Coventry Vineyard Podcast

Join us as we start our new series "Grow Up; how relationships are key to spiritual growth". Over the next four weeks we will be exploring how our relationships can help or hinder our own spiritual growth. This week, Nick shares how our families are the most powerful system that shapes and influences us. And how we can get unstuck and grow up.

Whether we realise it or not we are in a spiritual battle. How does the Holy Spirit equip and empower us for the fight? How can we find freedom in our own lives and use the authority Jesus gives us to bring freedom for those held captive? This Sunday Nick concludes our 'Filled with the Holy Spirit' series.

So much pain and illness affects us and others in the world. Vicki explores with us how God loves to bring healing, and how Jesus commands his followers to heal the sick. She also offers several practical tips on how to pray for healing.

Do you want to hear God speak to you? What would you do with what you heard? Prophecy is a gift from the Holy Spirit to build up and encourage the local church, but how do we practice hearing from God and using the gift of prophecy? God is speaking - are you listening?

On Pentecost Sunday, Nick unpacks what happened when the Holy Spirit rocked up and empowered those first followers of Jesus. What does this mean for us today? Tomorrow? And in the life of our church? How does the Holy Spirit bring both unity and diversity in the life of a church?

Gifts are a really important part of UK culture. In the Bible, God promises to give us spiritual gifts. How are these spiritual gifts different from the gifts we give each other? In this talk, Susy looks at 1 Corinthians 12 and unpacks how spiritual gifts have a different purpose to birthday and Christmas presents and how the Holy Spirit wants to give each one of us spiritual gifts to serve the ch...

Senior Pastor Nick Sutton shares the vision of our church, and how we are to be a people filled with the Holy Spirit for the purpose of mission.

We are filled by the Holy Spirit to be more like Jesus and also to do the work of the Kingdom. We all get to be a part of what Jesus is doing through the local church; "everyone gets to play". A key value of ours in the Vineyard is that we would equip ordinary people to do extraordinary things by the power of the Holy Spirit. What assignment does Jesus have for you today? How will you pl...

Life has a habit of draining us of joy. In Acts 13:52 we read that "the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” Nick continues our 'Filled with the Holy Spirit' series by looking at the relationship between Joy and the Holy Spirit. What is joy and how can we learn to be filled with joy and the Holy Spirit?

Did you know the Easter journey does not stop on Easter Morning? The resurrection of Jesus released the power of the Holy Spirit into the church. We are to be Filled with the Holy Spirit, to wait and receive, and then be sent in the power of the Holy Spirit to the world around us. As we are filled and sent we see God's Kingdom Come and His will done in our own lives and the lives of others. Do...

We are all on a journey. How does Easter impact your journey of faith? This Easter, we explore Jesus' journey to the cross and the disciples journey on that first Easter Sunday. A journey from pain and grief into hope, joy and new life.

As we come to the end of the book of Daniel (through chapters 9, 10 & 11) Vicki looks at how we can finish faithfully, despite things that can distract, weaken or disable us (whether they are other people, external events or internal struggles). We look at some practical ways to stay the course and finish faithfully, just like Daniel did.

What does Daniel teach us about faithful prayer? Daniel was a man of prayer. It was his habit to pray three times a day, even when it was made illegal. Prayer was a vital part of Daniel’s life. What can we learn from the magnificent prayer recorded in Daniel chapter 9? How do we become faithful in prayer? How can resilient faith be demonstrated in our own prayer life?

What appalls you? What might derail your trust in God? What might keep you from developing resilient faith? In Daniel Chapter 8, Daniel is appalled - he struggles to understand what is going on around him. How do we develop faithful perseverance and recognise that the story is not yet over?

As we continue our series on the book of Daniel, we explore questions like how do we develop resilient faith whilst living under 'empire'? How do we maintain hope despite the situations we find ourselves in? How can we be resilient in our faith when it doesn’t seem like God is "winning"? How do we continue to trust God when we experience cruelty and chaos?

Guest Speaker Rob Halligan speaks on Daniel Chapter 6; Daniel in the Lion's Den. How do we live in exile, recognising "mundane miracles" along the journey and growing in faith and trust?

Nick continues our series on the book of Daniel called "Resilient Faith". One sure thing to destroy faith is pride, and we will see how two kings wrestle with pride and humility. Resilient faith depends on humility.

This week our friend Mike Gowen speaks on Daniel 3. Mike is the author of "Daniel: Being Distinctive in Uncertain Times" a great commentary on the first 3 chapters of the book of Daniel. The book "sheds an incredibly insightful light onto contemporary culture, history and religion, creating links between our modern world and what we can learn from the story of Daniel."

This week Nick continues our series looking at the life of Daniel. Although an exile in Babylon, Daniel is able to develop a resilient faith that enables him to thrive. How does he navigate the culture he finds himself in with wisdom despite the threat of death? How do we stay resilient in our faith, cultivate wisdom and make good decisions?

Nick starts our first series of 2023 'Resilient Faith', taking a deep dive into the book of Daniel. As a young man, Daniel was taken from his country and grew up in a culture that attempted to eradicate his faith. How did Daniel demonstrate Resilient Faith? It began with staying faithful to his identity in God. What does it mean to be distinctive and persevere in our faith in God despite the circu...

History and the Bible are full of stories of God renewing the life of his people and their communities through the power of His Holy Spirit. What can we learn from these, and how can we prepare for this in our own lives? Paul Stokes (guest speaker) is the Director of the  Dunamis Fellowship in Britain & Ireland  and Academic Dean for the Dunamis Institute. He co-authored the book  ‘ Growing th...

Nadine & Ian share stories about their work with CAP across our city and encourage all of us in what Jesus has called us to. CAP ( Christians Against Poverty ) exists to help people who are in debt or in danger of falling into debt. The centre in Coventry is run by Ian Burton & Nadine Temple, who support people to become debt free and to be able to organise their money in the best way for...

Mark Harbour finishes our 'Invitation to a Journey' sermon series, speaking on how Spiritual Formation is not a solo exercise but that we are in this together as companions on the way. Mark & Jude were our associate pastors for a number of years before taking on the leadership of Cambridge Vineyard.

Nick brings us part 3 of our sermon series on Spiritual Formation. Jesus engaged in spiritual disciplines. He prayed, read scripture, fasted, feasted, served others, worshipped, took naps! He never seemed to be in a hurry and always seemed to be more interested in the journey of inner transformation that people were on. As we continue our series ‘invitation to a journey” What can we learn from Jes...

Nick continues our sermon series on Spiritual Formation. Everyone is invited into the journey of being formed into the image of Jesus for the sake of others but we are not all the same. What is the 'vehicle' for Spiritual Formation? What are our preferred ways to be with Jesus and become like him? What are some areas that need some attention?