Vineyard Church Maryville

When a vehicle is 'totaled' it's given a salvage title, and can never be given a clean title again. What happens to us when we get busted up beyond restoration?

It can be a struggle to navigate the mystery and the abstraction of prayer--but power is undeniable! We'll look at a beautiful image from scripture to help us begin to grasp just how powerful it is.

Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like trying to assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle afterthe picture on the box has been lost. Most of the pieces are (probably?!) still there, but we are often left holding fragments without a clear sense of how they fit together. This Sunday, we’ll step back and try to rediscover the “picture on the box”— the grand story of Scripture that gives meaning to the individual stories and helps us see how all the pieces were always meant to fit together.

Anthony Jones brings a message on what it really means to be strong and courageous.

This sermon relies heavily on a visual demonstration. You can watch the Sunday livestream here.If our allegiance is to the Kingdom of God, can we still have strong political views? Can we support a political party if we agree with some, but not all of it's platform? What happens when a political policy collides with Kingdom values?

What if the difference between God's Kingdom and every other kingdom is even bigger than we imagined?

Your current location and relationships are not accidental but are a divine assignment to practice the "incarnational" love of Jesus. Drawing on the example of early Christian martyrs and the concept of the oikos (relational ecosystem), we are challenged to stop looking for a "shinier" life elsewhere and instead transform our own neighborhoods and workplaces through intentional, embodied presence.

Our Missions Pastor, Josh Armstrong, brings a message from the book of Jonah. Jonah is one of the stranger stories in the Bible, and it gives us a stark reminder of God's heart for the human race.

If our cisterns are full, and we're sustained by the well, then maybe it's time to go on a quest for a spring!

Cisterns are a great way to store water, but a well is a way to access LIVING WATER! Let's talk about how.

Cisterns were essential infrastructure in ancient Israel. Turns our they're essential for us, too.

In the Old Testament the command is to love the Lord with all your heart, soul and strength. When Jesus repeated it he said: Love the Lord with all your heart, MIND, soul and strength. Why did he change it?

Christmas is all about God giving us the greatest gift of all - the GIFT of His love. But like all gifts, this gift has to be received. However, rather than receiving His love, we often run from it which is why we often wonder why we still haven't found what we are looking for.

Joy isn't a puzzle to solve or a hill to conquer, it's an anointing to seek.

We often think of peace as an absence of trouble…but Jesus showed us that true peace is His presence with us in the midst of our troubles. "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."

For Christians, biblical hope isn't just an optimistic longing for the future...it is a person. We are not left to fend for ourselves in this life.

Q&R (Question and Response): Responding to questions submitted in our study of 1 Thessalonians with Joey Bruno and Anna Kitko.

Our text forbids us to (1) scoff at prophecies or (2) fail to test them. We MUST embrace and test. But how? It's tricky. We're going to talk about it directly, and just say the quiet part out loud!

We WILL NOT know the day of Jesus' return. Period. Really! So, how do we manage that unknown? And all the other unknowns for that matter?

Work can be a place of dread, or a place of anticipation. What if the Holy Spirit allowed us to see our vocation in a whole new light?

Should we be expecting a rapture? Is the rapture theory new or old? Do all Christians expect a rapture? Is it a test of orthodoxy, or something less than that?

As it turns out, "hardly working" is actually a tougher path than "working hard." Faithful, diligent work isn't just about paying bills; it's about stepping into something core to our humanity, and contributing to something larger than ourselves.

A candid, but not crude, message on sex. The warnings are real, but so is the healing and forgiveness.

The Trellis of Fasting: A Hunger for Justice

Paul gave the early church his whole heart without losing his head--and that's the key to why he had more influence than almost anyone who ever lived. While people all around us are panicking and catastrophizing, can we do the same? Can we love without reservation, while holding on to our principles, values and best thinking?

In telling the Thessalonians why he can be trusted, Paul gives us an ideal set of tests for who we should trust in our lives (and how we can be trustworthy ourselves).

In this intro to 1 Thessalonians we'll see why so many people were upset about this tiny new church, and how's Paul's encouragement to them might be just want we need to hear, too.

A message about the superpower all have, and must not withhold!

We pray lots for God's protection. How does God protect His people and what does His protection truly mean for us?

Our mental well-being can vary widely from day to day and from person to person. In this message we'll explore a biblical anchor. Not a quick-fix or a simplistic bandaid for a bad day, but a divine resource that will help ground us no matter what the moment holds.

A message about the joy of tending a garden (even for people who hate tending gardens).

To build a bookcase (or just about anything else), you need three kinds of strength.

Trellis Message from August 2024

How studying Scripture can be transformational, even if you're not close to being a bible nerd!

Ezekiel 47 describes a vision of water flowing from the temple of God, which begins small but grows into a mighty river bringing life to whatever it touches. It is an illustration of a Spirit-led life, an invitation to join God in His work and deepen our walk, and a beautiful example of how God restores, renews, and heals.

Living in the tension of the now and not yet Kingdom.

A message about how Jesus' counter-intuitive approach to conflict redefines 'winning' and actually makes it possible.

An important message about loving people well without drowning in the emotional undertow.

True life—the kind that builds, multiplies, and sustains—doesn’t come from taking what seems good in our own eyes, but from trusting the God who gives life generously and abundantly. In a world of competing voices and scarcity, the real question is whether we will use our power to preserve our own lives by taking life that isn’t ours, or wait for God to give more of what He’s already given—using the life we have to lift up and preserve those whose lives are failing: the weak, the poor, the vulnerable, and the oppressed—rather than securing our own life at their expense.

Anyone who truly knows Jesus wants everyone to truly knowJesus. So how do we help people know Jesus? We live our lives like onebig giant Show & Tell.

A candid look at what it means to honor one another, tohonor leaders, and how this idea can either be incredibly helpful orharmful to the body of Christ.

A sermon about freedom, interdependence, and a creepy boxof mannequin parts.

A message about the most stubborn, resilient sin and it's subtle high-powered antidote.

Beuchner wrote, "You don't just live in a world, a world lives in you." Our minds are vast unregulated space. What happens in there matters. But how much?

If we don't have to be religious superheroes, then why do so many bible characters seem like superheroes? Aren't we supposed to be like them?

A sermon about saints, heroes, superheroes, and revival!