November, 2009
Greetings!
Healthy things grow.
Have you ever noticed that healthy things grow? Plants, children, emotional lives, our relationship with God, and our relationship with
other people are a few things that come to mind. If these things are healthy, they are progressing, moving forward, changing, and
metamorphasizing, so to speak.
Years ago, in a pastoral staff meeting, a…
October, 2009
Greetings!
We love fall... Football season starts, the weather begins to get a bit cooler, the leaves begin to change color (well, we can
imagine they do!), and pumpkin pie is right around the corner! As we begin this fall season, we wanted to pass along some
updates:
First of all, we baptized 115 people at our Labor Day baptism on Sept. 7th! So far in 2009, we have…
September, 2009
Greetings!
You may have heard us say, "Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken!" Now is the time for flexible leaders!
Did you take the opportunity to tour our new Auditorium over the past few weekends? It was exciting to get a glimpse of the future!
The latest word from our General Contractor is to shoot for November 15th as a completion date. If that…
August, 2009
Greetings!
I hope you have been staying cool during this very hot part of our summer!
One "cool" thing we can all do as leaders is "add value to other people."
Bill Russell, winner of more NBA championships than any other player, said this:
"The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I'd make my teammates play."
I think you would agree with me,…
July, 2009
Greetings!
The Vineyard bearing fruit... What I see...
When I look at our campus and our new facilities, I am encouraged by what I have seen happen and by what I believe I can see happening in the future here at Vineyard North Phoenix. Here are some of the things I "see":
I see a church truly impacting its community for Christ.
I see a group of people who are investing their…
May, 2009
Greetings!
I want to thank you again for inviting your friends, neighbors, co-workers and loved ones to our Easter services! As I told you the weekend after Easter, we had the highest attendance we have ever had in our current building that weekend! We had about 5,200 people for Easter! Great job inviting people! It certainly was an exciting weekend with so many people here. Please…
April, 2009
Greetings! I hope you were able to attend our Leadership Meeting this past Sunday night! If you were there, you know what a wonderful time it was to tour our new auditorium, and to write on different walls, Scriptures and the names of people we want to see come to Christ in this new building. Worshiping together in the new building was a highlight for me as well! It really…
March, 2009
Greetings,
I wanted to update you some information about some things going on at the Vineyard.
Our new Children's Ministry addition has had some delays, but we are hoping it will be completed within 3 or 4 more weeks.
I know it has been difficult in some of the current Children's Ministry rooms with this construction. I really appreciate those of you who are volunteering…
February, 2009
Greetings,
It is Monday, Feb. 2nd right now, and I am behind on getting the February Leadership email out to you. The main reason I am behind on this is because I was at a Vineyard USA Board meeting all last week. I am trying to catch up from that right now!
Anyway, for this leadership email, I have decided to send you an article from my good friend Rich Nathan (Sr.…
January, 2009
Greetings,
I hope you had a wonderful Holiday Season! We certainly did. With having two 5-year old children, Christmas is totally different than before we had children! It was really fun viewing Christmas through the eyes of our kids! They enjoyed every minute of the Christmas Season!
Even though Christmas and the New Year holidays are great, I am glad to get back to…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the Christmas season! It is certainly upon us!
We had a fantastic outreach to our community last week before Thanksgiving! We gave away about 550 turkeys and all the fixings to go with them to people in our community. We also had lots of games and fun for the kids, along with free clothing…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Even in our current economy, we continue to hear great stories of the amazing generosity of certain individuals.
You may have read about the incredible generosity of Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffet, or Bono in the last few years. The Gates Foundation…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
As many of you know, Thora and I were at a Vineyard USA Board Meeting a couple of weeks ago. The Vineyard USA Board (which I am a part of) meets twice a year to help lead Vineyard USA.
In this recent meeting, we talked about our core values as a movement. We talked about the question, “What are the 4 or 5 Core Values that make the Vineyard unique?”
One…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
Greetings!
I hope you had a wonderful summer and are starting to get into the swing of kids going to school again.
I love this time of year! I love it because things are getting back to a more "normal" schedule. I love it because I know it will begin to cool off soon. And, I love it because football starts!
We have had a tremendous summer at VCNP! …
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
I hope you are having a great summer and I hope you have been enjoying our series on the Book of Revelation. It has been a great learning series for me, and I hope it has been for you as well!
I want to remind you about the Leadership Meeting on Sunday night, August 24th at 6PM. Don't forget to give out your 3 invitations from the last Leadership…
Brian's Corner
If These Walls Could Talk...
I’m sure you have noticed the walls going up for our new worship auditorium! They are really tall, aren’t they?
These walls mark a new season in the life of VCNP.
If we could hear what these walls were “saying,” I think they would be talking about being part of something of eternal significance - - it would be about being part of a…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
I don't know if you were able to attend our Family Fun Day and Water Baptism on Memorial Day, but if you missed it, you missed a great time! 100 people were water baptized as an outward expression of their faith in Jesus Christ! We also had lots of fun together as a church family.
I hope you will prioritize attending our last Family Fun Day and Water…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
One constant in life and ministry is “change.” “Change” is a way God seems to keep us on our knees! As we embrace change, we allow God to reveal Himself to us and see what is coming on the horizon. Currently, our church is in one such season of change. As we embrace this change, we are expecting God to unfold some wonderful things in our midst in the…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
I hope you had a wonderful Easter and I hope you were able to make it to the Jobing.com Arena for our Easter service. It was really great being able to have our entire church family together for one big service! There certainly were thousands of people there. I know many people in our church family invited lots of family and friends. Great job doing…
Brian's Corner
Easter 2008"I Am Legend . . . the Last Days of Christ"
As most of you know, we are having one giant Easter service this year at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. The address of the Jobing.com Arena is 9400 Maryland Avenue, Glendale, Arizona, which is by 95th Avenue and Glendale Avenue.
This exciting service will begin at 10:00 am. Children’s Ministry will be…
Brian's Corner
Why Does Vineyard Church North Phoenix Plant Churches?
Since its beginning, the Vineyard movement has made the planting of new churches in the United States and around the world one of its highest priorities. Vineyard Church North Phoenix has joined the Vineyard movement in prioritizing church planting. We have planted 7 new churches in the Phoenix area from our…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
I hope you had a great Christmas and a wonderful holiday season! We had some fantastic Christmas services, and many people made decisions for Christ this year! Thank you for all you did to help new people feel welcome!
As we begin 2008, the thing God is impressing upon me - - the thing He wants us to focus on as a church family this year - - is deeper…
Brian's Corner
Season’s Greetings!
This is an exciting season to be in. As Christmas is quickly approaching, we are planning an incredible Christmas Eve Service. Our Christmas Eve Services will be:
Saturday, December 22 at 4:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
Sunday, December 23 at 8:30 am, 10:00 am, and 11:30 am.
Monday, December 24 at 6:00 pm.
We are praying for God to really use these…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
This is a very exciting time around here at the Vineyard because we are actually beginning construction of our new buildings! The next 16 months or so are going to be exciting and memorable times as we watch these buildings go up!
What do these buildings represent? They represent people. They are about us being able to reach, minister to, and…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
This month has been full of lots of excitement and challenges. We had an incredible Family Fun Day and Water Baptism at Glendale Community College on Labor Day. There were fifty-nine people who were baptized!
We continue to move closer to starting our building project. We are now waiting for the City to approve our plans and give us permits so that…
Brian's Corner
Greetings!
I hope you have had a nice summer! Things are starting to get back to normal for most of us, which I think is a good thing. For me, it is nice to get back into a normal routine!
For this leadership e-mail, I am re-posting an article that my good friend Rich Nathan wrote a few weeks ago to his church family. Rich is the Senior Pastor of Vineyard Church…
Brian's Corner
Leadership in the Vineyard
In this leadership e-mail, I would like to remind you of some things I learned early on from John Wimber about leadership in the Vineyard movement. John Wimber, for those of you who don’t know, is the late founder of the Vineyard movement. He was a very gifted and godly man.
He laid out these seven values for leading in the Vineyard…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leaders,
I hope your summer is going well and I’m sure many of you are enjoying well deserved vacations.
Many times, we find ourselves serving in thankless settings. Though things may be going well in our areas of service, we often do not hear how well things are going. As a matter of fact, much of the feedback we do receive only comes when we do something…
Brian's Corner
I hope you are enjoying a good spring so far. I'm praying for a not-too-hot summer!
Please do not forget about the leadership meeting we have on Sunday night, June 10th. It will begin at 6:00 pm and end by 7:30 pm. We will have some worship, some updates about our church, I will be doing a short teaching, and we will also have dessert! It is going to be a lot…
Brian's Corner
Dear Leader,
This is a very exciting time around here at the Vineyard because we are actually beginning construction of our new buildings! The next 16 months or so are going to be exciting and memorable times as we watch these buildings go up!
What do these buildings represent? They represent people. They are about us being able to reach, minister to, and…
Brian’s Note
Greetings!
Welcome to the first of what we hope to be a monthly Vineyard Church North Phoenix leadership e-mail! If you are receiving this e-mail, it means we consider you part of our leadership team at Vineyard Church North Phoenix.
I want to first of all thank you for all you do to make VCNP the church it is. Without the giving of your time, energy, money, talents, etc.…
