What kind of people attend?

We dress very casually. You will see very few (if any) suits and ties (we are okay with it though)! The reason is that we believe in being "real" and removing barriers for people to come. We want a casual comfortable atmosphere that can feel a little overwhelming at times because of the presence of God that we feel.

Worship

We start out with music. The purpose of the music is to worship our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our worship style is a moderate rock sound that we feel is contemporary with our culture. We have several bands that rotate each Sunday. About 1/3 of the congregation will stand, and you will see a lot of hands and arms raised from time to time. Also, some people express worship by raising flags and banners. We usually worship for about 30 minutes. It is designed to open us up to the message and each other.

Announcements and Offering

We view the Offering as part of our act of worship. We are giving to God, through the local church. We try and have only enough announcements to fill the time it takes to collect the offering. We try and keep this to a minimum.

Break

The purpose of having a break is to facilitate fellowship among the people, to have a chance to say hello to the visitors, and to allow the others who can't sit for more than 60 minutes to have a smoke or a bio-break. It also helps to create a casual atmosphere.

Most visitors are the first ones out the door when the service is over. By having this "break"; we have 9 minutes for a number of people to welcome them.

During the break we offer coffee, tea, orange juice, water, bagels and cream cheese. There is a special bonding that happens when people fellowship with food. In many countries, major deals will only be made over a meal. When Jesus had his last meal with his disciples, he said "Do this in remembrance of me." While we still practice the ordinance of communion in accordance to orthodox practices, we view this break as a modern day functional communion where we commune together. Jesus used wine and bread; 2 staples of His day. We use coffee/orange juice and bagels with cream cheese, and we feel this captures the spirit of what Jesus intended to do.

We aim to serve the best quality that we can reasonably provide. For example, we will strive to make the best "regular" coffee. We will work on water quality and temperature, freshness, quality of cream etc. to meet these objectives. We do not use gourmet flavoured coffee to meet this objective but try and model it after the local coffee shops which is what the "normal" population drinks.

Message

We preach in a style that is casual. Every message is centered on the Bible and its application to our lives. We try to bring messages that are practical, simple and life changing. We officially speak for about 20 minutes but it can go up to 30 minutes. We like to laugh and have fun.

Self Serve Communion Table

We have a self serve Communion table complete with the elements, a Bible, instructions of what to do and a suggestion prayer. Of course, you could always ask one of the mature members or leaders to assist and administer the elements to you. We do believe in corporate communion and practice that about once every two months. 

You don’t join Vineyard; you discover that you are Vineyard. Then the process is not so taxing, nor distracting from our real calling – we just need to give time for relationship and bonding to take place; to confirm common values that have already taken root, and then together get on with God’s primary calling.