Vineyard Church Cardiff Vineyard Church Cardiff

Sunday 21st April, 2024 - West & North Sites
Sunday 28th April, 2024 - Central Site AM & PM

Speaker - James Rankine

James continues with Part 3 of our series called Live Like Jesus: Discipleship and Our Sexual Formation, concentrating on God's design for our sexual formation.

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1 Corinthians 6:12-18

Sexual Immorality

12) “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13) You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14) By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15) Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16) Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17) But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18) Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

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Recorded at West Site - 21Apr2024

Sunday 14th April, 2024 - West & North Sites
Sunday 21st April, 2024 - Central Site AM & PM

Speaker - Alice Meads



In the second message of our "Discipleship and Our Sexual Formation" series, Alice unpicks what it looks like to Live Like Jesus in a culture which presents sexual behaviour in a way which is at odds with what the Bible has to say.

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1 Peter 2:9-12



9) But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

10) “Once you had no identity as a people;    now you are God’s people.Once you received no mercy;    now you have received God’s mercy.”

11) Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 12) Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbours. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honourable behaviour, and they will give honour to God when he judges the world. 



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Recorded at North Site - 14Apr2024

Sunday 7th April, 2024 - West & North Sites
Sunday 14th April, 2024 - Central Site AM & PM

Speaker - James Rankine

James opens a new six-part series called Live Like Jesus: Discipleship and Our Sexual Formation. This series will cover a lot of ground, including marriage, singleness, how our current culture views sex, sexuality and relationships, and what the Bible has to say about all of this, and how we are to navigate this as followers of Jesus.

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1 Corinthians 6:19

19) Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
You are not your own; 20) you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies.

Galatians 5:16-17

16) So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17) For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.

Ephesians 5:8-10

8) For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9) (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10) and find out what pleases the Lord.
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Recorded at North Site - 07Apr2024

Sunday 24th March, 2024 - Central Site AM & North Site

Speaker - Paul Cruchley


Paul takes us through the events of the first Palm Sunday, and explains some of the historical and cultural aspects of the events surrounding the Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. He reminds us that Jesus, the Victorious King, is also the Good Shepherd Who laid down His life for us.



Luke 19:28-41

28) After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29) As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30) ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31) If anyone asks you, “Why are you untying it?” say, “The Lord needs it.”’ 32) Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33) As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ 34) They replied, ‘The Lord needs it.’ 35) They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.



36) As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37) When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38) ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’



39) Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples!’ 40) ‘I tell you,’ he replied, ‘if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.’



41) As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42) and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace – but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43) The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44) They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognise the time of God’s coming to you.’



John 10:11-18

11) ‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12)  The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13)  The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.



14) I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – 15)  just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16)  I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17)  The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life – only to take it up again. 18)  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.’
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Recorded at North Site - 24Mar2024

Sunday 24th March, 2024 - West Site

Speaker - Gemma Jones


Gemma takes us through the events of the first Palm Sunday,



Luke 19:28-41

28) After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29) As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30) ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31) If anyone asks you, “Why are you untying it?” say, “The Lord needs it.”’ 32) Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33) As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ 34) They replied, ‘The Lord needs it.’ 35) They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.



36) As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37) When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38) ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!’



39) Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples!’ 40) ‘I tell you,’ he replied, ‘if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.’



41) As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42) and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace – but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43) The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44) They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognise the time of God’s coming to you.’


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Recorded at West Site - 24Mar2024

Sunday 10th March, 2024 - Central Site AM
Sunday 17th March, 2024 - West & North Sites
Sunday 24th March, 2024 - Central Site PM

Speaker - James Rankine

James presents the vision for Cardiff Vineyard for the coming year.

From the earliest birthing of Cardiff Vineyard, the overarching vision of the church can be expressed in two aims - Restoring the city; renewing the nation. James says that this is really about bringing the Lord's rule and reign - which is why we pray the Lord's Prayer, asking "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

James says that, for this next season, we should take for ourselves the message of Isaiah 54:2, which says that:
o we should enlarge the place of our tent
o stretch our tent curtains wide
o Don't hold back
o Lengthen our cords
o Strengthen our stakes

In the context of the vision of the church for the coming season, this means making room for growth, ensuring that the growth is sustainable, and building in strength so that the growth endures.

James explains that, while there are many things that could speak into this picture, he chooses to speak about Small Groups as the vehicle for this growth and sustainability. He encourages us to join a Small Group, and support it by regular participation. He says that the state of Small Groups is an indication of the health of the church itself. It is where people are connecting and doing life together, and exemplifying the phrase we use of Small Groups - Committed to Community.

James' challenge for us is from the words of Carol Wimber, who called on us to "Get in your place for all that the Lord is going to do."

Isaiah 54:2

‘Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
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Recorded at West Site - 17Mar2024