This week we have the privilege of hearing from Mike Rusch. Mike’s life involves way to much to sum up here, but suffice it to say you don’t want to miss this Sunday. Among many other things, Mike is creator and host of  The Underview podcast , which contributes significantly to dialog around what wholeness means, and takes, for our community. I encourage you to listen, specifically to season two. What might has to share is significant for all of us, specifically those of us living in Northwest Arkansas at this time.

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It is a priority for us at Vine & Branch to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!

"Everything Belongs" May 25th, 2025 (Teacher: Mike Rusch)

My clasiccal training bleeds through on this life affriming song

THEN I CAUGHT A WAVE

Our passage this week talks about the posture that we must take as followers of Christ. It is one that invites us to acknowledge the privilege and power we have been given by the world, and to humble ourselves wholly to God for the service of others. In a time where Christians in the West are throwing themselves into positions of more power, creating bigger walls, and shutting more people out, we must ask ourselves how can we stay true to the word of God and meet people where they are?

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It is a priority for us at Vine & Branch to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!



"Kings or Servants" June 1st, 2025 (Teacher: Betty Wilton)

“My Kind of People” is an uplifting pop-rock anthem about finally finding your place and your people, the ones who embrace you without conditions. With an energetic pulse driven by electric guitars, pounding drums, and an emotionally resonant chorus, the song is both a celebration and a sigh of relief. It's for anyone who's ever felt like they didn’t belong, until they did. An ode to chosen family, weird souls, and true connection.

My Kind of People

‘Turn This Town Around’ is the debut single from vocal powerhouse Lydia Reddy from Lancashire.  An instantly catchy burst of sparkling dance pop, ideal for fans of Dua Lipa, Marina or Clean Bandit, this track is the perfect summer anthem!
Lydia’s stunning jazz-soul vocal is combined with a sense of escapism, hi-energy, a thumping bass line and a chorus that won’t leave your head, making ‘Turn This Town Around’ an anthemic testament to self-belief. 
Describing her music as Power Pop, with its dynamic vibes, explosive vocal riffs and stunning production (from celebrated Blackburn music studio Club Haus), Lydia has a full set of energy-infused tracks ready to release in 2025 and is anticipating a fantastic year!


Turn This Town Around

This summer we’re taking time to look back on specific elements of experiences that are common to those who have gone to camp, specifically but not limited to church camp, and examine these experiences in light of what we are all coming to know and practice about our faith now. We may not need sunscreen or bug spray, but it will take an adventurous spirit and willingness to experience new things.

You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org

It is a priority for us at Vine & Branch to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!

"The B.I.B.L.E." June 15th, 2025 (Teacher: John Ray)

Let me share with you a passage from CS Lewis’s seminal work Mere Christianity “I want to make it as clear as I possibly can that the centre of Christian morality is not [sexual behavior]. If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronizing and spoiling sport, and back-biting, the pleasures of power, of hatred.”

Read that again. Let it sink in for a minute and then reflect on what you may have been taught about the dangers of sexual sin and the paramount importance of sexual purity. As I read this and considered how this book, Mere Christianity, was held in such high regard, I had to wonder if the same people who idolized Lewis ever really read what he wrote.

You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org
It is a priority for us at Vine & Branch to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!

"Purity Culture" June 22nd, 2025 (Teacher: John Ray)

'Under The Sun' from my debut album 'You And The Others'.

Under The Sun

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

You can find out more about us at our website www.gracechurchnwa.org

It is a priority for us at Vine & Branch to make LGBTQIA+, all ethnicities and races, those with disabilities, and other marginalized people groups feel accepted, included, and valuable to the life of our community!

"Testimonies" July 6th, 2025 (Teacher: John Ray)

"Fun & Games / Competition" July 13th, 2025 (Teacher: Shannon Barrowcliff)

Vocal pop, rock and dance powerhouse Lydia Reddy is one of the freshest, most original new artists making their mark on the modern-day music scene. 

As a vocalist for teenage alt-rock band Sudell Cross, Lydia has already captivated audiences at headline shows, higher all over the North-West and played Main Stage at Darwen Live, England’s biggest free music festival.

Lydia’s voice is mesmerising, a unique blend of velvet-smooth soulful tones with a show-stopping powerful belt that instantly blows you away!

Now performing solo, Lydia recently made her festival debut, playing an acclaimed set of original material at After All Festival, Manchester’s biggest grassroots music show. She has also played pre-match with a full band to over 8,000 rugby league fans and last year was part of a national Women in Music charity lived stream in aid of the Music Venue Trust.

Lydia describes her music as power pop. She writes cleverly-phrased, often witty lyrics that touch on resonant themes, but wraps them up in energy-driven tunes, catchy Melodie’s, dynamic choruses and, of course, her explosive vocals!

With a host of anthemic singles, her debut EP (set for release in 2025), and many more upcoming gigs on the radar, Lydia is anticipating a very exciting year.

Hello, I'm Jay Saint James and I've just dropped my debut album. Drop me a message or a follow if you've enjoyed, I'd love to hear from you! 

A bit about me, I'm a singer/songwriter from Belfast and I've been writing songs for as long as I can remember. I write songs inspired by lives' experience for people to connect to and hopefully relate to. My debut album is a collection of songs inspired by past relationships and hope for the future. I've spent a long time recording it at home and I'm really happy with how it's turned out. I hope you enjoy it too! 

I'm really looking forward to bringing this album on the road at some point so who knows, maybe we'll meet soon- until then though, thank you so much for listening

all the best,

Jay. 



Solive Raye is the sound of solitude given form, quiet thoughts turned into raw, melodic truths. An engineer and lifelong observer, Solive Raye writes for those who feel alone in crowded rooms, where silence speaks louder than words.


Blending dark, atmospheric tones with flickers of hope, his music lives in the in-between: not quite despair, not quite light, but something honest.


Raised in movement, from football fields to refereeing lines, he now wanders more internal landscapes, shaping every lyric with the precision of an outsider looking in.


Solive Raye doesn’t shout. He resonates.

Singer and songwriter.  Neo-80s Rock, Pop Ballads, Country Rock, and Blue Eyed Soul.

New tracks tagged #affirming