Andy Belsey picks up again on the New Beginnings series, showing us a way that we can speak up for Jesus. He has based his talk on the book The Art of Neighbouring. There’s lots of training about how to do evangelism but evangelism is something that scares many of us! Very few of us actually like doing Evangelism. Even when we want to share our faith, many people don’t want to hear about God anyway! Talking about Jesus to other Christians in church might seem easy, but when you try to with those who are doubtful and sceptical, it is often a recipe for disaster. Doing it on your own can be very intimidating and frustrating.

New Beginnings - Speaking for Jesus

Mark Visser continues the New Beginning series by reading a Bible Dictionary description of the person he is going to speak about, the man who most probably had the greatest impact on the world after Jesus Christ. Saul, the persecutor becomes Paul the proclaimer. Saul set out to destroy the followers of The Way, as they were known until he encounters Jesus on the road to Damascus, and his live is transformed by this New Beginning.

Sunday Sermon 6 July 2025 - New Beginnings - Saul - Paul

Gill Visser continues the New Beginning series looking in more detail at The Woman with the Issue of Blood that Mark Visser had mentioned a number of weeks ago. As a social outcast because of her condition this unnamed woman pushed through the crowd to reach out and touch the tassel on the cloak Jesus was wearing. Gill explains the significance of this tassel, the Tzit Tzit that she touched.

Sunday Sermon 13 July 2025 - New Beginnings - The Woman with the Issue of Blood

Mark Stoneham finishes off the New Beginnings series by looking at the scandalous account and interactions of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar after Tamar's husband Er was put to death by God because of his wicked behaviour. Judah fails to keep his promise and so Tamar resorts to underhand tactics.

Sunday Sermon 20 July 2025 - New Beginnings - God's Scandalous Grace!

Gill shares what happened at the July Prayer Meeting, what God spoke to us about and how what came through in the prayer meeting tied in with her daily reading and the Prayer Stations that she had prepared for the meeting.

Sunday Service 3 August 2025 - Prayer Meeting Feedback & Prayer Stations

During the Summer we give our teaching team a break and either invite visiting speakers or use videos of teachings from well known preachers. This week we listen to Part 1 of John Wimber from the Holiness unto the Lord conference in the UK in 1990.

Sunday Sermon  10 August 2025 - Holiness Unto The Lord - John Wimber 1990

Gill Visser introduces Wendy Sullivan from Sutton Vineyard who was invited to bring a message from God to Grace Vineyard. Wendy is a woman of prayer and especially loves intercessory prayer. Here she teaches on prayer and what different types of prayers we can pray. At the end Mark shares briefly on the power of intercessory prayer and Gill shares about the monthly prayer meetings.

Sunday Sermon 17 August 2025 - Powering Up to Pray - Wendy Sullivan

Mark Stoneham introduces Part 2 of John Wimber's teaching on Holiness. This is a message that is 35 years old, but is as relevant for today as it was when it was preached.

Sunday Sermon 24 August 2025 - Holiness unto the Lord - Part 2

Our Combined Summer Service with Christ Church Purley at Christ Church Primary School where the teachers, support staff and governors were invited to join the service. The focus was on the school, the children, the staff and teachers that are beginning the new school year. To speak hope and pray in and around the school.

Sunday Sermon 31 August 2025 - The Children

Mark Stoneham begins the new series, The Vineyard Person - a look at what it means to be a Vineyard Church, - the distinctions that make us a Vineyard church. Mark looks at the foundations that everything else is built upon.

Sunday 7 September 2025 - The Vineyard Person - Building a Kingdom Foundation

Mark Stoneham continues the Vineyard Person series looking at one of the pillars of Vineyard churches, Worship. Worship is more than just singing songs, it an act of freely giving love to God, submitting ourselves fully to God.

Sunday 14 September 2025 - The Vineyard Person - Worship

Grace Vineyard is a vibrant and welcoming church in Purley, south Croydon. Listen to our weekly talks here.

New Beginnings - Speaking for Jesus

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