Jesus 4th main block of teaching, where he spoke to his disciples from the upper room. Listen as Mike shares his thoughts and reflections from John 13 where Jesus exemplifies what his sacrifice on the cross does for us by washing the disciples feet.

On the 16th July, Lizzie shared with us some thoughts on how we can rest well going into a period where we wouldn't be gathering together formally as a church family. Although this podcast is going live after we are back gathering as a community together, take some time to listen and reflect on how you can bring good practices of rest into your week so you can step fully in God's calling on your life. 

This week, Mike shares with us on 2 Corinthians 4 & 5. Join us in reflecting on the treasure that we carry from God and how this can empower us to endure hardships. Hear the encouragement that our trials do not disqualify us from God's work but rather form us into people who can be play a part in his kingdom.

Last week, Mike spoke to us around 2 Corinthians 2 & 3. Listen as he unpacks what it means to sit in the glory of God and be sent out to work for the furthering of his kingdom. He invites us to reflect on the fact that we carry the aroma of Christ with us in our daily life.

On the 11th June, Flic spoke to us from John 21. Listen as she reflects on a moment of encounter for the disciples with Jesus after the ressurection, asking where can we see Jesus in our everyday and what does it look like to surrender our decisions to him.

This week, Libby Woodward from Chelmsford Vineyard comes to speak to us on Luke 18:35-43. Listen as she invites us to put ourselves in the place of the blind beggar and ask ourselves what are we crying out to Jesus for?

This week, Lizzie comes to speak to us about a story we know well: Jesus feeding the five thousand. Listen as she shares with us about the miracles God can work with the small offerings we bring. 

This week, Vix spoke to us about what it looks like to be compassionate as people of God. Listen as she shares on her journey into leading one of our compassion projects and how God continues to shape her and break her heart for his kingdom.

This week Lizzie shares with us her thoughts on Romans 12:1. Listen as she unpacks how this verse has shaped her life over the past 3 years and how God has continued to reveal himself to her throughout. She invites us to reframe our relationship with God in view of his mercy for us.

On 23 April, Flic carried on our journey through Romans exploring chapter 8. She invites us to reflect on the reality of the good news of the gospel whilst acknowledging that there is and will be suffering on our journey towards christlikeness.

On 16 April, Mike shared with us his reflections from Romans 5. Listen as he unpacks how through walking with Jesus we can grow and develop our faith through standing steadfast in trials by knowing the wonderful gift of life offered through Jesus' death on the cross

This week, 2 April, Sharon Nelson from ELIM Bath came to speak to us at the City Centre Community. Listen as she unpacks why it is so important to ask questions of God, the Bible, and it's writers.

This week, 26 March, Lizzie led us in a time of listening to God for ourselves and for other people, based on an activity from Vineyard Kids. Bits of the recording have been cut out for privacy but we invite you to pause the episode and take a few minutes to hear what your loving Father in heaven is saying to you. 

On Mother's Day this year, 19 March, Megan guided us through what it looks like to have obidience in the trials. Listen as she unpacks 3 key steps of faith that we have to take to enable us to stay faithful to the people God has made us to be, and to live out his kingdom come here today.

On Mother's Day this year, 19 March, Flic rounded off our look at Acts, summarising Paul's journey with Jesus and his perseverance through persecution. Listen as she invites us to seek God's vision for our lives which will lead us into perseverance in our faith.

This week, Mike spoke to us about the vision which God has given him for this church. Listen as he unpacks what it looks like in the next steps and dreams about where God might yet take us. In looking forward Mike will also reflect on the last few years and shares with us practically where we as a chruch are financially, reminds us of the provision of God and invites us to reflect on how we steward our money to further the kingdom of God in Bath and beyond. 

On the evening of the 26th Febuary, Joy continued our church's journey through the New Testament looking at the raising of Tabitha to life. Listen as she explores what it can mean to live in the way God intends for you, which can be reflected in your name, but is discovered through relationship with our Father in heaven.

On the morning of the 26th February, Lizzie continued our journey through the new testament as a church sharing with us her reflections of Acts 7. Listen as Lizzie unpacks the passion of Stephen's speech about a God who has been faithful for generations, is not tied down to a building or a particular people group and who loves us even when we feel we haven't earned it. 

This week, Steve Uppal - from All Nations church in Wolverhampton - comes to speak to us on Psalm 24. Listen as he unpacks and reflects on God's invitation to us, realised in Jesus, to come climb the mountain and be with him and how that can change how we go about our daily lives.

This week, Lizzie shares with us her reflections on Matthew 16-20 centred on the story of the Labourers in the Vineyard, looking at how our God is a God who gives abundently; challenging us that the success of others doesn't threaten us.

This week Mike shares with us about the story of Jesus walking on the water. Listen as he explores the invitation we have to see the identity of Jesus and step towards him as a result.

This week Andy explores what Jesus means when he talks about building a house on the rock. Listen as he considers how we can put the teachings of the sermon on the mount into practice in our day to day lives.

This week Flic invites us to consider what it looks like to involve Jesus in our reading of the bible. Listen as she explores how it can transform our daily habit from a chore into a chance to encurnter the living God.

This week, Mike kicks off the new year looking at how the first 5 Chapters of Matthew link in to our vision statement as a church and invites you to join in with us reading through the new testemant as a church this year.

This week, Nick talks to us about gifts, and Jesus as the "reason for the season". Listen as he highlights just how incredible of a gift it is that Jesus came to earth.

This week, Jen talks to us about what it means for Jesus to be called Emmanuel - "God is with us".

This week, Ben talks to us about what it can look like yo be tempted in an age of technology. Listen as he guides us through some of his struggles and shares with us how Jesus has helped him fight against the way the world wants us to think today.

This week, Lizzie shares with us her reflections on what it means to pray this final line of the Lord's Prayer. Listen as she looks at the heart of what can start us on a journey of temptation and how we can beat it with God.

This week, Flic shares some thoughts around the topic of forgiveness and sin. Listen as she challenges us to reflect on how aware we are of our sin, and how much grace God has for us when we are open and honest with him about how we get it wrong.

This week, Mike leads us in reflection of the past 10 years, seeing how and where God has been faithful in the planting and growing of Vineyard Bath.

This week, Lizzie continues our series on the Lord's prayer, reflecting on what it means to ask God to give us our daily bread. Join us, as she challenges us in what it looks like to trust God with our daily needs; everything we've got on our plate...

This week, Rob shares with us what it means for us to pray for God's kingdom to come and how we have a part to play in that. Listen as he reflects on the beauty of reltionship with God which we were made to have and how we can submit to his will.

This week, Flic launches our series looking at the Lord's Prayer; listen as she explores the idea of God being our father as well as the creator of the universe and the challenge of holding those 2 in tention.

This week, Tim concludes our fruit of the spirit series by exploring the Gentleness we can live out through the Spirit. Join us as Tim challenges some our preconceptions and how our strength can lead us to Gentleness.

This week, Flic leads us in a conversation around spirit-led generosity with our finances, encouraging us to trust God with our money. Listen for the shout out for 24hrs of prayer and worship happening THIS FRIDAY (14th-15th October) at St. Matts, so come along!

This week (18-09-22), Flic concludes our series on the Armour of God, reflecting on the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. As the only potentially offensive weapon in our armour she impresses upon us, the importance of God's word in our lives to rebuke the work of the enemy.

This week (28-08-22), Chris spoke to us about what it looks like for us to have a Shield of Faith to protect us in our walk with Christ through a world which does not yet know him.

This week, Mike starts a series on spirit-led generosity, encouraging us to think about how we are stewarding the talents, finances and time that God has given us, and how we can better use them for his kingdom.

This week, Ben and Tim introduce us to Alpha. Join us as we take a look at what this thing called Alpha is and why we should be inviting everyone along. We weren't able to include the video or reflection time here but if you're curious come along! Our next Alpha is launching on 25th October 2022 but if you've missed it we'll have another soon, get in touch.

This week, Tim and Matt walk us through a reframing of our midweek groups, sharing about their heart for us to be a community which builds itself on mission.

This week, Lizzie shares with us about what it means for us to have our head fitted with the helmet of salvation. How it protects us in our spiritual battle and how it affects the way we walk with those around us.

This week, Suez kicks off our series on the Armour of God, sharing her thoughts on what it means for us to have our feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

This week, Flic kicks off our new series on the Armour of God by discussing the role truth plays in our lives as followers of Jesus.

This week, we take a break from our series on the fruit of the spirit to hear what Lizzie has to share with us about words of Knowledge. Listen in as she explores this spiritual gift and some of our church family share their experience of it.

This week, Matt speaks to us for the first time. Listen in as he shares his reflections on self control and explores how our foundation in God, impacts the effectiveness of our self control and enables God to work through us.

This week, we take a break from our Super Fruit series to hear from Mike at our all in Sunday where our 3 communities gathered together to celebrate 5 Baptisms, see the full service on our facebook page

This week, we were joined by guest speaker Paul Wakely, he shares with us about the goodness of God and how love comes out of true goodness

This week, Mike shares with us the joy it is to have a faithful God and how we bring our story and can be restored in light of the faithfulness of our God.