Gloucester Vineyard Church

This week the kids joined us for a joyful fun filled Easter celebration! Happy easter!

Daniel reads the final chapter of Matthew from the New living translation

This week Emily talks us through the significance of Jesus final meal. What it meant for his followers and what it means for us today as we think more deeply about the kingdom of God

This week Emily reads Chapters 26 and 27 of Matthew from the New Living Translation

This week we read about Jesus coming up against system and regimes which are radically opposed to his Kingdom arriving. He gets angry and confrontational, how should we feel about that, and what about God being angry full stop? Daniel wades in this week and explains how Jesus anger is both permission and example to us.

Daniel reads Matthew 21-25 from the NLT ahead of unpacking them this coming Sunday. You can join us at www.gloucestervineyard.org

This week in our journey through Matthew’s biography of Jesus' life, David unpacks chapters 17-20. Diving into the concept of an upside-down, back-to-front, wrong-side-up kingdom and what a community looks like that is focused on Jesus’ teachings of throwing off comparison and pride and trading it for a life of humility. The audio was recorded outdoors, so please enjoy the additional bird song thr...

David reads Matthew 17-20 from the New Living Translation

This week the wonderful Kath Brayford from Herald Vineyard in Liverpool is walking us through the next chunk of Matthew Chapters 14-16. She talks about the moment of decision Jesus brings people to and encourages us to answer Jesus question as if he was stood in front of us asking us, "who do you say that I am?"

This week Kath Brayford from Herald vineyard in Liverpool is reading us Matthew chapters 14-16 from the new living translation

This week Daniel takes walks us through some difficult things Jesus has to say about people who don't chose to come into his kingdom in chapters 11-13 of Matthew. We look at what Jesus was saying in some of his more difficult parables in their context and find plenty of hope in what Jesus has to say. Watch the Tim Mackie talk here Book recommendation here

This week in our journey through Matthew’s biography of Jesus' life we’re joined by a friend of ours; Lyn Burnhope, who helps us to take a closer look at chapters 8, 9 and 10. Emily interviewed her live at our Sunday gathering on zoom and asked her all sorts of questions about what it looks like when the Kingdom of God shows up in a city and encouraged us to dream about how we could play our part...

Daniel reads Matthew 11-13 from the new living translation.

Lyn Burnhope reads Matthew Chapters 8-10 this week. She's reading in a translation called the New testament for everyone, you can find a copy to read along here

On our Journey following Jesus from Crib to Cross this week we're stopping in chapters 6 and 7 of Matthew. Nic teaches us about Jesus core understand of God as our father and the extraordinary implications for those who chose to identify as children of God.

Nic reads Matthew chapter 6 and 7 ahead of unpacking it this coming Sunday. You can find all the details to join in at www.gloucestervineyard.org

This week Emily walks us though Matthew chapter 5 and what Jesus has to say about what the Kingdom of God looks like and how that should effect our lives

This week Emily is reading Matthew 5 ahead of unpacking it on Sunday. Find all the details of how to join us at www.gloucestervineyard.org

To kick off our journey through Matthew following Jesus from crib to cross Daniel is unpacking chapters 1-4. We're looking at how Matthew uses stories from the old testament to make claims about who Jesus is and why we should care in 2021

Read along with Matthew chapters 1-4 in the NLT (New living translation) and join us this on Sunday mornings as we follow Jesus from birth to the cross this term. Find all the details at www.gloucestervineyard.org

This week David is talking about expectations by addressing the "elephant in the room" that has been the unmet expectations of 2020, caused by the global pandemic and how we can look forward to 2021 being a year that can exceed our expectations. David unpacks how Jesus was someone who never did anything by halves and how Jesus can not only meet our expectations but can surpass them. (Partial audio...

In the last instalment of Daniel's ‘What do you mean…’ series we’re asking some questions about what the bible means when it talks about hell. We learn that actually the concept of hell gets much less air time than we might think and in fact when Jesus was talking about hell he had a different story altogether in mind. If this podcast piques your interest you can watch an unpacking of the theology...

We’re staying in the Psalms this week, as Emily walks us through the two types of Psalms; lament and praise and how each of them serve to alter our perspective. All of us have had cause to lament this year and ask: “How long, oh Lord?” and the Psalms teach us to focus on the faithfulness and the promises of God, despite our current problems. You can watch the two videos Emily shared here https://w...

A few weeks we held a launch party to celebrate the opening of a CAP debt centre in Gloucester as a partnership between 6 local churches. This bonus podcast contains a recording of that meeting in case you missed it If you'd like to get in touch with any questions you can send them to hello@gloucestervineyard.org If you'd like to support the centre in any way you can let us know that by filling ou...

Something slightly different on the pod this week! We're taking some time in one of the best known passages of the bible, psalm 23. We kick off with a message from our mate Nicola Neal as she shares her experiences this year of, 'journeying through the shadow' followed by a time of relfection on the psalm created by our resident music nerd David. We've included both in this podcast so grab a brew,...