Vineyard Altoona Podcast

In order to fulfill and sustain calling, humility is key. God uses those who allow him to be in control. Today Jeri talks about the necessity of humility as you live into calling If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grateful for your continued financial suppor...

One of the big questions that every follower of Jesus asks is, "What is the will of God for my life?" We want to know how it is we can live a life that pleases God. The way God invites us into what he is doing is by calling. Today, Derek begins our "Called" series by looking at David's life and unpacking the elements of calling. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free...

If you were greedy, how would you know? Like a fish in the ocean is unaware of the water, often we are unaware of the greed that so saturates our culture. How can we fight against greed? Certainly we could give from time to time, but is there any way to develop a truly generous life? Today, Derek talks about how to live a generous life and why it's critical to a confession of faith in Jesus. If yo...

Do you know that there is something that has become so prevalent in our culture that sneaks into our lives undetected and has the power to ruin our relationship with Jesus? It starts innocent enough - we believe we are just being discerning. But over time, it grows into a critical spirit that wrecks our ability to worship God and experience intimacy with him. Today, Derek talks about dealing with...

With the ice storm keeping so many people at home, Derek decided to keep the next message in the series for the following week. Instead, he talked briefly about being people who can deal with offense without living life as offended people. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288...

Do you make New Year's resolutions, but struggle to keep them? So often we struggle to keep our resolutions because we are trying to change behavior without changing the motivation behind it. What we need is a change of heart. Today, Jeri begins our new series by talking about how thankfulness will transform your life. **The audio quality improves part of the way into the message** If you'd like t...

We all have an innate desire to be fully known and loved. It’s something essential to our human existence. The birth of Jesus is God’s demonstration that he knows us and lives us. Today, Derek explains how. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grateful for you...

What is love? Everyone has some idea about love, but so many of our ideas are self-centered. Is there a different kind of love? Today, Evan talks about the love God demonstrated in Jesus. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grateful for your continued financi...

We would all like to have more joy, but it feels so fleeting. We experience all kinds of other things. Is there any way that we can be joyful people, even as we experience all kinds of negative emotions? Today, Elizabeth talks about the joy that Jesus offers. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer request, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter....

Do you have all the peace that you need? Advent is a season where we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace, and yet so many of us find ourselves lacking peace. So many of us think if we could just change our circumstances, we could have peace. Today Derek talks about how we can have peace regardless of the circumstances we find ourselves in. If you'd like to connect with us or share a prayer...

Have you felt your hope fading? So many of us have struggled to keep hope alive through this challenging season. Yet Advent is a time of hope. We can have hope because the object of our hope is trustworthy. Today, Derek begins our Advent series "One Star, One Hope" with a message titled "The Only Hope". If you'd like to connect with us, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardal...

We all have dreams for our lives. We dream about what we can be and do. But God has dreams for our lives, and He invites us to step into the dreams he has for our lives. In this message, Derek talks about God’s dreams for our lives If you'd like to connect with us, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grateful for your...

In the Vineyard we have this slogan “Everyone gets to play”. It points to the reality that everyone has a God-given role to play in the Kingdom. In this message, Jeri unpacks what this means. If you'd like to connect with us, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grateful for your continued financial support. To give se...

We are in a series called “Breakthrough” that is focused on understanding the Kingdom of God. If we are followers of Jesus, we know that it is important to share our faith. But, if we're honest, often we struggle to talk about it. We tend to adopt a wrong picture of what it is to share the Gospel because we think of it only in terms of telling people. The Gospel Jesus modeled was not just telling;...

We are in a series called “Breakthrough” that is focused on understanding the Kingdom of God. When asked by John whether Jesus was actually the Messiah, he responds by describing the miracles that were happening. The way the Kingdom shows up surprised everyone around. The Kingdom is full of surprises, and often our expectations are wrong. Today, Derek talks about this in a message called “The Surp...

We are in a series called “Breakthrough” that is focused on understanding the Kingdom of God. There are so many tensions presented to us in scripture. One of the biggest tensions is the one presented in the gospels that the Kingdom of God is already here, while at the same time the Kingdom of God is not yet here. Today Evan explores the Already-Not Yet nature of the Kingdom of God. If you'd like t...

Today we are beginning a new series called “Breakthrough” that is focused on understanding the Kingdom of God. One of the topics that will help you understand the Christian life in a much deeper and richer way is the Kingdom of God. Understanding the Kingdom of God gives us context for understanding why things are wrong in the world and how we can cooperate with Jesus to see the wrongs made right....

This is the final week of our "Welcome to the Vineyard" series. We can probably all relate to the feeling of having our hopes dashed. It feels like riding a roller coaster of emotion, and if makes us fearful to hope again. Today Derek talks about what makes Christian hope different, and how the understanding of the Christian hope radically impacts how we do life. If you'd like to connect with us,...

This is week 2 of our "Welcome to the Vineyard" series. We all function better when we understand our purpose in life. Without it, we are aimless. This week Jeri takes us back to Genesis to discover how God designed us to have purpose for life. If you'd like to connect with us, feel free to fill out a connect card here: https://vineyardaltoona.churchcenter.com/people/forms/288405 We're always grat...

This week is our Grand Opening in our new location. Derek is beginning a new series called "Welcome to the Vineyard". This week he talks about how Jesus' vision for who is welcome in the church is filled with unexpected people. It's not the most religious that Jesus welcomes, but it is those who are humble enough to accept his invitation. If you'd like to connect with us, take a few seconds to fil...

Today we finish our series in Nehemiah. We all like the idea that we can be whatever we want. But when it comes to the Church, we inherit an identity and a mission. We are called to be a people that are marked by God’s presence. Nehemiah 10 contains a recommitment to the covenant to be a people of God’s presence. Today, Derek shows the commitments we must make to be a people marked by God’s presen...

So often what makes a good person, a good endeavor, or a good company collapse isn't external circumstances. What frequently causes things to implode is internal issues that haven't been dealt with. In our pursuit of joining what God is doing, one of the critical things to constantly address is our own brokenness. As we continue our series in Nehemiah, Derek talks about how to address your own bro...

Today Jeri continues our series in Nehemiah. Anytime we try to do what God invites us into, we are going to face opposition. Jeri explains how God designs us to break through opposition.

**Sorry for the gap in recordings!** This week Derek continues our series in Nehemiah. Everyone has a role to play, and nobody plays alone. As we head toward our September 26th Grand Opening in our new building, it will take everyone operating in their God-given role and assignment. We'd love to have you connect with us by filling out a connect card and submitting a prayer request. You can do that...

In our first week in the new building, Derek calls us to remember what God has done, recommit ourselves to serving the Lord, and lay down the idols that we have.