Elm City Vineyard Church Talks

Our series continues with Jesus' Kingdom mission statement. How can we behold some of Jesus' priorities and wrestle with the reality that they're not simply for us...but also for our enemies? A few weeks ago, we wondered what Jubilee could mean for us now ? Is this part of the mystery? For more about Elm City Vineyard Church: http://elmcityvineyard.org/

This summer, we hope to be witnesses of God’s Kingdom work. While we always hope to be people who behold God’s Kingdom regardless of the season, we are aware that prioritizing the Kingdom might fall on the wayside in our “post-pandemic” summer. What would it mean to seek first the Kingdom this summer? So much of our “reopened” life this summer focuses on what we want to do. This summer, first rece...

Our Grace on the Other Side series wrapped up Sunday on Pentecost, the day we mark the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of God’s Church. Even though the Pentecost story is from the book of Acts in the New Testament, the Spirit has been working all through God’s story from the very beginning. Josh shared how the Spirit came at the end of Exodus, the account of God leading His people out of s...

Our Grace on the Other Side series continues with another way God is good to us as we come out of challenges in our lives: practices of deep abiding rest and long lasting habits of justice and uplift. In the story of Moses, this is called Sabbath and Jubilee. What if boundaries and sacrifice are God's gift to us? Learn more about how God's grace means very practical things for your schedule and fo...

This week, Patrick tells us about the grace God gives us when he allows our idols to fail us. Join us as we hear more about the goodness of God’s presence and provision! For more about Elm City Vineyard Church: http://elmcityvineyard.org/

When is a story a “commandment”? When the story it tells is so foundational that opens up an entire way of life. This week, Grace on the other side takes a perhaps surprising form: a command that’s actually a statement that tells a story . “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of slavery.” Having been set free, God’s people enter into a relationship with God m...

This week, Deniqua shared with us how God gives provision in the wilderness. She talked about God’s longing to provide for us, and how hopelessness and fear can make that difficult to receive. For more about Elm City Vineyard Church: http://elmcityvineyard.org/

God invites us to receive grace. Grace to celebrate, to receive provision, to become a people, to worship God alone, to do justice, and to experience the presence of God. This is the story of what happens after the Exodus, after God saved His people from Egyptian slavery. This is also our story too. What have we been freed from and where is our invitation to receive the grace of God for our next s...

Lead Pastor, Josh Williams shares Elm City Vineyard Church's talk from Easter Sunday 2021. This was recorded from our outdoor gathering on the New Haven Green. 

This week, Asha explores the role of faith in a community seeking to be met and transformed by God. What does it mean to be among a people of faith?

Josh shares how suffering draws us towards God and others; even though many of us grow uncomfortable being with others who are suffering or suffering with others openly.

This week, Patrick talks about the way that sin comes between us and between our community and God.

This week, Deniqua shares how our new lives of being drawn to Jesus equally pulls us toward one another. 

Pastor Josh kicks off our Lenten series, Drawing Near: The Blood that Opens a New and Living Way

This week, Josh closes our Nonviolence series with a look at how Jesus’ life of peacemaking runs right into the Cross. 

This week, Josh helps us think through what it means to have "eyes open" obedience. We don't simply applaud nonviolence or merely value or agree with it; we practice it -- at home, at work, and on the streets.

This Sunday, Josh unpacks our options when faced with  injustice and wrongdoing with two words for our resistance: loyalty and subversion

This week, Josh gives us a big tip from the story of God about living a nonviolent life. So much of our violence comes from anger and frustration over lack, ours and others. What if in the face of lack, we ask God for what we need?

This Sunday, we will further explore how the power of Jesus’ creative approach to nonviolence names and exposes evil. Sometimes, we mistake nonviolence as weak and passive.

Lead Pastor Josh Williams starts our new series, Nonviolence: How to Seek Peace and Pursue it at Home, at Work, and on the Streets. he reminds us of the power of Jesus' invitation to love our enemies, turn the other cheek, and pray for those who persecute you.

Kathy Maskell kicks off our New Year by leading us in reexamining the Parable of the Sower.

This week, Matt leads us as we consider the true joy of Advent: what it means to rejoice in hope, rejoice in the truth, and to rejoice always (but not only). At the end of the day, there really is a special sort of joy available to us in the coming of Christ: much more profound and much more enduring than what often passes for “Christmas joy.”

We are continuing our Advent series called “Great Light,” as we hear the good news of waiting for the glory of God to shine in our lives. This week, Deniqua shared with us about PEACE. In a world that seems filled with anxieties and so many reasons to not have rest, what does peace in light of a coming Savior look like?

We began the season of Advent with a new series called Great Light. Together, we talked about God’s hope, peace, joy, and love—the promises that sustain us as we wait to see the dawn of Jesus’ birth. This week, Patrick shared about how we can discern true hope through the light of God’s love.

This is the audio guide to do our devotional nature walk called "A Walk with God." This was designed for an event on September 19, 2020. However feel free to use it whenever taking a walk or hike.  Before you start read this guide: http://elmcityvineyard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Guided-Devotional-Nature-Walk-Details.pdf