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. 5D AGO

    Campfire Stories - Lost

    Campfire Stories - Lost Chris Honess, Lead Pastor March 29, 2026 1. Jesus shakes up our value system. Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This mane welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:1 Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? Luke 15:3 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? Luke 15:8 2. The Father’s full attention is on you … “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him … Luke 15:20 3. The Father knows how to throw a party. “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. Luke 15:22-23 Action Step: I commit to follow Jesus for the first time today.

    45 min

  2. 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

  3. MAR 16

    Campfire Stories - The Great Banquet

    Campfire Stories - The Great Banquet Chris Honess, Lead Pastor March 15, 2026 The Kingdom of God is a party.   Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. Luke 14:16   Getting in on the party will cost everything. “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’ Luke 14:18  In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. Luke 14:33  The King wants his house to be full. “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. Luke 14:23  Action Step:  https://subsplash.com/u/-23RKXH/forms/d/3ccd5acc-dbd3-4e55-8da0-14c113abb408

    40 min

  4. MAR 9

    Campfire Stories - The Good Samaritan

    Campfire Stories - The Good Samaritan Chris Honess, Lead Pastor March 8, 2026   “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” Luke 10:28   1.) Ours is distant. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. Luke 10:31   2.) Ours is busy. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. Luke 10:32  1.) Slow down and get close. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. Luke 10:33   2.) Get practical. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. Luke 10:34   3.) Get generous. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper … Luke 10:35 All we need is love.Refining Love:

    51 min

  5. 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

  6. FEB 24

    Practices of a Healthy Marriage - John & Gwen Elmer

    Practices of a Healthy Marriage That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24   Q 1 What is the most important foundation for marriage? A friend loves at all times … Proverbs 17:17   … This is my beloved, this is my friend, … Song of Songs 5:16b  Q 2 How do you keep your marriage fresh?    Q 3 Why didn’t you quit when things got hard?      “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Matthew 19:4-6  Q 4 How do you resolve conflict? My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, James 1:19   Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16  Q 5 What spiritual practices support your marriage?  “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5

    42 min

  7. 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

  8. FEB 9

    God’s Vision for Marriage and Singleness - week 2

    God’s Vision for Marriage and Singleness February 8, 2026 Chris Honess, Lead Pastor   For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.” Matthew 19:12   I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:35   So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better. 1 Corinthians 7:38     A. Relocate your security. At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. Ruth 1:14   B. Receive healing and get out of debt. “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. Ruth 1:20   C. Live for a purpose. Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. Ruth 2:11   Singleness is a calling …… Or a First-Class status.Owning First-Class Singleness:To the Non-Singles: Recognize, honor and befriend single people.

    44 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.

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    The Vineyard Church - Syracuse
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    140
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    © The Vineyard Church - Syracuse
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