Vineyard Church of Hopkinton

Vineyard Church of Hopkinton

Vineyard Church of Hopkinton

Jesus is returning (soon?!) and when he does all will be (re)made into the good he created in the beginning. That's good news! And it's good news for today.

The Church...We're finally at our part of the story (!!) and honestly, we have 2000 years of all over the place results. Jesus places us in the church and he created it to be a huge part of redemption in our world. That's good news!

The Story of God would not be much of a story without Jesus. Jesus is the one who brings redemption to all, reversing the effects of sin and death. And he does it through his death and resurrection. That is good news!

The Old Testament is filled with stories and poems and prophecies and so much! Yet there is a singular story being told from God to humanity of a covenant relationship that he longs to have with us.

Genesis 3 tells us about how Adam and Eve sinned and the destruction and death that it brought. How do we deal with the effects of sin when looking at the plan of God? Good news is found in the most broken passages of scripture, because, even in the brokenness, Jesus is there.

The creation story in the Bible is filled with God's proclamations of good. He created and it was good! Learning to embrace God's proclamation that you are good and made in his image is healthy and necessary for all of us.

Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is beginning our series The Story of God, looking at the over arching story of the Bible. Jesus tells us that he came to preach the good news of the Kingdom of God and when he preached from the Bible, people said he preached like he was the author! The Story of God is written in the pages of the Bible, but unless we read it through the life of Jesus we might not get it.

David was called a man after God's own heart and at times, he lived it out well! Other times not at all. What does it mean to become people after God's own heart?

In Samuel's farewell address he teaches about prayer and encourages the people to pray with the right focus and time. What does that sort of prayer look like for us?

Eli, the high priest at the beginning of Samuel's life, had a rough go of it parenting. He did some stuff ok, some stuff not so good. In his story, we're given tools for parenting (and mentoring) well.

The Israelites demanded that God replace Samuel with a king. And both God and Samuel were heartbroken. Why did God feel the need to give so many warning signs when it came to them having a king? What do warning signs mean in our lives?

The Israelites lost the Ark of the Covenant and it took them years to get it back. It's a crazy, sad story that teaches us about worship and how our worship has to be focused on God completely.

Saul was Israel's 1st King...and he was a mess. His life was filled with self and sometimes that left him overinflated and other times pretty deflated. His life points us to good news though: Jesus wants to fill us and that will allow to live good lives.

Joshua Chestnut is speaking from Ephesians 4 on unity in the church. It's been an issue since the Old Testament and although the groups causing dissension have changed, the strategies and goals of disunity have not. Let's learn how to be a unified church.

The priests took the Ark of the Covenant to the battle and lost it!?! This unique story has somethings to teach us about letting God lead vs. us trying to control the outcome.

The story of Samuel highlights this unique experience of hearing God speak to him in the middle of the night. And after that, his life is changed. What happens when God calls our names?

The story of Samuel couldn't begin anywhere else but with Hannah (his mother!). Hannah was a woman used to pain and yet deeply trusted in God's ability to act. Her prayers and actions show us how to love and trust well.