We're a vibrant and relevant church with a passion for you to find hope, and know Jesus.
We are a friendly church so whatever your age, background or previous experience of church, if any at all, we invite you to come along. Join us at our Sunday Services or other activities and receive a great welcome.
We would love to welcome you as friend, a visitor or part of our family..
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The style of worship at the Vine is contemporary and informal. The range of music is wide and varied from lively and loud praise to quieter worship songs. Worship is led by members of the worship team and often comprises of drums, keyboard, guitar or Ukele. Everyone is encouraged to take part no matter how off key you might think your voice is.
At the Vine, we try to use language that is appropriate to the situation. So if someone is reading an account from the past it may have thee' and thou's in it but for the most, we use contemporary language and we read from a number of Bible translations including the Christian Standard Bilbe (CSB), the New International Version (NIV), the Message,
The New Living Translation (NLT), and even the KJV.
On most weeks we have Shiners our Sunday Morning Childrens work, find out more about our what to expect at our Sunday Morning Meetings
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A sample of activities that take place.
If you visited the Vine Centre earlier this year, you may have noticed that things weren’t quite as straightforward as usual. After a long period of planning, permissions, drawings, quotes, and consultations, work finally got underway to make the toilets fully accessible and fit for everyone in our community. It’s been a longer journey than any of us hoped. There have been delays, frustrations, and moments when it felt like it might never end. Anyone who has lived through building work will recognise that feeling. The good news is this: the end result will be worth it. The new facilities will be more spacious, wheelchair-friendly, include baby-changing provision, and help ensure the Vine Centre can better serve all who use it. For now, though, there’s been no escaping the inconvenience. Temporary toilets. Adjusted entrances. Slight changes to routines. Not disastrous but uncomfortable. And it struck me that this is a bit like life itself.
We all go through seasons when things don’t run as smoothly as we’d like. Health wobbles. Work pressures. Family tensions. Plans delayed. Things we expected to be quick and easy turn out to be anything but. It can feel like being caught in a storm, not dramatic enough to make headlines, but persistent enough to wear you down. One of the most well-known stories in the Bible describes exactly that experience. A group of fishermen are crossing a lake when a violent storm blows up out of nowhere. What’s striking isn’t that the storm happens; it’s that peace appears right in the middle of it. Not because the waves immediately stop, but because they realise, they aren’t facing it alone. That story has been a helpful reminder during the disruption at the Vine Centre. Peace doesn’t always come from everything being fixed quickly. Sometimes it comes from knowing the storm has a purpose, that it won’t last forever, and that we’re not abandoned in it.
Even as the work continues, frustration is being joined by gratitude. The delays haven’t cancelled the outcome; they’re shaping it. The inconvenience hasn’t defined the story; the finished result will. Perhaps that’s true for many of the storms we face in life. Not every delay is wasted time. Not every disruption is meaningless. Often, patience, resilience, and perspective are quietly forming while we wait for things to settle.
If you’ve recently come through a difficult season or are still in one, please know this: frustration doesn’t mean failure, and delay doesn’t mean defeat. True peace isn’t found in pretending everything is fine; it’s found in trusting that the storm doesn’t get the final word. At the Vine Centre, we’re thankful the work is progressing and that the building will soon be better equipped to serve our village and as always, the door remains open to anyone who’d like to drop in and see what’s happening.
At Christmas, angels seem to appear everywhere: on cards, at the top of trees, and in shop windows. But in the very first Christmas story, the angels didn’t appear as decorations or distant figures. They turned up in the most ordinary of places, a quiet hillside, a carpenter’s dream, a young girl’s home. And what were they doing? Bringing news, good news that would change everything.
To Mary: “You will give birth to a son.”
To Joseph: “Do not be afraid.”
To shepherds: “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”
What stands out about these heavenly messengers is how unremarkable they often appeared. While some were dazzling, many simply blended in with those around them. Regardless of their appearance, they encountered people during everyday moments as they went about their lives, bringing important messages to those who needed to hear. There's something meaningful we can take from that example.
Most of us don’t have world-changing announcements to make. Our “news” might just be a Christmas card, a quick text, a call to check in, or a doorstep visit. But often it’s not the scale of what we share that matters. It’s the act of reaching out at all. A few words, a small kindness, a sign that someone has been remembered, can bring real warmth and light to another person’s day. In that sense, we can all be “angels” — ordinary people who carry messages of care, hope, and connection. Because for many, Christmas can feel lonely, or bittersweet, or just a little too quiet. When we make the effort to write, visit, or call, we remind someone they are not forgotten.
The Gospels angels’ message, though, was truly extraordinary: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and goodwill toward men.” - Luke 2:14.
The great news, is that light still shines today, it tells us that peace and goodwill are not just ideals, but gifts that God still offers the world through Jesus, whose birth the angels first announced. So, as you share your own good news this Christmas, however small, remember, you might be someone’s angel. You might bring light, comfort, or a smile that changes a day for the better.
If you’d like to hear again the angels’ story of peace, joy, and hope, you’re warmly invited to celebrate at one of the Christmas events in Cherry Willingham from carols and Christingles to reflective and family services, there’s something for everyone.
Merry Christmas from the Vine and all the churches in Cherry Willingham — may you know peace, goodwill, and good news this season.
