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Cultivation Generation 2012
My name is Kiah Jones. I'm 15 and from the Vineyard Boise. God moved me. Broke me. Changed me over Cultivation Generation 2012. This is my story....what I could express. My spirit has so much more to say about what I experienced over this past week than my words could...
Live From Project Timothy 2012
Picture this: teens walking through lush green fields, basking in the warm summer sun, camping out in sleeping bags in host homes, packing into 15-passenger vans, eating endless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, clamoring through the challenging obstacle course and...
Making an Impact on Our Local Community
In December 2011, I began to grieve for my local community. As I prayed about this, I believe the Lord gave me heavenly strategy to impact my community, Tucson, Arizona. God began to reveal to me that students of all ages were being positioned all over Southern...
You Feed Them
I was 14 years old when it happened. Insecure. Wanting to please people. So desperately wanting to be liked. That's when the adult leader of the Bible Study I had been attending asked the question, "Would any of you like to try to lead?" He instructed us to pray about...
Embrace the Small Stuff
As the evening began to wind down, we moved from the dining room into the living room to enjoy some dessert and coffee. The night had been full of friendship, community, and sharing life over a meal. It was simply a wonderful time with friends; one like so many...
Top 10 Resources for Justice (Seeking Justice Part 2)
As we noticed last time, a relational-orientation is the crucial missing piece between The Church, Justice and the Kingdom of God. This is about a holistic embrace of the Justice of the Kingdom, which includes not just what we think of as social justice, but economic...
Seeking the Justice of the Kingdom – Part 1
Redpoint is excited to announce a quarterly release of articles this year from The Vineyard Anti-Slavery Team (VAST)/Justice Response Task Force. This and next week's articles are the first edition. We believe that Justice and the issues surrounding it are central to...
Finding Heroes in the Next Generation: The Story of the First Year of HLI
Have you ever had this conversation with a young person in the Vineyard? The student says, “Hey youth leader! I was hoping to chat with you after youth group, I think God is calling me to use my life for the Kingdom of God! I feel like I want to be a pastor, or a...
How Youth Ministry Shaped My Life
I have now been in ministry for over fifty years. It all started with the youth ministry of the denomination in which I was raised. I had just graduated from high school and had already enrolled in Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, where I hoped to play football. ...
Creating Outward Focused Disciples
Are Outreach and Discipleship Mutually Exclusive? We can be tempted to view outreach (the “Mission” of the Church) and discipleship (the formation of the individual follower of Jesus) as two distinct things. Outreach, or evangelism, can be seen as a project or...
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