Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!October is now behind us and we are now half way through our Autumn Term. We have finished our ‘Formed in the Cave’ series and begin a new series today ‘Made for More.’ This November series will be reminding us that we were made for relationship with God, who from the very beginning, demonstrates His desire for relationship with us.In today’s message, Malcolm Hayes, one of our trustees and a regular speaker here at Encounter Vineyard, is bringing a message called ‘Abundance’  A message that will explore how the life of Jesus offers, is abundant, overflowing, and rooted in His presence.

Welcome to the final Sunday Online for October here at Encounter Vineyard. The final weekend of British Summer Time 2025. We hope you enjoyed the extra hour in bed!Thank you for joining us and we hope and pray that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry today. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. This weekend we are wrapping up our series ‘Formed in the Cave,’ where we have been on a journey through the life of King David, not just the high points, but into the shadows, into the caves — the hidden places when David wasn’t yet king, but where God was forming a king.This Sunday Mark will be looking at Psalm 142 with a message called ‘Freedom’ where we look at David fleeing from persecution and finding refuge in a cave, which eventually leads him to finding a new found freedom.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to another Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you have joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you.This weekend we are continuing our series ‘Formed in the Cave,’ a series where we are going on a journey through the life of King David, not the palace parts but into the shadows, into the caves — the hidden places where David wasn’t yet king, but where God was forming a king.This Sunday Mark will be looking at Psalm 57 with a message called ‘Finding the Way.’ This is where we see David giving his turn-by-turn instructions on how to find a cave – and more importantly – on how to find the merciful King of Kings in the cave.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you have joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.This weekend we are continuing our new series ‘Formed in the Cave,’ a series where we are going on a journey through the life of King David, not the palace parts but into the shadows, into the caves — the hidden places where David wasn’t yet king, but where God was forming a king.This Sunday Mark will be looking at Psalm 34 and focussing on the importance of ‘Perspective’ and how it is essential in all aspects of human life. Whilst he was ‘on the run’ from King Saul, David gained a unique perspective from his time in the cave of Adullam. Through this profound song, born out of refuge and hardship, we learn key lessons about perspective.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you have joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.This weekend we are beginning our new Autumn series ‘Formed in the Cave.’ This is the first of this terms series where we are going on a journey through the life of King David, not the palace parts but into the shadows, into the caves — the hidden places where David wasn’t yet king, but where God was forming a king.This Sunday Mark will be looking at the theme ‘Becoming a King’ and how the cave was an essential part of God’s preparation for His calling on David’s life as a future king.We just want to remind everyone that we have now restarted our evening celebrations and if you are unable to join us in the mornings maybe the evenings will suit you.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you’ve joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.This weekend we are drawing our ‘Walking by Faith’ series to a close. In this series we have been exploring what it means to be people who are able to live with the uncertainty of life, but to do that with confidence, reminding ourselves that ‘in Christ’ all things are possible.This Sunday Mark will be looking at the ‘The Challenge of Faith’ as he explores some of the obstacles we can have to faith, how we can navigate trials and how me can move towards maturity in faith.This weekend we are also restarting our evening celebrations and if you are unable to join us in the mornings maybe the evenings will suit you.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. We are thrilled that you’ve joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.This weekend we are continuing our ‘Walking by Faith’ series, where we are exploring what it means to be people who are able to live with the uncertainty of life with confidence, reminding ourselves that ‘in Christ’ all things are possible.This Sunday Mark will be looking at how we ‘Dealing with Decay’ and whilst it looks like some things in life are irreversible, God is in the business of reversing the irreversible.Today we are also having our final BBQ of the summer after the celebration and this is another great occasion and opportunity to connect as a church family. We really hope you can join us.Next Sunday also sees the re-start of our evening celebrations, so for those of you who particularly enjoy this celebration ... see you there!We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!We are now well into September and we are making our way through our summer series ‘Walking by Faith’ before we begin our Autumn series in October.In today’s message, Steve Hodgetts, one of our celebration leaders and a regular speaker here at Encounter Vineyard, is bringing a message called ‘Trusting God in the Everyday’, where he will be reminding us that no matter what we may be struggling with or going through, God promises to walk with us and that He is always nearby.Please don’t forget that we have our final BBQ of the year on Sunday 21st September. It will be another great opportunity to connect and enjoy each other’s company in and around food!We are also beginning our evening celebrations again on Sunday 28th September!We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!August is now behind us and whilst a few of us may still be away, many of us have managed breaks for rest and refreshment over the last few months. Now we are in September we are making our way through our final summer series ‘Walking by Faith’ before we begin our Autumn series.In today’s message, Malcolm Hayes, one of our trustees and a regular speaker here at Encounter Vineyard, is bringing a message called ‘We Walk By Faith’, where he reminds us of how we are called to take Jesus at His word and follow His example!Please don’t forget that we have our final BBQ of the year on Sunday 21st September and we would love to see you there. It will be another great opportunity to connect and enjoy each other’s company in and around food!We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard on this final weekend of the summer holidays. We are thrilled that you’ve joined us and hope that you enjoy being a part of our online teaching, worship and ministry.Next weekend we move into September and we will start sending out weekly Saturday Contacts again. This means that all the Church News you need to be aware of will be communicated via this avenue or on the home page of our website. However, we have a number of things coming up this month and we don’t want you to miss any of them so do please take note below some of these events and activities.Please note that we are having our final BBQ of the summer after the celebration on the 21st September and this will be another great occasion and opportunity to connect as a church family.This Sunday we are continuing our final summer series ‘Walking in Faith’ and Mark will be reminding us of how, with God, ‘All Things are Possible!’We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Mark shares a message about miracles and light and God's purpose for us to spend eternity with Him and how to experience a miracle of salvation.

Mark starts off our new series "Walking by Faith" with a challenging message about "Living with Uncertainty".

Karen wraps up our words series by reflecting on what it means to grow in self-understanding and an understanding of our shadows in her message shadows and self-understanding.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!We are in our summer holidays now here at Encounter Vineyard, as well as working our way through our current summer series ‘Words.’ This is a series which looks at how we choose the words we live by and how the use of words brings great responsibility. Today Mark continues our series with the message ‘A Grateful Heart’’ a he looks at how we can say thank you and how God notices our gratitude.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!The sun continues to shine, the school holidays have begun, people are coming and going and we are now well into our new summer series ‘Words.’ This is a series which looks at how we choose the words we live by and how the use of words brings responsibility, with the catalytic ability for the creation or destruction and the power to shape generations. Today Mark continues our series with the message ‘Apologies and Atonement.,’ a message that looks at why we don’t apologise to others to be made right with God, we apologise because we have been made right with God.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!Last weekend we began our new summer series ‘Words.’ This is a series which looks at how we choose the words we live by. We all know that language holds incredible power. From the beginning, divine words set the stars in place — a cosmic act of love. In Scripture, words bring peace (Psalms), offer wisdom (Proverbs), and carry the weight to heal, stir hearts, or inspire hope. But with that power comes responsibility — because words can build or break, shaping not just moments, but generations.Today Mark continues our series with the message ‘Motivated by Love,’ a message that looks at giving love, receiving love and making love a priority all through our lives.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

This week we start off a new series called words and Martin Dickie kicks it off with a message called "I wish."

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. We are thrilled that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!We are having a series of slightly different Sunday celebrations at the moment. Last weekend we had Church at the Farm and this weekend, in our morning celebration, we have Charlie Cleverly speaking on Subversive Psalms for Abundant Living . This means that today’s talk will be available later on today via the homepage of our website. We also have this month’s Firefall as our evening celebrationCharlie is an old friend, who along with his wife Anita, led St Aldates Church in Oxford, one of the most influential Churches in the UK, for many years. He is a regular speaker at Christian festivals, helped lead New Wine Central South West with us and is a well know author. He is also seen as a spiritual mentor to many leaders in the wider Church.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and, we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

Welcome to what has been a different weekend here at Encounter Vineyard.If you are joining us for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. If you regularly join with us online, thank you for travelling with us as a church, where together we seek to follow the ‘Way of Jesus.’We will be having our first Church at the Farm Weekend over this weekend and are so grateful for the richness of this weekend. The team, led by Sara Prince, that has helped pull this all together have been incredible and we have also been blessed with amazing June weather. We are also, so grateful to Alex, Liz and their family for sharing their beautiful farm with us this weekend.The theme of the weekend is ‘Abundant Life’ and Mark will be bringing a special message, delivered in the barn, to all there. Here is the link to that talk for all those that couldn’t make it. We also attach our questions to accompany the message for those who want to follow this up either in their personal devotions or in Life Groups.Please remember that next weekend we have Charlie Cleverly coming as a guest speaker at our morning celebration and that we have Firefall in the evening.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and that you are encouraged and renewed as we worship together.

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard on what is Pentecost Sunday.If you are joining us for the first time, a very warm welcome to you. If you regularly join with us online, thank you for travelling with us as a church, where together we seek to follow the ‘Way of Jesus.’ Today, along with the world-wide church, we celebrate the Gift of God’s presence through His Spirit being poured out on the early followers of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem, waiting for that which Jesus had promised them. It really is a celebration of the birth of the church. Today, Mark will be wrapping up our Revive series where we have been journeying through the book of Acts together and will he be bringing a message called ‘Bringing the Outsider In.’Please note that there is only a morning celebration in the building today as it is one of our all-church celebration moments!We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and that you are encouraged and renewed as we worship together.