The Vine Church Podcast

12 December 2021 | This Sunday, we look at how Simeon's song echoes God's heart and declares a new season upon the world where the Messiah is coming not just for the Jews but for all people. Light has come, and light is coming. All who are in darkness can come to that light. What a message this is for Christmas!

5 December 2021 | This Sunday Ps Promise Armstrong continues our ‘Songs For The Not so Holy’ Advent series looking at Zechariah. Zechariah carried a heavy burden when forced into silence, yet bursted into a song of praise once he was restored, speaking of the imminent salvation of Christ and the rest for His people.

28 November 2021 | This Sunday we kick off our Advent season with Ps Andrew Gardener opening the ‘Songs For The Not So Holy’ series. Throughout human and Biblical history, songs have been an important expression, especially in times of hardship. Facing judgment and shame from her community, we look at Mary’s song as an unmarried pregnant teenager and how she turns to God for hope.

21 November 2021 | This Sunday is Missions Sunday! What is missional living, and how do we live missionally in our spheres of influence? Missions Pastor Nathan de Lyster shares an important anchor to enable us to live missionally.

14 November 2021 | This Sunday Ps Andrew Gardener expounds on what a Biblical approach to giving is, and how we can avoid a transactional approach that often plagues our relationship with God and others.

This Sunday Ps Andrew Gardener closes our An Alternative Society series with a message on Biblical joy, which is not a result of our own strength or positive thinking, but comes from the unmovable fact that we are rooted in grace.

This Sunday Ps Andrew Gardener continues our ‘An Alternative Society’ series with a profound message on ‘A New Way to Die’. We explore the uncomfortable truth that there is no resurrection without death, and how to answer Paul’s call for us to follow Christ’s lead in picking up our daily cross.

This Sunday Elder Sidney Yip shares how the Bible describes holiness, encouraging us to live out this calling so that we may ‘shine as stars in the sky’ amongst the world we live in.

This Sunday Ps Ellison charges us to live as a united body of Christ, regardless of what happens, for the glory of the gospel. Our unity will show the world that we are indeed an alternative society.

This Sunday we take a look at Paul’s example of servant leadership, and how it contrasts with the toxic leadership that is often prevalent in our world. We are all called to be leaders in our own capacity, and Pastor Andrew encourages us to embrace leadership that is gospel-centric.

This Sunday Ps Andrew shares how prayer can lead us into perspective change, enabling us to partner with the gospel, and be confident in the good work God began in us will come to completion.

This Sunday we start an exciting sermon series ‘An Alternative Society’, where we open up the book of Philippians to study its theology and implications for Christian living in Hong Kong at this time. In this week’s introductory message, Ps Andrew lays down the historical context and why it is relevant today, and calls for us to embrace living out the gospel publicly.

This week we have Nick and Chloe Banks share their adoptive journey in starting a family. Nick and Chloe walk us through the joyful moments, the challenges, and how the Church community can gather round and support adoptive parents navigate their own journey.

There are about 4000 children in the residential system in Hong Kong and many others who are waiting to be placed in a family home. The impact which a safe and nurturing environment has on the development of a child is fundamental to their wellbeing. In this podcast we’re joined by Alia Eyres to hear some of her insights and learn how Mother’s Choice serves children and parents towards the goal of...

This Sunday Ps Andrew brings a crucial and encouraging message from the story of Elisha and the widow. Like the widow, when there is nothing left for us to give, it is this precise point where God’s work and provision can begin.

12 September 2021 | This Sunday our guest speaker Steve Gaultney shares with us how to put love in action in tough times, and four important ways on how we can develop a humble courage.

Our two guests work closely with some of the most vulnerable children here in Hong Kong. Tune in to hear some important insight into the psychological and social challenges many vulnerable and unsupported children face at a very young age. PathFinders particularly works with migrant domestic workers who are expecting and with a child in Hong Kong so if you want to learn more about how to care for...

This week we’re joined by Andrew and Christine Gardener. Andrew is the senior pastor of The Vine Church in Hong Kong and Christine is a counsellor and Senior Partner at Oasis - the Hong Kong Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Andrew and Chris are joining us to share their adoption journey as well as unpack God’s heart for families and children and its connection to our faith.

5 September 2021 | This Sunday, Ps Tim closes our Summer Psalms series with a sharing through Psalm 66 on how to praise God in different seasons of our lives.

29 August 2021 | This Sunday Ps John preaches on an all-knowing, all-present and all-powerful God through Psalm 139. This means that our almighty God is also deeply personal, who understands our struggles and will lead us in our paths ahead.

15 August 2021 | This Sunday we open up Psalm 127 as Ps Promise preaches on the importance of trust and partnership with God in our efforts. Without God all of our labour will be in vain, but if we align with God, we can rest in the fact that he is the one who builds and sustains.

15 August 2021 | This Sunday Ps Tim shares from Psalm 37 how to engage in the waiting through difficult and disorienting seasons. God meets us and invites us to relate to him amidst our pain and struggle, and through David’s example, encourages us to wait well.

08 August 2021 | This Sunday we begin our new Summer Psalms series, with Ps Karla Roscoe sharing through Psalms 63 the importance of knowing God and His presence. Life can sometimes be challenging and even overwhelming, David’s psalm gives insight on how to trust and rely on God in the direst of times.

01 August 2021 | This Sunday, concluding our two-part ‘Beauty for Ashes’ series, Ps Andrew shares how we represent God’s display of splendour, and challenges us to consider our roles in ushering beauty into this world.

25 July 2021 | This Sunday, we start a two-part series ‘Beauty for Ashes’ exploring beauty in a fundamental, objective and biblical way. Ps Andrew shares with us this new perspective on how God’s beauty can be ushered into our daily lives, bringing wholeness, restoration and peace.