North River Vineyard

NRVC is co-hosting this next workday...please plan to attend!

Unity in the Community

Connecting All Year Long

Adopt-A-Block Project

date: Saturday, November 8th

time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
(9:30 am - Prayer Time)

place: Salvation Army East Lake Center
2140 East 28th Street
(corner 4th Ave/28th St)

PLEASE COME FOR PART OR ALL OF THE EVENT-CALL & SIGN UP OR JUST SHOW UP

OLDER CHILDREN AND YOUTH CAN HELP, TOO

Vineyard Anniversary Video
25 Years

Hey Gang...as you know our church is part of the larger church movement called The Vineyard. Last year marked our 25th Anniversary. A video was created to commemorate the occasion and I want to invite you to check it out. I think you will enjoy it.

Go to Video by clicking here.

It will only take 15 minutes and its well worth it! Find out the bigger picture of what North River Vineyard is apart of!

Ever since I first became a Christian, I've wanted to witness to others. Yet, I've never found the courage to do so. I think I have finally realized why that is. It's not because I used to be a shy person. No, God can use anyone. It's because I don't fully know God. Like Francis
Schaeffer says, I believe that Christians "see the world in bits and pieces." I have to take those little bits of revelation about God, that I learn from the Bible, from other Christians, and from spending time with God, and ask Him to help me piece them together to make a

Spring semester, sophomore year: my first apartment! My roommate, Melissa, and I scraped together a deposit and first month’s rent for a one-bedroom attic apartment just off campus. I was so excited to get our first utility bill—addressed to me and not my parents (I still have the page from the phonebook with my name and first telephone number)! We had taken one more step into adulthood.

I need to pluck you out of the sky
Hold you tight in my hand
Slide you into my pocket
When fear and loneliness come
I could pull you out
See your peaceful face
Feel your cool breath
Find safety in your gaze
-LaDonna Spruill

Some people know me as the guy who hates Christmas. This is probably an assumption made upon hearing me say things like, “I hate Christmas,” or “Christmas is for babies,” or “Christmas is for dummies.” The truth is that I love Christmas. As a religious observance, it’s beautiful. Christmas hymns often make me cry, and there’s nothing sweeter than the overwhelming love of God, realized and celebrated during the advent season.

Thursday last week I spent eight hours in the car with my father. He was on his way home to Ohio from a meeting in Alabama, and I decided last minute to go with him.

Celebrate Advent by following the suggested reading calendar.

Let’s say someone you love drew you a picture. You could tell he put time and care and resources into creating this gift specifically for you. You hang it on your refrigerator, front and center, and each day it reminds you of him and your relationship.

The picture stays on your fridge for months, years even. Over time the magnetic surface accumulates other things: photographs and coupons, flyers and news clippings, grocery lists and appointment cards. Soon you can hardly see the picture because of all the clutter around it.

Zombies. The thing about them is this: they look alive, because they’re moving and stuff, but they’re actually dead. You can tell they’re dead by their decaying flesh; it’s gross. This looking alive but being dead can be confusing. Think about any zombie movie you’ve seen (if you’ve seen any). Doesn’t it always start out with some overly naïve person thinking that a friend or loved one is approaching them?