The VineyardNY Podcast

The Vineyard Church - Syracuse

Each week, The VineyardNY podcast offers a relevant message for life within our current sermon series from lead pastor, Chris Honess or from another Syracuse Vineyard Church pastor. To learn more, visit us at vineyardny.org or download the VineyardNY app in your app store today.

  1. MAR 25

    The Shrewd Manager - John Elmer

    Campfire Stories - The Shrewd Manager John Elmer, Founding Pastor March 22, 2026   1. It all belongs to God. Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. Luke 16:1  2. God keeps track of how I use it. So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management … Luke 16:2  For where your treasure is, there you heart will be also. Matthew 6:21   3. I need a plan for my money. The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. Luke 16:8   We should make plans … Proverbs 16:9a (TLB)   4. The best use of money is to get people into heaven. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Luke 16:9   Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Malachi 3:10   5. I receive more if I’m faithful with what God gives me. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. Luke 16:10 What to remember every time I touch a dollar:

    47 min
  2. MAR 2

    The Sower - Campfire Stories

    The Sower - Campfire Stories Chris Honess, Lead Pastor March 1, 2026   The Kingdom of God is a mystery.He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Matthew 13:11   The story of the Kingdom is really good news. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. Matthew 13:16-17   Our response to the story matters: A. Hard hearts. When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatched away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. Matthew 13:19   B. Shallow hearts. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.  But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Matthew 13:20-21   C. Crowded hearts. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. Matthew 13:22   D. Open hearts. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Matthew 13:23   Action Step: I commit to follow Jesus for the first time today.

    40 min
  3. FEB 16

    What about divorce? Jean Holm, Syracuse Site - Site Pastor

    What about divorce? February 15, 2026 Jean Holm, Syracuse Site - Site Pastor   God’s Vision for Marriage and Singleness collides with our brokenness. Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. Matthew 19:8  So, can I get divorced? Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They said, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” Matthew 19:3   Some Pastoral Thoughts on Divorce: 1. God is a divorcee. I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery. Jeremiah 3:8   2. Kids, contentment and covenant. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’  Exodus 19:5-6   3. Jesus is the fullness of grace and truth.  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14   “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have in not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” John 4:17-18   This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:28

    36 min

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Each week, The VineyardNY podcast offers a relevant message for life within our current sermon series from lead pastor, Chris Honess or from another Syracuse Vineyard Church pastor. To learn more, visit us at vineyardny.org or download the VineyardNY app in your app store today.