Evanston Vineyard

Jesus prayed all the time. The ways we see Jesus pray invite us into similar spaces with God. Renee looks at the life of Jesus to consider how we might engage in the spiritual practice of prayer.

Why should we put the Bible at the center of our spiritual formation? Ted explores this question, looking at the way Jesus treasured Scripture.

This week we begin a new series on becoming like Jesus by doing the things that Jesus did – the doing of spiritual formation practices. This is good news for us and for our city.

It is hard to stick together when life is complicated and we are not at our best. But God has given us each other, so we are not going to give up. Creativity and flexibility are necessary!

This week we look at Matthew 16 and the beginning of the church, the new people of God. The church is the house built on the rock, and nothing can stop it.

In this crazy season we’re living in, we need each other now more than ever. As we do life together, Jesus transforms us into the people he created us to be and we become bringers of hope to our city.

On this week’s final Coping With COVID, Ted Kim hosts a conversation with John Willison. John is the senior pastor of Abundant Grace International Fellowship in Shanghai, China. Prior to that, John and his family spent 12 years in East Africa leading a thriving church for expats. Many of you may remember that John was also a pastor at the Evanston Vineyard during the late 80s to early 00s. Before...

As we conclude our series in the Life Worth Living, we ask the question: What role do we play in the winning of our city to the Good Life Jesus offers us?

Chris Gow- What is this life that Jesus came to bring?

On this week’s Coping With COVID, Renée Cunningham will host a conversation with Geno Olison, lead pastor at the South Suburban Vineyard in Flossmoor and member of the Vineyard Executive Team. 

This week’s guest is Matt Dobschuetz, longtime church member and host of the Porn Free Radio podcast, which you can learn more about at  recoveredman.com.  In addition to the podcast, Matt works as a professional coach helping guys live porn free and create a greater vision and purpose for their lives. Matt and Ted talk about how to meet real needs during COVID and why people often turn to unskill...

How Jesus helps us overcome the painful side of life.

Our guest for tonight’s Coping with COVID class is Pam Larkin, LCPC. Pam is a clinical therapist in Chicago with a background in community mental health. She is one of the cofounders of Color-Full: a group of women of color who fully embrace our Christian and cultural identities. Pam attends The Neighborhood Campus is a part of the leadership team there. Renee Cunningham will interview Pam about p...

Cindy Nicholson looks back over a lifetime of experiencing a life lived well to capture stories of God bringing life that has been grace-filled, peaceful and joyful in the midst of difficulties and challenges.

Today we’re bringing you the first of two Coping with COVID conversations from the last two weeks, a conversation between Ted Kim and Brenda and Michael Gatlin, pastors of the Duluth Vineyard in Minnesota. In addition to leading a large, vibrant church, Brenda is the Regional Leader for the Vineyard in our region, the Midwest North. Her husband, Michael, leads Multiply Vineyard, the national churc...

Today’s guests will need no introduction to longtime Evanston Vineyard members — they are Bill and Cheryll Hanawalt, part of the founding team of the Evanston Vineyard. Bill served as the Executive Pastor of the Evanston Vineyard and Cheryll pastored in the areas of counseling, global connections and women’s ministry. Last summer, they retired after 40-plus years of service.

Death tries to tell us all sorts of doomed stories. Jesus came so that we might have life. Life with Jesus is about flourishing through formation! Formation requires us to show up, clean house and keep going. -Renée Cunningham

How do we lay hold of the Life Worth Living? The Greatest Commandment: Love the Lord your God. Jesus knows that our lives are ruled by our loves and desires. Order and direct them rightly and we will flourish. Ted Kim tells us how we can do that.

On this week’s Coping With COVID podcast, Ted Kim is joined by Pastor Gary Dawkins of the Syracuse Vineyard for a discussion on systemic racism. To learn more about the Coping With COVID class, visit vcce.org/coping.

Life with Jesus is the height of human flourishing. It’s the treasure that the man found in the field. It’s life to the full, as Jesus tells us in John 10:10. In short, it’s the good life. What is the substance of this good life? Ted Kim tells us, through the lens of the Apostle Paul in Romans 14:17

All through the Bible and in the lives of men and women following Jesus all through history, the response to a call from Jesus to follow him always comes with a decision point: to say yes to the new thing, we have to let go of some pieces of our life that we value for comfort, identity or status because they will weigh us down. As Cindy prepares to retire in August, she reflects on both scripture...

This summer, Ted Kim and others are hosting a series of conversations called COPING WITH COVID on Tuesday nights at 8:00pm.  Learn more and register at  vcce.org/coping . Today we’re sharing a conversation Renée Cunningham had with Sharon Bryant, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Spring Tree Counseling in Evanston. They talked about raising small children during COVID-19.

Steve Nicholson- When we are faced with pressure will we grow anxious or cast our concerns upon Him?

This summer, Ted Kim is hosting a series of conversations called COPING WITH COVID on Tuesday nights at 8:00pm. Learn more and register at vcce.org/coping. We’ll be releasing each of these conversations on our podcast feed through the summer. Today we’re sharing a conversation Ted had with Doctor Elizabeth Pierre, assistant professor of pastoral care and counseling, and counseling psychology at no...