Abbotsford Vineyard Church

Weekend Service

Music

Creative Arts

April 9, 2008
Okanagan Missions Trip July 13-19th

Sunday Morning Service
Outline

Meeting at MEI Elementary

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9:45-10:30am
10:00-10:15am
10:30-12:00pm
11:15-12:00pm

Coffee

Prayer

Service

Sun School

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Weekly Services

Our weekend Services offer practical messages in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. We use music and video to communicate Biblical truths that are relevant to your everyday life.

We gather
“Come on in and welcome to the Vineyard. There’s a place for you and your coffee.” This is a typical way our weekend services begin. Nothing fancy. No ‘inside’ language. We gather as a group in a simple, informal atmosphere.

We sing
Our worship singing is led by a full band (usually) in a style of music that makes intimacy with God easy and natural.

We study God's Word, the Bible
Each teaching is Bible-based and practical, lending itself to real-life application. Our message is relevant for those who have a relationship with Jesus as well as those contemplating Christianity. We know that it's sometimes impossible to escape the difficulties of life, but we can equip ourselves with the truth in God's Word in order to meet these challenges head-on.

We pray
We seek God's guidance and presence. Individual prayer is available after every weekend service.

We have fun!
We laugh a lot. We believe that church should be enjoyable and relaxing. All forms of dress are welcome here at the Vineyard. Most people dress casual.

A Typical Sunday Morning Service:

Our Sunday morning service typically looks something like this…

10:00am

Coffee’s on and some folks gather to pray for our time together – this is open to anyone

10:30am

Or as close to it as possible (we’re pretty laid-back west-coasters, who are trying hard to start on time!) we begin our service, usually with the worship leader welcoming everyone. We then head into a time (roughly 30-40 minutes) of worshipping God together through songs (contemporary songs and older songs and hymns) mostly played in a pop/rock style, and often there is scripture and/or other readings incorporated into this time.

11:15am

Or there abouts, a pastor or leader will let the church know of some of the more important things going on, often with a video clip or something fun. We then have a short break for our kids to get to Sunday’s Cool and/or for a coffee.

11:20’ish

A pastor or leader from our church (or sometimes a friend from somewhere else who we really know and trust) will give a talk till about noon. This is a time focused on hearing what God has to say to us through the Bible and those he uses (like pastors) to speak truth to us. Often there’s a time after the message when individuals, couples or families can receive prayer from someone from our prayer ministry team – it may be a response to the message, or that they need prayer for physical healing or whatever else God has impacted them with.

12:00pm

Sometime between noon and 12:15 the service is over, parents pick up their kids from Sunday’s Cool, many hang around and chat with friends, people are praying for each other – a really good time, all around!

	We gather “Come on in and welcome to the Vineyard. There’s a place for you and your coffee.” This is a typical way our weekend services begin. Nothing fancy. No ‘inside’ language. We gather as a group in a simple, informal atmosphere.
	We sing Our worship singing is led by a full band (usually) in a style of music that makes intimacy with God easy and natural.
	We study God's Word, the Bible Each teaching is Bible-based and practical, lending itself to real-life application. Our message is relevant for those who have a relationship with Jesus as well as those contemplating Christianity. We know that it's sometimes impossible to escape the difficulties of life, but we can equip ourselves with the truth in God's Word in order to meet these challenges head-on.
	We pray We seek God's guidance and presence. Individual prayer is available after every weekend service.
	We have fun! We laugh a lot. We believe that church should be enjoyable and relaxing. All forms of dress are welcome here at the Vineyard. Most people dress casual.

10:00am	Coffee’s on and some folks gather to pray for our time together – this is open to anyone
10:30am	Or as close to it as possible (we’re pretty laid-back west-coasters, who are trying hard to start on time!) we begin our service, usually with the worship leader welcoming everyone. We then head into a time (roughly 30-40 minutes) of worshipping God together through songs (contemporary songs and older songs and hymns) mostly played in a pop/rock style, and often there is scripture and/or other readings incorporated into this time.
11:15am	Or there abouts, a pastor or leader will let the church know of some of the more important things going on, often with a video clip or something fun. We then have a short break for our kids to get to Sunday’s Cool and/or for a coffee.
11:20’ish	A pastor or leader from our church (or sometimes a friend from somewhere else who we really know and trust) will give a talk till about noon. This is a time focused on hearing what God has to say to us through the Bible and those he uses (like pastors) to speak truth to us. Often there’s a time after the message when individuals, couples or families can receive prayer from someone from our prayer ministry team – it may be a response to the message, or that they need prayer for physical healing or whatever else God has impacted them with.
12:00pm	Sometime between noon and 12:15 the service is over, parents pick up their kids from Sunday’s Cool, many hang around and chat with friends, people are praying for each other – a really good time, all around!