the Vine with Chris Green

Guest preacher Jim van Yperen joined us for Easter Sunday to share an insightful and powerful message on the role of doubt in faith.

Guest preacher Malcolm Hamblett finishes his four-sermon series on the four Gospels' different emphases on aspects of Jesus' character, life, and ministry based on two challenging passages from John's Gospel. Jesus clearly proclaims His identity as being one with God and the true and prophesied Son of God – controversial in the time of His earthly ministry (and still hard to understand today) but...

A warm, witty, and meaningful sermon from guest preacher Jay Noll on distraction -- vs. focusing on the right things.

We were unfortunately not able to provide the planned livestream of our March 15, 2026 Sunday morning worship service. Here is the complete video recording of the service. Guest preacher Malcolm Hamblett's sermon uses Luke 19:1-10 to focus on Luke's depiction of Jesus as the Son of Man, emphasizing His dual nature: fully divine yet also fully human.

In this crisp message, guest preacher Malcom Hamblett uses Mark 10:35-45 to illustrate Jesus' radical inversion of two disiples' expectations  – and our own  – of leaders and servants.

Guest Preacher Kevin Van Brunt, President and CEO of Camp Sentinel, joined us to share a warm and encouraging message based on Psalms 34:1-8.

Guest preacher Dale Edwards shares a powerful message, taken from Luke 7, of the desperate but committed and faithful actions of a woman (some think it was Mary Magdalene) in the house of Simon the Pharisee. Her recognition of Jesus echoes the Hebrew tradition of the "kinsman redeemer" as seen in the Old Testament book of Ruth. Ruth and her kinsman redeemer Boaz were grandparents of King David and...

It could be said that Jesus' message in Matthew 5:16-20 boils down to this: “Preach always – and, when you have to, use words.” Our guest preacher Spencer Bogle shares a fascinating sermon on the value and purpose of human life. Spencer is the director of a non-profit called the Water Project ( https://thewaterproject.org ). The organization partners with locally registered non-government organiza...

Guest preacher Malcom Hamblett, whose ties to this congregation go way back, begins an occasional series of sermons focusing on the four Gospels' different emphases on the character of Jesus, the Son of God and the promised Messiah. Matthew, writing with a predominantly Jewish audience in mind, presents Jesus as King.

Thanks to our guest Pastor, Bob Wyand for sharing his message based on Psalm 72 with us. "Careful what you ask for" in prayer! We are willing to "give up"/offer up some things, but we need to be willing to offer up the deeper things as well.

Guest Pastor Jim Van Yperen shares a crisp, compelling message, from Paul's stirring introduction to his letter to the church at Ephesus, on what it means to be "in Christ". Please accept our apologies for the low audio and background noise from the church heating system.

Pastor Scott Lambert contiues his sermon series on "The greatest upside-down story ever told", describing the Old Testament notions of hope as they apply to the expectant waiting of all creation for the Messiah. That hope turns to celebration as we wait on the Lord. Scott uses Mary's song ("The Magnificat") to illustrate Mary's trust in God blossoming into celebration of God's plan as she visited...

Pastor Scott Lambert continues his Advent sermon series, "The Greatest Upside Down Story Ever Told" by taking us to an online meeting, ca. 0 AD, of the Messiah Development Council (MDC) to hear subcommittee reports on Logistics, Education, and Marketing. Humans, with our focus on power as we understand it, would get God's plan for the Messiah, for His own Son, all wrong! But God's true "way of wor...

Pastor Scott Lambert's message on December 2, 2025, was split into two parts. Here is the main part of his sermon on "Fear to Joy", focusing on Mary's, and Joseph's, reaction to news borne to both of them by angels. Fear is an innate human response, but the angels' messages in the Advent story are prefaced by "Fear not!"

As America approaches Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), Scott Lambert shares a profound yet entertainingly agrarian (and quantitative) reflection on two Biblical episodes that underscore the power of voluntary giving (for both the giver and for the Kingdom of God) and the importance of gratitude for the gifts we receive. "All that have is Thine alone, A trust O Lord from Thee"

Scott Lambert focuses on Jesus' Emmaus walk to give us context for our walks with Jesus – Son of God and our Savior – observing that, while salvation is personal, our worship (and the whole of the church on earth) is a team activity.  “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told yo...

Guest preacher Scott Sottosanti shared with us his compelling message, taken from Paul's letter to the church at Galatia, on grace: what it isn't, what it is, and how we experience it. We thank Scott for joining us on November 9th.

The Nicene Creed is an "extra-scriptural" yet foundational document of the Christian faith. In this sermon, Pastor Scott Lambert weaves together history, theology, Scripture, and grace to enhance our understanding of the circumstances surrounding the crafting of this statement of faith and the value it brought to the early church as well as the church today.

A compelling look at the powerful, uplifting, yet challenging message delivered by Paul to the first Christian congregation in Europe, the church at Philippi. Our guest preacher for this message is Timothy Pillsbury of CU Vox Dartmouth, and we thank him for sharing it with us.

Guest preacher Michael O'Leary gives us a crisp, powerful, and insightful assessment of the multi-leveled miracle of Jesus' healing of a leper who runs to the healer. Jesus touches the unclean leper, thus confounding expectations and inverting Mosaic law. "The clean thing" (Christ) touches the unclean (the leper) and renders it (him) clean. So, too, Jesus "became sin for us" so that we might be ma...

Pastor Scott Lambert uses Jesus' "Parable of the Talents" to talk about Christians' confidence - or our fear - in moving forward under Jesus' guidance. With God on our side, what are we afraid of?

Focusing on Galatians 1:1-10, Scott Lambert discusses the importance of truth, transcendence, and eternity.

Our interim pastor Scott Lambert's series on the important things continues with a sermon on the Holy Spirit. If you never saw a connection between the Paraclete and the 1984 NBA Championship Series... watch this sermon!

Pastor Scott Lambert shares a message on Jesus' equipping the "professionals" (and us) for their mission: healing and telling.

Our Interim Pastor, Scott Lambert, begins his season in the Upper Valley with a meditation on Paul's examination of the most important thing: "... that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas [Peter], then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hu...