Sundays at Vine Street: A Disciples Podcast

Reading by Pat Cole Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Music by Abi Flowers (vocals), Micah Snow (piano), Katie Blomarz (upright bass), Hope Hamby (fiddle), and Joe Xiques (guitar). "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" "Amazing Grace" "Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing" arr. Hamby "I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table" "I'll Fly Away" ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vi...

Reading by Eric Hutton Sermon by Margie Quinn Music: "How Great Thou Art" performed by Stephanie Kopel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Larry Adams Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Moment for Mission by Rondy Smith, Rest Stop Ministries Music: "Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart" (arr. Heather Sorenson) performed by the Vine Street Chancel Choir, Steven Bowman, violin and Margie Way-Kiani, cello. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Jamie H. Sermon by Margin Quinn Music: "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Charles Gabriel arr. Schrader) performed by Chris Smallwood, piano "You Are Mine" (arr. Mark Hayes) performed by the Vine Street Chancel Choir, Erica Hayden, flute ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Dair Grubb (11th Grade) Sermon by Calin Trabue (12th Grade) and Meda Miller (12th Grade) Music: "All You Need is Love" performed by Jack McLaughlin (9th Grade) "The Storm" (piano) and "Festive Trumpet Tune" (organ) performed by Liam Dixon (8th Grade) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Erica Hayden Sermon by ⁠ ⁠⁠Thomas Kleinert⁠⁠ Music by Stephanie Kopel "Agnus Dei" - Georges Bizet ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Cate Mart Sermon by ⁠ ⁠Thomas Kleinert⁠ Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir "The King of Love, My Shepherd Is" - arr. Mack Wilberg, Julie Ditzel and Erica Hayden, flute, Daniel Holcomb, soloist "Praise to the Lord!" - arr. Brant Adams, Julie Ditzel, flute, Micah Snow, piano ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Rachel Dixon Sermon by ⁠ Thomas Kleinert Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir "I Will Be a Child of Peace" - Elaine Hagenberg ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Jack Wallace Sermon by Margie Quinn Music by Abi Flowers "I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table" - African-American Spiritual ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Larry Adams Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" "An Easter Call to Praise" arr. Stacey Nordmeyer Music by the Vine Street Children's Choir "This Is the Day" by Mark Burrows ⁠⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Lester McNatt Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "Fanfare for Palm Sunday" - Katherine K. Davis ⁠⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Quentin Flowers Sermon by Margie Quinn Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "The Hour Has Come" - Lloyd Larson ⁠⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Joyce Crowell Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Tennessee Innocence Project Moment for Mission by Madison Lowery Music by Abigail Flowers - "What Wondrous Love Is This" - Appalachian folk hymn ⁠vinestreet.org

Reading by Stephen Moseley Sermon by Margie Quinn Preserve Lindsley Avenue Now Moment for Mission by Gina Tek Music by Micah Snow - "Jesus, Help Me to Stand" by Ron Block vinestreet.org

Reading by Abi Flowers Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry Moment for Mission by Reisha Kidd Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "Take Up Your Cross" arranged by Thomas Keesecker

Reading by Carol Doidge Sermon by Thomas Kleinert Room in the Inn Moment for Mission by Cate Mart Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "True Light" by Keith Hampton (Mark Thress, tenor, Quentin Flowers, bass & Chris Leidhecker, percussion)

We invite you to participate in this service anytime today. You can listen and pray in your favorite chair or while taking a walk. May God bless us, both those of us who pray and those who don't, with the rich grace whose outpouring we recall and receive anew today.

The Parable of the Unjust Steward is a parable that has puzzled people for generations. What is Jesus trying to tell us in this story about a world that is falling apart and a man who takes advantage of the situation? In this episode and in his sermon, Thomas argues that one message he takes from it is that when the world is in crisis, the situation often calls for decisive, cunning action. The cl...

If you had 100 sheep and you lost 1...would you abandon the 99 to save the 1? It's a complex question that Jesus asks in this week's episode. It brings to bear questions of how far we're willing to love and how willing we are to let ourselves be found. How do we love our oppressors when we see everyday the destruction they bring to our communities local and abroad? How do we come to terms with an...

Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas and Michael react in the wake of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in February of 2018. Thomas shares his thought process behind including a different angle on the story of the Go...

Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas and Michael explore one of the most confounding, interpretative, profound moments of the story of Jesus, the transfiguration. What did it mean for Jesus' disciples, how did it inform their work after the life of...

Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas discusses the many different types of silences, ranging from those that heal the soul to those that weigh on it. Many women in the United States and across the world are breaking a silence on how they've been tr...

Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode we discuss the role of demons within the New Testament. It's easy for some to dismiss talk of demons in the Bible as people searching for an explanation to mental illness or some other unexplained phenomenon. But the f...