Vineyard Altoona Podcast

Today we finish our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity". Last week, Derek talked about how the first step in our pursuit of wholeness is worship. When we begin our pursuit of the Kingdom of God, we begin by worshiping Jesus. What follows worship is serving. Greatness in the Kingdom looks like serving those around you.

Today we are continuing our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity". After defining what we mean by pursuing wholeness and authenticity, it is helpful to take a look at how wholeness comes in our lives. There are many ways we can get off track if we don't do the first things first. This week Derek talks about worship as the critical first step toward wholeness.

Today we continue our series on our third core value "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity". Authenticity is one of our culture's core values. So much so that one of the greatest things you can be in our culture today is completely authentic. That has become our cultural goal. For followers of Jesus, though, we understand that the ultimate goal is the Kingdom of God. We will not stop in our pursu...

Today, we are beginning a new series on our third core value: "We Pursue Wholeness with Authenticity". One of the ways we frequently fall short in life is we don't have the right measurement of success. We measure success by what we are comfortable with or by what we can conceive of. But as followers of Jesus, our measurement of success is nothing short of the Kingdom of God. Today Derek talks abo...

As we wrap up our series on highly valuing outsiders, Jeri talks about the value of investing in children, who are often outsiders in our culture.

Taking a week break from our core value series, Derek brings us a Father's day message.

We are continuing our series on our second core value as a church "We Highly Value the Outsider". When we think of highly valuing the outsider, we may have thoughts about people who want to be included but aren't. But what about those people who don't want to be included? How do we love those who actively oppose us? Today, Evan talks about loving our enemies.

As we look toward what God has in mind for Vineyard Altoona in the coming months and years, we want to be people who are primarily focused on the spread of the Gospel and loving people well. In this message, Betty talks about where we are headed as a church in the context of these things in a message called "Loving the Outsider like Jesus".

As we look toward what God has in mind for Vineyard Altoona in the coming months and years, we want to be people who are primarily focused on the spread of the Gospel and loving people well. In this message, Derek talks about where we are headed as a church in the context of these things in a message called "Living a Hospitable Life".

As we look toward what God has in mind for Vineyard Altoona in the coming months and years, we want to be people who are primarily focused on the spread of the Gospel and loving people well. In this message, Derek talks about where we are headed as a church in the context of these things in a message called "Becoming All Things to All People".

We have a special guest for this week, Larry Fulmer! Larry is the senior pastor at the Salvation Army, serving with his wife, Ashley Fulmer. Larry brings us the story of the amazing faith of the centurion and how his faith was not hindered by the chaos of the situation but was transfixed on Jesus.

Today we finish our series "Keep In Step". One of the things we all so desperately need in our day is wisdom. We search all over the place for counsel that will help us navigate life well. As we seek to be people who join what God is doing, Derek talks about how we can have access to God's wisdom by the Spirit of God.

Today we are continuing our series called "Keep in Step". Each and every one of us is given gifts by God when we begin life as a follower of Jesus. For so many of us, though, we either don't know that to be true, or we don't know the extent to which we are to use them. In this message, Derek talks about how we receive gifts, the humility they should produce, and the gratitude to God we demonstrate...

We've said frequently that we, as a church, want to join what God is doing. It's a core value that we hold. One of the foundational pieces of being able to join what God is doing involves hearing God communicate with us. If we want to keep in step with the Spirit of God and join God in all times and spaces, we need to cultivate a posture to hear God speak to us. Today Derek talks about how we can...

Today we are continuing our series called "Keep in Step". As the Vineyard, we want to be 'right now' people. People who follow God and do what He is doing, even when it looks unfavorable or risky. Evan shows us in the story of Peter and Jesus walking on water the reason for our fervency in doing what God is doing. To be "right now" people is to know and magnify Jesus.

Today we are starting a new series called "Keep in Step". Now that we have resumed in-person Sunday morning worship gatherings, what is important? What is God doing with us? Who are we going to become? Does everything just go back to normal? Today Derek begins this new series talking about being a people who keep in step with the Holy Spirit and how this connects to the season we are in as a churc...

What is the significance of the resurrection of Jesus? Does it matter if it really happened? Can we even know for sure? As we celebrate Easter at Vineyard Altoona, Derek answers all of these questions and more!

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". Sometimes our preconceived notions of what God is going to do gets in the way of what God is actually doing. As we look to next Sunday's celebration of Easter, Jeri invites us one more time to open ourselves to God to be formed into people who can engage in the mission of God in humility.

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". Confirmation bias is the human tendency to prefer information that confirms what we've already decided while suppressing information that contradicts it. Every one of us is prone to confirmation bias. The Jewish leaders had been waiting for the Messiah for centuries, but when Jesus shows up as the Messiah, he doesn't look like...

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". Elizabeth Ebling, one of our very own, will be bringing the third message in this series. She encourages us to not only walk with our God, toward justice and mercy, but doing so with humility.

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". We all love good stories of kindness, where someone does something for someone in need. When God calls us to repentance, one of the things He calls us to be is people who love mercy. We are called to be people who not only do kindness but love to do merciful acts for people. We all have plenty of reasons we could give for why w...

Today we are continuing our series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". Lent is a season of repentance where we intentionally allow God to search us to remove from our lives things that don't belong. When God calls us to repentance, He calls us to become the people He created us to be. One of the foundational things God calls us to be is people who actively do justice. Today, Derek talks about what...

Today we are beginning a new series for Lent called "Have Mercy on Us". Lent has been referred to as "spiritual spring cleaning". It's a season where we intentionally open ourselves to God to allow him to point out areas of our lives that don't align with who he has called us to be. Because this is true, Lent is a season where we are offered an invitation by God to repent, or turn around, from the...

This week we finish our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church. We all long to know that our lives have meaning and purpose. We want to do something that matters. If we are Christians, we know that we find meaning, fulfillment, and purpose in doing things that God designed us to do. We often refer to that as calling. But so many people struggl...

This week we continue our series "CORE", which is a look at the foundations of who we are as Christians and as a church. We've spent a few weeks building a base of who we are, why we exist, and the values that dictate how we conduct our mission, which is to equip people for Kingdom release. With all of that in place, how does someone begin to walk out the life we've been called to? If we've alread...