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!As a church we are now continuing in our celebration of Advent with our series ‘Advent Joy’. Advent is a special season in the life of the church, where in the midst of all the busyness of our last-minute preparations for Christmas, we pause to remind ourselves of what lies at the heart of this season – our celebration of the arrival of the Messiah, both 2000 years ago and as we await His return!Today, not only will we be lighting the fourth candle on our Advent Wreath but Mark will be bringing the final message in the ‘Advent Joy’ series with a message called ‘Behold.’ A message that reminds us that even when things are hard and the world seems dark, God wants to make himself known and that we can be touched by the wonder, beauty and light of all that lies at the heart of this season.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 for what is a very special time in the life of the church.This evening, as we continue to celebrate the Advent season, we have our Carols by Candlelight Celebration in the building starting at 6:00pm. There will be carols, readings, a beautifully decorated church, lots of candles and a message from Mark.Unfortunately, we are unable to record the whole celebration online but we do have a taster of what is happening in the building as well as Mark bringing his Christmas message which we hope will bless and encourage you this Christmas time.Next weekend on Sunday the 21st we have another Advent morning celebration at 10:00am and then on the 25th Christmas Day, we have our Family Celebration at 10:00am.If you are new to Encounter and want to find out a little more about us then do please visit our website: www.encountervineyard.org.uk If you are part of the wider Encounter Family and a regular worshipper with us, thank you for joining us once again today.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us and we pray that today’s Carols by Candlelight celebration 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!Today is the second Sunday in Advent, the season that invites us to remember that joy isn’t the same as cheerfulness or denial—it’s deeper, steadier, and rooted in hope. Advent reminds us that God is with us. Even in the waiting, even in the ordinary, His presence brings light and life.To maximise joy this Advent is to make space for gratitude, worship, and wonder — to slow down long enough to notice His goodness at work in and around us.Today, Mark is continuing our series ‘Advent Joy’ with a message that looks at how we can ‘Maximise our Joy.’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!Today is Advent Sunday, the beginning of a season that invites us to remember that joy isn’t the same as cheerfulness or denial—it’s deeper, steadier, and rooted in hope.Joy comes not because everything is right with the world, but because Christ has come into the world. It’s the quiet confidence that light is breaking in, even in the dark.As we light the first candle of Advent, we remember that joy doesn’t wait for perfect circumstances; it grows in the soil of trust, nourished by the promise that God is with us, and that His coming changes everything.Today, Susie Wiltshire is beginning our new series ‘Advent Joy’ with a message that looks at how we can find joy, even in difficult circumstances, called “Spreading Joy”.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 after a very cold week! We are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!This weekend we are drawing our ‘Made for More’ series to a close. In this series we have been reminding ourselves of how we have been made for relationship with God and in today’s message, Mark is looking at the church in Corinth again, as he explores why we need the church – broken and messy as it might be!As we enter into the winter months, we have decided to draw our evening celebrations to a close for this season. These gatherings have offered a gentle space of worship, reflection, prayer, encounter and community — and we’re deeply grateful for all that God has done among us through them. We sense though that this is a natural pause, a time to rest, acknowledge the limited appetite for this, as well as to consider what may be next. We may well revisit these evenings in the future or do something different. We will be listening to the spirit and trying to discern where God is leading in the year ahead.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!After Remembrance Sunday last weekend, we are back to normal this Sunday – in the building and online. We are continuing in our series ‘Made for More’ as we are reminded that we were made for relationship with God.In today’s message, Mark Bailey is looking at what it means to enjoy and experience ‘More With God’ – a message that speaks to the heart of our yearning for more as he gives us the ‘one word’ that can help us find the answer to our infinite desires.We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.

We will be back in the building for our 5:00pm evening celebration where we will be worshipping, ministering and sharing communion together as Ruth Bourne, who heads up our Healing Rooms Ministry, will bring a message called ‘Stretching the Tent’ in our ‘Made for More’ series.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!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.