Our aim at VCC is to honor God through worship in a community setting. While we are continually on a journey to develop what that looks like, we invite you to worship with us at our gatherings.
One thing we want you to know right away is that our gathering begins officially at 11am on Sunday mornings, not with the downstroke of the guitar but as you enter the door. We realize that developing community in a larger gathering is difficult unless we are intentional about it, so our worship begins the moment you arrive. Coffee, tea and donuts are available. The chance to say hello to one another is just as important as anything else we do together. We encourage you to get to know someone, welcome a stranger, or to just sit and gather your thoughts as a way to engage with the Holy Spirit and others.
If you would like to read more on how we view our Sunday morning worship gathering, you can read Rose Swetman's review of Brian McLaren’s book, “Finding Our Way Again” in which we find language for our view of our worship gathering. You can read Rose’s review here. We hope this is helpful to you. We’re glad to have you visit or join the VCC community.
What It's Like
We begin on Sunday Mornings at 11am with some variation of the following:
| Relax... | Enjoy a cup of coffee, say hello to someone and get kids settled in their classrooms. |
| Call to Worship... | A song or two and a scriptural reading. |
| Announcements & Offering... | Find out what's happening at the Vineyard and give freely to God. |
| Sunday's Talk... | Usually a 20 minute talk. We often do series on books of the Bible or talk about our values and how we live out following Jesus. |
| Communion.... |
We celebrate communion together weekly with a focus on serving one another and the wider community of Shoreline. |
| Worship/Prayer... | Listen or participate in a celebration of God's goodness through song and prayer. Visit one of our worship stations. |