Gadsden Vineyard Church

Steve Robert and Sons: Worship Set - Sunday 22, 2012

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Steve Roberts and Sons Worship Set - Dec. 11, 2011

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S.P. Rowe and David Muller's Worship Team - Nov. 27, '11

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Scott Parker And Team - November 20, 2011 - Worship Set - 10:30a

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Many more of our videos are located at our Ustream Channel: Gadsden Vineyard. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gadsden-vineyard

Pamela Simpson Teaching On Worship - Nov. 20, 2011

2011-11-21T07:43:00.005-06:00

Many more of our videos are located at our Ustream Channel: Gadsden Vineyard. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gadsden-vineyard

Scott Parker with David and Nathan Muller - Worship Set - Oct. 9, 2011

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Giving in 2 Corinthians Chapter 8 - October 16, 2011

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A. J. Nichols Teaches And Tells His Story About Finances 9-4-2011

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Todd Bagley's Band leads Worship - August 28, 2011

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Jim Bentley teaching from Hebrews Chapters 1-3 - Aug. 28

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Scott Parker Worship Leader for August 14, 2011

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Jim Bentley teaching from Hebrews Chapter 10-12 - Aug. 14, 2011

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2011-08-10T18:56:00.001-05:00

Scott Parker's new album SPEECHLESS is NOW out there!

Go to Itunes and search for Scott Parker. SPEECHLESS at iTunes

Christian Brothers Reunion Concert with the Don and Faith Peters Band August 5th, 2011 Part 1

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Christian Brothers Reunion Concert

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CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

REUNION CONCERT

Friday, August 5th

6-9p

This month, during Downtown Gadsden, Inc.'s "First Friday" event on Broad Street, The Vineyard will be hosting a Christian Brothers reunion concert, featuring the Don & Faith Peters Band. For those who don't know, Christian Brothers was a coffee house that used to meet in what is now the Vineyard building. Every Saturday night for years, Christian Brothers would hold concerts featuring some of this area's most talented Christian musicians. The Don & Faith Peters Band was a part of the Christian Brothers legacy, and they're joining us again for one night only. Call (256) 543-1005 for more info

Christian Brothers Building

Jim Bentley Teaching from 1 Peter - "Thirty Years Later" - July 10, 2011

2011-07-16T07:40:00.001-05:00

July 10, 2011. We are still working on our Ustream Producer Pro video/audio. Thanks for your patience. Katie has offered to learn to be our Producer Pro engineer. Jim Bentley, pastor, teaches from Peter's perspective of 30 years later after being called by Jesus to "follow Him".

Zach's Team Leads - June 26, 2011

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Darryl Cox Speaking On Normal Evangelism -Sunday - 6-26-2011

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Rick and Becki have added two more songs on CDbaby:

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RicnBec

Father of Lights
Rick and Becki Trussell

The Electric Church - Electric Guitar Workshop with Brook Finlayson

2011-06-24T07:26:00.000-05:00

Session One of the Electric Guitar Worship - The Basics

SundayMorn Teaching - June 12, 2011 - Jim teaches Matthew Chapter 11

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June 12 - Morning Worship With That Young Band

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We noticed the audio levels change with each camera change. (We will try to look into that.)

SundayMorn Worship and Teaching - Scott Parker - June 5, 2011

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May 29, 2011 - Steve Roberts Leads The Worship Team - Jim Bentley Teaching On John The Baptist

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Clay Rowe Teaching On Communion - May 22, 2011

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More Music From The Gadsden Vineyard Musicians

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Soaking 1

From Rick and Beckie Trussell, "This track has been taken from a live session at the House of Prayer in Huntsville, AL. Our objective was not to entertain but merely to create a soundscape by which folks could encounter His Presence. This being a live recording, you may hear some mistakes but we felt that enough of Him was there to warrant leaving it as is, warts and all. We prefer to stay away from labels as much as possible but when some friends asked us to make these tracks available, we had to come up with some sort of name for ourselves. So, to keep it simple we chose RicnBec. We hope you enjoy Him as much as we did while this was in the making." 16:41

You can find this MP3 at Cdbaby for 1.99

www.cdbaby.com/cd/ricnbec

Like Sheep Without A Shepherd - Jim Bentley Teaching - May 15, 2011

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SunMornWorship - May 15, 2011 - Zach Abercrombie's band leads

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Pamela Simpson speaking on Grace and the tornados in Alabama 5-8-11

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Sunday Morning Teaching - May 1, 2011 - Sam Colgrove Teaches at GVC for the First Time

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All churches always need to be encouraging the next generation in learning to minister. We were excited for Sam Colgrove to speak at Gadsden Vineyard.

Sunday Morning Worship Set - May 1, 2011 with Scott Parker's worship team

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Easter Worship Apr. 24 - Todd Bagley leading

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Easter Message April 24 - Matthew Chapter 9 - Jim Bentley

2011-05-01T08:51:00.005-05:00

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Sunday Morning Worship Set - April 17, 2011 - Zack led worship and Jim spoke

2011-04-24T07:16:00.002-05:00

Jim teaches from Numbers 14 - Rebellion in the Wilderness

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Wind in Concert April 22, 2011 - Nori and Barbie Kelley

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Bethel Atlanta's School Of Ministry Team - Prophetic Words

2011-04-16T07:17:00.001-05:00

Bethel Atlanta visiting. Cody Wahl leads the team from their ministry team.
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SunMornWorship - Apr 10 2011 Music

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With Scott Parker and Steve Roberts leading the worship team.
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April 3, 2011 - Sunday Morning Worship and Teaching

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Jim Bentley leading worship and teaching from Matthew Chapter 8. "Thanks to the worship team and LeNola's foodie team."

SunMorn - March 27 2011 Music & Teaching

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Knowledge to Transformation Process - Jim Bentley, Pastor Mar. 20, '11

2011-03-21T07:31:00.001-05:00

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March 20, '11 Worship Set - Todd Bagley Leads

2011-03-21T07:29:00.001-05:00

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Mar. 16, '11 Wed. Worship Set - David Muller leads

2011-03-17T06:06:00.001-05:00

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Mar. 16, '11 Wed. Worship Set - David Muller leads. It all turned into a Holy Spirit led Glory Party! This was our last meeting led by the Bethel Redding Team from their school of ministry.

TuesMar15,'11 Bethel Redding's Team from their Ministry School

2011-03-16T09:38:00.001-05:00

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Lucy from Australia starts off the teaching time.

Mon. Mar. 14, '11 - Bethel Redding Ministry Team Leads Service

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Mar. 14, '11 Scott Parker's Worship Team

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Scott Parker's worship team leads. Bethel Redding from Redding, CA visiting Mar. 14-16 at 7pm

Mar. 13, '11 Bethel Redding Ministry Team at Gadsden

2011-03-15T05:05:00.001-05:00

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Mar. 13, '11 SunMornWorship - Liz Wood, leads worship

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March 6 - Jim Teaching On Matthew Chapter 6

2011-03-07T07:37:00.001-06:00

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Brook, Jim and Liz lead Sunday Morn. Worship - Feb. 20, '11

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Scott Parker "The True Spiritual Mindset" Feb. 20, 2011 SunMornMessage

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James Chapter 3 - Jim Bentley, speaker Feb. 13, 2011

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Feb. 13, 2011 Sun. Morn. Worship Set with David Muller & S.P. Rowe leading

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They're not just a church. They're a lifestyle.

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I overheard one of the downtown business owners express their observation about Gadsden Vineyard:

"They're not just a church. They're a lifestyle."

What a nice thing to say. (I hope we live up to it.)

Bethel Atlanta's School Of Ministry Team Giving Prophetic Words

2011-02-06T16:21:00.000-06:00

Cody and Danielle Wahl lead the Bethel Atlanta team. Thanks to everyone from Ministry School!

Feb. 6 Morning Worship Set - Liz Wood's team

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Vineyard Style Reformation

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We need a Vineyard Reformation.

As John Wimber, the founding father of the Vineyard, put it, "Faith is spelled R-I-S-K." I don't know if John first said it but he was the first person I heard say it and live it.

In the beginning of being around John and other Vineyard people I came away with this concept of Divine Appointments. I can remember driving to the schools where I taught art and asking for at least one divine appointment for that day. I would be on the lookout for an appointment. I would be disappointed at the end of the day if it looked like I didn't have one.

Then something happened after having a few dozen appointments. I quite asking for them. I still had some occur but I forgot or got busy with pastoring the people that I had met through the divine appointments. Weird.

Paul tells Timothy: "Stir up the gift that's in you."

We need a Vineyard Reformation!

We're old enough as a movement that we can "go back to the old ways". Some of them are "old" and some of them are "for as long as we live". We need a new-old T-shirt slogan: "Faith is spelled R-I-S-K."

If you're like me say it with me:

"I need a personal Vineyard Reformation!!!!"

Jim Bentley Teaching On James Chapter 2 - January 30, 2011

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Sunday Morning Worship Set - January 30, 2011 - Scott Parker leading

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Jess Tells Her Insights About The Story Of Gomer

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Scott Parker Teaches On How To Have Intimacy With God 1-23-2011

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Go to our Ustream Channel and look for the Sunday Morning Worship set. Jim Bentley's worship team was leading.

[Look to the right on this page under CONNECT.]

Kieran Coyne from GB speaks first. Juliet Close from South Africa talks about JOY

2011-01-20T14:35:00.001-06:00

Sunday Morn. Worship with Catch The Fire Toronto team

2011-01-16T17:23:00.002-06:00

Why A Statement Of Faith

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Part of the reason I love the Vineyard movement is how we approach life. I include this note because it shows a little of how we think and I spent yesterday uploading our common Statement of Faith. Today I get a letter from Bert, our National Director, which included the section below:

"When I was a part of the group that put together our present Statement of Faith, I asked John Wimber why we didn't call it the Vineyard Confession of Faith. He responded without hesitation, “Because we are not a confessional movement.” He then went on to explain what he meant. He said that a confessional tradition, in his understanding, was shaped by the idea that members must agree with the entire confession to be in good standing with that tradition. The “Confession of Faith” was an outside boundary that one must adhere to if he/she wants to be a part of that community. He further explained that our Statement of Faith was not designed to serve in that way. It was not designed to keep people out of the Vineyard. Rather, it served to identify us as a movement within the general, basic, framework of orthodox and Evangelical Christianity.

This explanation has been very helpful to me in counseling people who want to come into the Vineyard but have questions about something in the Statement of Faith. I have from time to time had people say, “You know, I really want to be a part of the Vineyard, but I have some difficulty with the language that is used in certain parts of the Statement of Faith.” I then relate the conversation I had with John and assure them that, unless what they believe is in violation of the historical Christian faith as mediated to us through the broad Evangelical tradition, there is room in the Vineyard for them even if they have some reservation on the way a particular statement is worded." - Bert Waggoner, National Director, 1-11-11

Sunday Morning Worship - Jan. 9, 2011

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Catch The Fire Toronto Ministry Team ministering with Candice Hall speaking on 'Honor'. Scott Parker's worship team.

Catch The Fire - Toronto Ministry Team - Wednesday Night Jan. 5, 2011

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This is part ONE of TWO videos stored at Ustream. Look under CONNECT over on the right hand side for a link to GVC Ustreams. Kieran Coyne from Great Britain led worship.

Catch The Fire - Toronto Ministry Team

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We got guests! CTF ministry school sent a team of international students and we get to host them. They will be here on Sunday Jan. 9 and Jan. 16 at 10.30a plus on Wednesday nights at 7pm. Drop by and meet them if you get a chance.

A Taste Of The Open Ended First Fruits Worship Jan. 2, 2011

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Most of the First Fruits Set can be heard on our Ustream Channel. Look under
Connections on the right of this page. This is Part 4 of 5.

January 2, 2010 - Sunday Morning Worship

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1-2-2011 Sunday Morning Worship. Liz Wood's team. Jaimie on bass, Brook lead guitar, Tim on drums. Ministry team from 'Catch The Fire' Toronto (a.k.a Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship).
Dale and Mimi spoke. The Toronto team will be here from Jan. 1-21. They will be leading the Sunday morning services plus Wednesday nights till they go home.

Song Writing Interview with Todd Bagley and Michael Bynum at the WH

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Christmas Day 2010 at Jim and Patsy's home

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We Are Taking A Day Off After The Snow Day

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Christmas Day Snow 2010 In Gadsden

Freezing night temps with ice forming. So we decided the safest thing to do was take the day off and not try driving into town. Gravel trucks came by seven times during the day and night. Wind slamming frozen limbs against the house. This is the South. Meaning this kind of weather doesn't come this way often and we lose all of our wisdom concerning autos on black ice patches. No live streams today.

A Little Saturday Morning Christian Discussion Over Coffee

2010-12-21T20:08:00.004-06:00

Discussion with Wayne Findley, Lane Smith, Bobby Sparks. Jim mans the Nano
cam.

Faith and Adoption as Sons of God 12-12-10 [offline]

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This page is offline currently.

Talking About Priorities

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I thought I would go and look over our priorities from the 2010 perspective. I was told by the God to “start a church” back on January 16, 1983. It took two years to wander around with this mandate and by January 1985 we had a checkbook with our name on it: Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Gadsden. That’s our real name registered with the IRS. AVC-USA got concerned that the Vineyard movement would lose the “service mark” of the name “Vineyard”(It’s like if you and I say “Coke” when we mean any soft drink then the word “Coke” would go into general use and no longer be a “trademark”). Anyway, AVC asked the Vineyard churches in the USA to change our names and stop calling ourselves “Vineyards” but call ourselves the name of the city (or something), then Vineyard (like the Baptist, etc. - the name of the association or domination), then the word church. So ten years into this change I heard many Vineyards refused to change their name. (I sound so obedient to authority, don’t I?) Michael Bynum was telling me one pastor’s story that he refused to use the word “church” because he said the word “fellowship” had a greater connection for him. He said “fellowship” communicated better the value of “church life” being about “a spiritual family that fellowships together”.

So why are you writing about this you ask? Because WORDS are a way to communicate IDEAS, and STORIES do an even better job of it. The old saying is so true: “A picture is worth a 1000 words.” Sometimes even 1000 words can’t do it justice. My conflict inside over the word CHURCH versus FELLOWSHIP continues. I’m sure you have some ideas that would be communicated better if you could just find better words to use.

An example of someone who can write with such clean thinking would be C. S. Lewis. Go and read any of his 54 books for a few minutes and your mind will become clean and your thinking level.

Or read anywhere in the Gospels. After a few minutes you will find that the air clears, you start to get in touch with who you are, who God is, and everything starts to come into focus.

K & L > Z

This time next week K & L will be on their way to the Far East to get Z! What a long and exciting countdown it has been.

There’s a calendar that Father is keeping and He has circled the Wedding Feast of His Son. All of creation is counting down. Hope you know (yada) Him. Get in touch with me and we’ll get you on His list!

Eye has not seen and ear has not hear what God our Father has in store for us, for YOU!

Blessings from Gadsden, Alabama, USA - jim

OUR PRIORITIES

Introduction

Priorities describe how we spend our time, energy, and money. They are the things we do. Priorities grow out of the things we value and believe in. Our priorities are based on the Bible, the Word of God, that is the standard for all that we do at the Vineyard. In other words, nothing that we do should ever be opposed to the Bible’s teaching. We aim to do all that the Bible teaches. We have a particular approach to the Bible. We think that it was given not only to give us insight and understanding but also to equip us to do God’s work. Thus, we emphasize training that is doing the truth in addition to knowing the truth. Because we stress doing, our teaching and preaching are intended to be practical and relevant. We aim, through expository preaching and topical messages and modeling the Christian lifestyle, to call people to follow every part of the Christian life as revealed in the Scriptures.

1. Exalting God’s Presence (Worship): The highest priority of God’s people is to worship Him, that is, to give to God the worth that He ought to have in our lives. In the Bible, one meaning of worship is to draw near. Thus, in worship we give ourselves to God in love and He comes to us in the fullness of His Spirit. We believe that an intimate relationship with God is the basis of all that we do as Christians.

2. Expressing God’s Love (Ministry): Ministry at the Vineyard flows from two basic assumptions. First, it is based on the compassion and mercy of God. Jesus was the embodiment of God’s compassion and mercy toward those in need. Thus, through the imitation of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, we seek to minister out of hearts which are filled with Christ’s mercy and compassion.

Second, Jesus Christ as the Messiah came to establish the Kingdom of God, that is, God’s right to rule in the world (Matt. 9:35-10:10). This kingdom rule and reign of God is extended through the world in, among other things, the following ways:

Preaching the Gospel with the aim of making disciples

Praying for the healing of the sick

Teaching believers to follow Christ

Feeding the poor

Counseling those in need of God’s wisdom

Giving to the work of Christ

Building up families

Social action

3. Enfolding God’s Family (Fellowship): Vineyard exists to care for and to build up people, not programs. Fellowship begins with our relationship with Jesus. It also involves our commitment to Christ’s body.

We believe that this commitment to Christ’s body can best be expressed by being involved in small groups (i.e. kinships, home fellowship groups, special interest groups). We must know one another in order to love one another and to share one another’s burdens. Small groups are the basic structure in the Vineyard for comfort and counsel, service to one another, intimate relationships, healing and prayer. In these groups, we stress such things as honesty, integrity, reality, acceptance, and love.

4. Edifying God’s People (Discipleship): The New Testament calls Christians to a radical commitment. We believe that we are called to an unconditional surrender of our whole lives to Christ. We do not do this in a legalistic way or to impress or judge one another. Instead, our surrender to God springs from a response of love and thanksgiving to God who loved us and gave Himself for us.

As a church we stimulate one another to discipleship. One meaning of disciple is pupil or learner. It involves binding oneself to another so that the disciple does what the master does. In Christian discipleship our aim is to be bound to Christ and to imitate Him. We believe we are to imitate Jesus in all He did—preaching, healing, praying, delivering the demonized, caring for the poor, etc.

5. Evangelizing God’s World (Evangelism, Church Planting & World Missions): Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (I Tim. 1:15). He accomplishes that salvation through the witness of His people accompanied by signs and wonders (Mk. 16:20). There are almost 150 million unchurched Americans in the post World War II generation. That means that an enormous missions field exists for churches like the Vineyard here in the United States. The large urban centers of this country are ripe for the harvest. There are also tens of millions of unreached peoples around the world whom we are called to reach (Matt. 28:18-20).

Studies in missions, evangelism, and theology show that a chief way to evangelize nations and peoples is to plant churches. Therefore, local, regional, and global church planting is a Vineyard priority.

Interview with Jordan Magee about Prophetic Dance

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Jordan Magee is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and
now a dance drama playwright and choreographer.
It's also exciting to see how others got involved with the
dance drama.

Gadsden Christmas Parade - Katie's Interviews [gone!]

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Katie's Interviews were stored at Veoh.com. They must not keep videos long term. Sorry.

Living Like The Future Is Now

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In The E-Myth Revisited, Michael Gerber relates a story he had heard about what Tom Watson, the founder of IBM, had said concerning the success of IBM. It is said that Tom answered his questioner as follows:

IBM is what it is today for three reasons. The first reason is that, at the beginning, I had a very clear picture of what the company would look like when it was finally done. I had a model in my mind of what it would look like when the dream—my vision—was in place.

The second reason was that once I had that picture, I then asked myself how a company, which looked like that, would have to act. I then created a picture of how IBM would act when it was finally done.

The third reason IBM has been so successful was that once I had a picture of how IBM would look when the dream was in place and how such a company would have to act, I then realized that, unless we began to act that was from the very beginning, we would never get there.

In other words, I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one.

From the very outset, IBM was fashioned after the template of my vision. And each and every day we attempted to model the company after that template. At the end of each day, we asked ourselves how well we did, discovered the disparity between where we were and where we had committed ourselves to be, and, at the start of the following day, set out to make up for the difference.

Every day at IBM was a day devoted to business development, not doing business. We didn’t do business at IBM; we built one.

(emphasis mine)

From The E-Myth Revisited, pages 69-70, 1995

CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY. "God willed to make known among the nations the riches of the glory of this mystery which has been hidden from ages and generations but now has been revealed to his saints. It is Christ in you the hope of glory" (Col 1:26-27).

The IBM vision of Tom Watson is a good illustration of this

passage. If we live today as if we really are seated in Christ

what would our everyday lives look like? It just might be that

living like we were already mature would cause us to mature

more quickly. Imagine that you and I are the adopted sons

and daughters of God Most High. Wait a minute, WE ARE

ADOPTED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD MOST HIGH!!!

6:00pm Performance of Beneath The Trees Of Winter

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Choreographed by Jordan Magee. She also is the lead dancer, teacher, and writer for this dance drama. We will post another copy shot by A. J. Nichols as soon as it is available.

Watch Beneath The Trees Of Winter - 6pm in People & Blogs | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

How To Run The Great Hall Sound Board

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10:30am Beneath The Trees Of Winter Dance Drama [Veoh GONE]

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Veoh link is missing. Sorry.

David, Nathan and A. J. Talk About Healing

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Liz Wood Interview On Song Writing

2010-12-04T17:55:00.002-06:00

Our Values (The Ones We Know)

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OUR VALUES

Introduction

Every house is built upon a foundation. Gadsden Vineyard Church, GVC, is built upon the foundation of conservative, evangelical Christian theology (see GVC's Statement of Faith). We actively stress certain ideas and attitudes that govern our choices about how we use our time, energy and resources. These are our values.

Our primary value can be stated in one word - RELATIONSHIP. We are committed to growth in intimacy with God and with our brothers and sisters in the body of Christ and to growing His Family - extending His kingdom throughout our community and the world. We want to know God and our fellow brothers and sisters better! We believe our relationship with God and each other is the primary value from which everything else in our fellowship flows. (Matthew 22:37-39) Therefore, God and His children are not to be used to meet our own personal ambitions. We prefer rather to learn to relate to Him and to them in a way that will bring wholeness to our lives. From this basic value come all the other things that we value.

A. We value the PURSUIT OF GOD. We are hungry to know God’s presence, to hear His voice, and to follow hard after Him. (Psalm 63:1-3)

B. We value CHRISTLIKENESS. We desire that, through the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power, and integrity would shine through all that we do. (Ephesians 5:1-2)

C. We value BEING SPIRIT-LED. We honor Jesus as our head and the Holy Spirit as our counselor-teacher. We seek to be responsive to the Holy Spirit in life and ministry. (Galatians 5:22-25)

D. We value PRAYER essentially because it is our primary means of communing with God and because it is God’s primary means of accomplishing His purposes in the world. We expect God to answer prayer and often experience healing and restoration in people’s lives.

E. We value DISCIPLESHIP and aim first to grow as disciples of Jesus ourselves and then to make disciples of others. To enable people to learn more quickly and with greater awareness, we use a clinic model of teaching and demonstrating in everything we do. (Philemon 6; Matthew 28:18-20)

    F. We value THE KINGDOM OF GOD. We believe that when we meet the unconverted and serve them, that God will back up our message with signs and wonders - Power Evangelism. As we love
them, God will meet their needs through our actions and prayers, and we will see God heal and work wonders through His mighty presence and His Spirit’s gifts to all. (Mark 1:14-15)

   G. We value the MERCY OF GOD. We believe that mercy is fundamental to all that God does in salvation.Therefore, we aim to extend mercy to one another and to all to whom we minister. (Colossians 3:12-13)

   H. We value INTEGRITY. We seek to speak truthfully, deal honestly, and live uprightly with God, with each other, and with ourselves. (Ephesians 4:14-15)

   I. We value SERVANT LEADERSHIP. We believe that Christ has put significant leadership authority in the hands of the senior pastor and leadership team. We aim to exercise that authority with humility, selflessness, grace, care for the sheep and a sincere desire to build up the Body of Christ. (II Timothy 2:24-25; John 10:11b)

   J. We value the INDIVIDUAL, single or married, adult or child. We believe that all people will someday stand before God and have their life examined to disclose the degree of stewardship they have exercised in their lives and work. We want everyone we know to hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things, enter the joy of your master.” (Matthew 25:21)

We plan to help one another strive to do all we are called to do in our generation. We believe everyone can and should minister; therefore, equipping the body is a goal in all of our actions.
   K. We value UNITY. We are convinced that all who belong to Christ are one in His Body, the Church. We aim to maintain unity by honoring all who call on Jesus’ name and by seeking reconciliation with all parts of His church. (John 17:21-23)

   L. We value COMMUNITY, a “sense of belonging.” We are honored by every person whom God adds to the Gadsden Vineyard Church and desire that he or she participate in a small group where he or she can live and grow in a community of love and acceptance. In small groups people learn to love one another and to share in the ministry of reaching the unchurched. (I Corinthians 13:4-7; Colossians 3:12-14)

   M. We value REALITY. We aim to walk in the Spirit and expect to see real supernatural works of God. We aim also to function on the natural plane based on God’s leading and excellent, rational thinking. (James 1:5) We strive to hear the Holy Spirit and walk by faith. We also believe that the Spirit’s promptings will go hand in hand with realistic, rational thinking.

   N. We value SIMPLICITY. We desire to do nothing for religious effect but rather to operate in a natural low-key, unpretentious manner. We want every expression of ours—whether our speech, our music, our behaviors, and our physical environment to be non-hyped and reality based. We enjoy showmanship and stage presence but value it only as good theater and entertaining. (Philippians 4:4-8)

   O. We value BEING CULTURE CURRENT. We aim to develop an atmosphere of ease and to speak, act, and dress in ways to which our culture can respond positively. We want to use music, terminology, and technology to stay in touch with our communities and meet their needs. (I Corinthians 9:19-23)

   P. We value DUTY. We believe that as Christians we have moral obligations to perform regardless of what our emotions dictate. (Hebrews 10:25)

   Q. We value LOYALTY that is an ever enduring, steadfast, faithful, patient, persevering attitude and action toward other Christians. (John 15:13; Proverbs 17:17; Ecclesiastes 4:9-11; I Corinthians 13:4-7)

   R. We value EFFICIENCY. We want to get as many people involved in the ministry as is possible. (Current research shows that only fifteen to twenty percent is involved in ministry in the average traditional church setting.) We strive to discover one another's spiritual gifts and calling to encourage each other to grow in Kingdom ministry.

   S. We value EVANGELISM and want to PERMEATE OUR CITY and OUR REGION with Kingdom ideals. We want to take the Christian lifestyle out into the lives of the people in our area by meeting in homes and other places. We don’t want to wait until people find their way into a church service. We believe friendship, worship and service evangelism will build relational bridges to the unchurched lives.

   T. We value being part of a MOVEMENT. We believe God is going to change the activities and behaviors of current Christianity into a more biblically functional form in this generation. We believe the small group movement is a plan of the Holy Spirit to reach different people groups all over the earth. We value the accountability and exchange with others that being in a movement brings. We believe that existing permanently, as an independent church, can be dangerous and with time could allow a church to drift away from orthodox Christianity.

   U. We value being BUILDING (FACILITIES) CONSCIENTIOUS. We will use any space necessary to get the job done to equip our people. We believe the main work of the church takes place in small groups. We have no desire to build a fancy building for attracting people or to prove we have arrived; we prefer our “form to follow the function” when it comes to the spaces we rent or purchase. We work at establishing Kingdom authority over facilities for which we are responsible. We also aim at making our environs as aesthetically pleasing as is reasonable.

   V. We value ACCOUNTABILITY. Small group meetings commonly focus on a Biblical teaching related to a life problem. Because one cannot hide in a small group, there is a natural relational accountability in this environment. We believe the leaders and members stay spiritually healthy through close accountability and transparent relationships.

   W. We value GENEROSITY. We are committed to freely give away all that we have freely received from God.

   X. We value HUMILITY. We know that humility and thankfulness leads to being healthy, mature Christians who aren’t judgmental but lead by the love of Christ.

   Y. We value OUR CHURCH CULTURE. We love who we are and our evolving unique church culture.

We have a list of about 25 values. Of course, there are move than 25 that go unstated in our local church culture.

The Ordination Service of A. J. Nichols

2010-11-28T17:46:00.001-06:00

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Walking Out The Prophetic

2010-11-24T12:11:00.000-06:00

Starting a few months ago one of the guys in our church that I have know for a few years gives me "a word" that I should start doing Live Streaming. "Thanks for the word. I'll pray about it." I did pray - a little. A month later he gives me the same word. "Thanks, I will work on it." (I planned to work on it but didn't get around to it.) About another month goes by and he says as he leaves Sunday morning, "The LORD wants you to stream as soon as possible." "I will do the research necessary next week." I start researching. I buy a hundred foot Cat 5 cable. That's where I stop. Life moves on. We are having a speaker come in the next week.

The second night of the conference A. J. Nichols comes in with his PC and says they are going to stream tonight. "You'll need a cable that can handle 100mps, I say." I have one that I got last week. In 30 minutes we had strung the cable, using two ladders, a projector cart and some Duct Tape. We were on the Internet - Live. We continue to stream and little by little are getting better with it. When John Crowder comes a few weeks later a guy in Russia is watching John in real time.

This blog had about 2700 hits in it's first five years. It now has been averaging 50 visitors a day. I bet you can guess when the change started - when we stepped out and leaned into "the word".

Same guy has given me a new "word". Here it is: "The LORD wants you to set up a LCD 50 inch large screen monitor in a front window and show worship and teaching around the clock. A visual sending the Word out into the streets."

I think I learned from the last time that it isn't so much HOW you fulfill the word as it is TRYING to move on the word the best you know how to do it.

Today I stopped by Walmart and looked for a large screen monitor. I talked with the Spirit as we looked at the screens. The most peace was on a Sony 45.9 inch unit. It was priced at $748.97. I'm starting a fund today toward this flat screen. "God pays for what He orders." That's what Kenn Gulliksen would tell us in the early days of the Vineyard movement. If He speaks to you on this, well, cool. If He does not, well, cool. I will let you know what happens next.

Ron Catoe Speaking on Living in the blessings of Abraham - Sun. Morn. Nov. 21, 2010

2010-11-22T06:22:00.000-06:00

Scott Parker Leading Sunday Morning Worship Set - Nov. 21, 2010

2010-11-22T06:18:00.000-06:00

Rachel Muller - Single: Gaze (All The Days)

2010-11-21T17:17:00.002-06:00

Rachel Muller has got a single for sale online. It's called Gaze (All The Days). It's available at these locations on the web: Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gaze-all-the-days/id404895537?i=404895542
or at CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rachelmuller or at Amazon Music http://www.amazon.com/Gaze-All-the-Days/dp/B004CTCG6Q/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290384157&sr=301-1
It's like God's timing for releasing music. I hear there are more tunes coming in the next few weeks from more of our songwriters.

Scott Parker Songs on Itunes and CD Baby

2010-11-20T08:28:00.001-06:00

Scott has released two of his tunes you can now download. At CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/scottparker1 and at Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/psalms-103/id404886762 and at Amazon Music http://www.amazon.com/Psalms-103/dp/B004CV6V3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1290381827&sr=8-1-catcorr Song titles include: Psalm 103 and The King Is Here.

More Casual History - Episode FOUR

2010-11-17T21:21:00.002-06:00

David Finlayson & Debbie Handy lead the Worship Team - Jim Bentley speaking on "The Mature You Of Tomorrow TODAY" - Nov. 14, 2010

2010-11-14T12:48:00.004-06:00

November 14, 2010 Sunday Morning Worship Service. Debbie Handy and David Finlayson lead worship. Jim Bentley speaks from I Corinthians Chapter 2 about our being weak: "When we get really in touch with our being dusk, water and a few trace minerals we are in a good place to start giving God glory."

Sam On Deliverance

2010-11-10T17:55:00.002-06:00

Michael Bynum's about the Vineyard

2010-11-10T15:40:00.000-06:00

Organic First Fruits Worship

2010-11-08T12:12:00.000-06:00

Taste and Hear. More of last night's Organic First Fruits Worship at Ustream. Look under Connects over on the right side and down.

The Archippus Within

2010-11-08T10:59:00.000-06:00

Yesterday I taught from Chapter 3 and 4 of Colossians. I so like that we get to find out that Onesimus (4:9) is restored. (Part of his story is in Philemon) And that John Mark, Barnabas's cousin is back on the mission field (John Mark's story is in Acts).

In the next to last verse of Chapter 4 (4:17) there's a personal message to Archippus. Mr. Paul says to him, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may continually fulfil it." NASB

The NASB leaves out 'continually' but it applies in our time and culture. So many things continually calling our name, pulling us aside from the important. Don't you find it hard to stay on track? There's a Tat for you to put down your arm: "Take Heed To Stay On Track". What kind of font to use? Maybe in a 1967 Poster style.

John Crowder's The New Mystics Conference

2010-11-06T07:15:00.001-05:00

We have posted some of the John Crowder New Mystics Conference on the Sermon Player. Look over on the right side and scroll through for John's teachings. More to come. Also you can watch the Conference at our Ustream site. Go down below the Sermon Player and look for the CONNECT list. Click the Ustream.TV.

Casual History Part 3

2010-10-30T18:04:00.000-05:00

Jim tells some more of Gadsden Vineyard's history.

Not LOST, only HIDDEN

2010-10-27T16:59:00.002-05:00

So when I worked to streamline our Ustream accounts into one account I deleted the channel on which Liz's worship set of Oct. 3, 2010 was recorded. Today I was showing Patsy somethings on our blog and she said, "There's that missing worship set." "Yes, but I deleted that account." I said (with that male wisdom, knowledge and understanding.) To humor her I double clicked the link. "OH MY GOODNESS!" as Shirley Temple would say. It's still there. That which was lost is found!!!!

Here is the link:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9978664

Divine Curiosity

2010-10-14T11:54:00.003-05:00

How many times have you heard someone say, "Don't worry about what people think"? I have heard it many, many times and have even said it myself.

Have I been guilty of worrying about what other people think? Yep! Have I ever let it keep me up at nights? Yep! Have I ever been influenced by what people think? Yep! Haven't we all?

Do you think Jesus wondered about what people thought of Him? In Matthew 16, Jesus was divinely curious if just for a brief moment.

He asked His disciples, "What are people saying about who the Son of Man is?" The disciples knew what they were saying. (Jesus probably knew, too.) They quickly replied: "Some think you are John the Baptizer. Some think you are Elijah. Some say you are Jeremiah or one of the other prophets."

Jesus then turned His attention to the disciples. He must have been really curious because the Message Bible says, "He pressed (pushed, pressured) them saying, 'How about you? Who do you say that I am?' "

Peter responded, "You are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

Jesus answered, "God bless you, Simon . . . My Father in heaven, God Himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am." Jesus could have stopped talking there, but He didn't. What He said is amazing: "And now I'm going to tell you who you are, really are." Wow!

Jesus is still curious today. He still asks, "Who do you say I am?" Sadly, many of us stop listening after that first revelation of who God is. However, God has so much more to say to us besides that. He longs to tell us who we really are and that we have total access to Him and the riches of His kingdom and that we have an awesome future secure in Him. No more barriers!

Oh, may we always press in and listen as He reveals more secrets about Himself, and as He speaks those precious words, may we be open and listening for all His precious words to us.

Tech Report

2010-10-13T11:03:00.000-05:00

We weren't able to get up our 10-10-10 service Sunday morning on Ustream.

Traveling the "L" in the Chicago area puts one in touch with people and their lives. Living in North Alabama almost everyone you pass is in a car or truck. So here are all these people going by but they (and yourself) are enclosed by all that glass, steel and plastic. You are close but separated. You can't sense them spiritually, emotionally or physically. But put them six inches away in a subway car and you become quite aware of their presence on all levels. Being with hundreds of people for a week affects you. One tends to pray for the person next to you. I rarely pray for people driving by except to ask God to help their driving skills! Today I would say: "Get close, get involved, and God will flow through you."