Gloucester Vineyard Church

We’re staying in the Psalms this week, as Emily walks us through the two types of Psalms; lament and praise and how each of them serve to alter our perspective. All of us have had cause to lament this year and ask: “How long, oh Lord?” and the Psalms teach us to focus on the faithfulness and the promises of God, despite our current problems.You can watch the two videos Emily shared herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9phNEaPrv8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpny22k_7uk

A few weeks we held a launch party to celebrate the opening of a CAP debt centre in Gloucester as a partnership between 6 local churches. This bonus podcast contains a recording of that meeting in case you missed itIf you'd like to get in touch with any questions you can send them to [email protected] you'd like to support the centre in any way you can let us know that by filling out this form

Something slightly different on the pod this week! We're taking some time in one of the best known passages of the bible, psalm 23. We kick off with a message from our mate Nicola Neal as she shares her experiences this year of, 'journeying through the shadow' followed by a time of relfection on the psalm created by our resident music nerd David. We've included both in this podcast so grab a brew, get somewhere comfy and see what God might like to say to you today through psalm 23!

This week Nic helps us to grow in our cultural competence as we wake up the issue of racism in the UK. We ask why this is a question for the church as well as how we as individuals can look to respond.

This week we take a closer look at what the Bible means when it used the word sin (a word it uses all the time!) in the second instalment in Daniel's 'What do you mean...' series. We unpack 4 different perspectives on what sin is and what it means for Jesus to forgive us and invite us into his kingdom that he is building

This week we unpack the way Jesus thought about money, and how many of us can find ourselves in a trusting relationship with money. Jesus challenge for us is that if we want to have a relationship with him we need to break up with money first.

This week we celebrated gathering together in person for the first time in 7 months! Amid all the celebrations and excitement Emily asks the very poignant question why have we done this? With all the risk about why do we gather at all?

This week Emily asks how on earth we can experience life in all of it's fullness in the middle of a global pandemic. After all Jesus claimed to lead us into a rich and fulfilling life, Emily unpacks how we can live into this even in the middle of challenging circumstances.

This week we interview our friend Becky Stephens about her experience of journeying through a mental breakdown and emerging the other side with God's help. 2020 has given all of us a battering when it comes to our mental health and Becky shares some practical steps and wisdom from her experience and answers, where is God in all this?

In the first of a three part series ('What do you mean...') looking at common words we come across in the Bible. Daniel asks what Jesus meant when he used the word 'believe'. Doesn't that mean something that just happens in our heads? Or was Jesus talking about something bigger?