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On the Move in Mark: Letting Jesus do it His way (Mark 8:22-26) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 22:17


The miracles of Jesus are not always done the way we would choose! How can we learn to let Jesus just do it the way he wants? And still keep pushing for more.

On the Move in Mark: Complain or Compassion? (Mark 6 & 8) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 26:01


When Jesus feeds thousands, he is continuing to show us that God always provides... No matter your attitude! But when we show the compassion that Jesus embodies, we end up with not just enough, but we get leftovers.

On the Move in Mark: Desperate. Dedicated. Deliberate. (Mark 5:21-34) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 30:23


Dimetra Barrios, a guest speaker and pastor from NYC, is speaking on the woman being healed from an issue with blood. A woman who modeled what it looks like to be desperate, dedicated and deliberate.

On the Move in Mark: Faith looks like... (Mark 7:24-30) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 23:44


Faith looks like... What exactly does faith look like according to Jesus? And how do we show that we have faith? "I believe but help me with my unbelief!"

On the Move in Mark: Immediately! (Mark 1:12-42) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 28:47


Everything happens immediately in Mark! Is that real life? Is Mark trying to teach us something? God wants to move immediately, but it takes a story to get to that place.

On the Move in Mark: Come and Follow Jesus (Mark 1:1-18) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 29:29


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is beginning our series in Mark on the Holy Spirit. Jesus was always inviting people to follow him and do what he did. How can we be obedient to that request? What does it mean to listen to the prophetic voice of Jesus in our time?

Easter: The Unusual Uses of Power by the Resurrected Jesus - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 29:37


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking this Easter from Mark 10:32-45 on the unusual ways that Jesus chooses to use his resurrected power. And it's always to our good!

Good Friday: The Cross the Victory of God - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 9:26


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, speaks on this Good Friday.

Palm Sunday (Luke 19:28-44) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 25:41


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, leads us into Holy Week by looking at the strange ways that Jesus answered the prayers of Israel. The ways of Jesus do not always look like what we expect! And sometimes they come riding on a donkey.

Guest Speaker: Ruben Quintero - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 33:04


Ruben Quintero is a Vineyard pastor from El Centro, California and leads the Hispanic Association for Vineyard USA. His church is also a part of the Iberia (Spain) Partnership that we are a part of. He's sharing his story with us today.

Lent in Hebrews: Getting rid of the load of unforgiveness (Matthew 18) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 31:02


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is looking at Peter's question of Jesus, "How many times do I need to forgive?" and the story that Jesus told as an answer from Matthew 18. Unforgiveness is a heavy weight to carry and when we learn to release it to Jesus freedom comes.

Lent in Hebrews: Dealing with Disappointment (Hebrews 12:14-17) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 25:11


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is looking at the story of Esau, which is referenced in Hebrews 12, as we see how God longs for us to deal with disappointment.

Lent in Hebrews: Training to Live Rightly! (Hebrews 12:10-11) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 33:56


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is looking at the Bible's encouragement to live rightly through practices and disciplines. Which of course requires a choice and action!

Lent in Hebrews: Ash Sunday! (Hebrews 12:1-4) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 24:04


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is beginning Lent by sharing from Hebrews 12:1-4 and connecting it to Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent.

Ephesians: We need to fight differently! (Eph. 6) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 35:07


In Ephesians 6 Paul talks about the spiritual battle that we are in. But do we actually believe this stuff? If we do (and we do

Ephesians: Temptations to depend on me vs. Relying on God (Eph. 5) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 24:24


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Ephesians 5 where Paul talks about 3 temptations to depend on yourself instead of relying on God. The difference when we give up control and begin to trust will change us forever!

Ephesians: The Gift of Life that Jesus brings (Eph. 2) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 32:05


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Ephesians 2 where Paul lays out the gospel in great detail. The good news of life that Jesus brings to all of us, even when we didn't know him!

Ephesians: Every Good Blessing! (Eph. 1) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 29:02


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Ephesians 1 where Paul gives an encouragement that we will be given every good blessing in Jesus! How does this play out in our regular lives though?

Questions You Asked! Week 2 Panel discusses hard questions around faith, God and church. - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 42:41


We have a panel of pastors and leaders to discuss questions that people in our church asked. Things like, "How do I read the Bible well?", "How do I deal with sin?", "Why does the Old Testament God feel so different from the New Testament God?"

Questions You Asked! Week 1 Panel discusses hard questions around faith, God and church. - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 43:47


We have a panel of pastors and leaders to discuss questions that people in our church asked. Things like, "Why is the Church in decline and what could help?" "What does it look like to love your neighbor as yourself? How do you honor people who don't honor God?" and more!

Beginning 2025 well with Obedience & Freedom. (Romans 8:1-14) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 25:02


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, begins 2025 by encouraging us to lean all the way into Jesus this year. It's easy (kind of) to try to do both what Jesus wants and what I want. But the way of mediocre dedication and halfway obligation do not lead to the goodness of Jesus. Obedience and willingness do!

Beginning 2025 well means....ending 2024 well. (Phil. 3:12-21) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 26:48


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, ends 2024 by helping to guide us as we look back on our year. Asking questions is important to healthy growth. Not getting stuck in the past is necessary.

Advent Podcast Bonus Episode!: Revelation 21:1-5 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 7:11


Advent Podcast Episode 4: Luke 2:6-20 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 8:31


Luke 2:6-20, “Jesus, born in a Manger...”

Christmas Eve @ Vineyard Hopkinton! - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 19:11


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is sharing from the Christmas story. The story of a man born who came to save us all.

Mary's song of waiting (Luke 1:26-56) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 30:16


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on waiting from the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Her story (and her responses) teach us that God is always working in the waiting, he's not waiting for it end!

Advent Podcast Episode 3: Micah 5:2-5 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 9:22


Micah 5:2-5, “But you, O Bethlehem, are only a small village...”

Advent 2024: God's Upside Down Kingdom from Zephaniah 3:17 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 38:07


Rod Klinger, leader at Vineyard Hopkinton, speaks on the way that the Advent prophecies in the Old Testament point to the Upside Down Kingdom that Jesus came to bring.

Advent Episode 2: Isaiah 40:1-10 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 8:32


Isaiah 40:1-11, “Comfort, comfort my people...it’s the voice of someone shouting...” Advent Podcast Series Episode 2.

Advent 2024: The blessing from Jesus this Christmas (Hebrews 1) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 31:15


Advent Episode 1: Isaiah 40:1-10 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 8:43


"It's the voice of someone shouting in the desert..." This is Episode 1 of our Advent podcast series.

Advent Episode 1: Isaiah 9:1-7 - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 8:43


Isaiah 9:1-7, “for to us a child is born...” This is Episode 1 of our Advent podcast series.

I will tell of the Lord's Unfailing Love (Psalm 25) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 38:12


This is from our Advent series. Rob Davis, founding pastor, is sharing a look back with gratitude at the story of God's faithfulness to VCH and the hope we can have moving forward through the promises of God.

Our Place of Prayer: Being invitational because we're confident in Jesus' love (Luke 14:7-24) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 28:14


In Luke 14:7-24, Jesus teaches and shares a parable about going and inviting others in. And he roots it all in our confidence that grows based in his love for us, a love that grows out of prayer.

Our Place of Prayer: Prayers that are shameless! Ask. Seek. Knock. (Luke 11:5-13) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 24:56


Ask. Seek. Knock. And God will give, guide and lead. It does require something of us though. A willingness to be shameless in our desire to God.

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Our Place of Prayer: Being a People who Humble, Pray & Turn (2 Chron. 7:11-16) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 36:23


An oft repeated verse (2 Chron. 7:14) tells us that God will hear our cries, forgive us and heal us. But that happens only if we first humble, pray and turn.

Our Place of Prayer: What does God want in our prayer? (2 Chron. 20:1-19) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 35:34


We know what we want from prayer: help!, what now?, which direction?, why me?!. But what does God want in our prayer? Let's tune out hearts that direction and see.

Peacemakers: Transformed as Peacemakers (Rom. 12:19-21) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 31:56


Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world, and living this out requires spiritual transformation. Romans 12:2 tells us that Jesus wants to transform us into new people and that changes everything!

Peacemakers: Weep with those who Weep (Rom. 12:14-16) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 30:49


Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world. Be happy with those who are happy and weep with those who weep. Joining others in happiness is a blessing right?! And so is weeping with those who weep. But we don't always see it that way. Let's dig into and learn how we can bless those who are in times of pain and suffering.

Peacemakers: Bringing Peace Instead of Just Reacting (Rom. 12:17-18) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 32:50


The main two ways we respond and react to conflict are to become defensive or hit back offensively. Colossians 3:12-15 teaches us that there is another path that leads to peace and it goes through the action of forgiveness.

Peacemakers: Speaking Blessing (Rom. 12:9-14) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 31:09


Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world. Conflict usually breeds negativity and hurtful words. But the way of Jesus brings blessing. Speaking blessing over others (especially those we have conflict with!) brings so much health!

Our Place of Prayer: Building a house of prayer (Isaiah 56:6-7) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 36:35


Aisha Sharifa, a guest from 24-7 prayer, is speaking from Isaiah 56:6-7 on creating a house of prayer, looking at calling we have to build a house of prayer.

Our Place of Prayer: Laying the foundation for a house of prayer (Isaiah 56:1-8) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 35:15


Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Isaiah 56:1-8 on creating a house of prayer, looking at the Who (who is called/supposed to pray?) and What (what exactly is prayer and why do we need to do it?) of prayer.

Made for More: Finding our Purpose as Followers of Jesus (Luke 5:1-11) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 26:33


Our purpose as followers of Jesus might be slightly easier to define. But our calling as individual followers of Jesus is a lot harder! Let's see what we can learn from Peter and Jesus' encounter.

Made for More: Rooting our Identity in Jesus (Luke 7:1-11) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 33:55


Who am I? How do I define myself? This questions affect our lives over and over throughout the years and so often we engage with them as though they are blank slates. But the Bible gives us hope that we are not blank slates, we're created on purpose and that roots us deeply.

Made for More: Finding Peace (John 14:1-11) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 34:41


We all long for peace! Living in a world with more felt anxiety and stress than almost any other time in history often leaves us feeling less than peace-ful. Yet Jesus promises peace. John 14 begins to show us how this can possibly be.

Summer Mixtape: Faith Stages and Soul Practices - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 29:51


This is from our Summer Mixtape series in August. Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on faith stages and soul practices.

Summer Mixtape: Stories of Obedience, Kindness and Risk - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 34:17


In Luke 5:1-11, we're given the first encounter that Peter has with Jesus and it's filled with requests, a willingness to follow, the kindness of Jesus and even more risk! Today, we're hearing from people in our church as they share their own stories of obedience, kindness and risk.

Summer Mixtape: Learning from Peter's willingness to be reconciled (guest speaker) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 24:59


John Reichart, a Vineyard pastor in Long Island who planted Vineyard Hopkinton, is speaking on Luke 22:62 and Peter's path to reconciliation with Jesus. Learning to reconcile with Jesus AFTER we fail is deeply important, let's see what we can learn about having humble hearts that just want Jesus.

Flourishing: Allowing God to be judge (means we have other things to do) (Matt. 7:1-12) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 26:16


Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from the Sermon on Judging. If we're allowing God, who is the judge, to do his job, then what does that mean we are supposed to do?

Flourishing: How to build a Good Life (Matthew 7:12-29) - Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 35:22


Good fruit, houses on rocks and sand and narrow vs. wide gates. Jesus is encouraging us to analyze our lives; are we building on the strong foundation of Jesus or just doing what everyone else is doing?

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