As a newly formed Community Group, we started with the study of Fully Alive series and did exercises on recognising some gifts of our group members. As the study was ending, a need to connect with each other and with a bigger community was sensed…

“Just letting go” is easier said than done. This I have felt and known for a long time, but a recent mission trip to Zambia taught me the importance of allowing God to take charge of my life—and the lives of others—in ways that I could not have previously imagined…

2018 has been a year of changes for us as a Community Group, where we have said farewell to close friends but have quickly cemented new friendships. The constant shift has at times shaken us, yet it has helped us to grow as a group…

Growing up was difficult as my father was often out of town for work. As a result, he and my mother had an estranged relationship. I became the messenger whenever they had to communicate on matters of the home, as well as the main caretaker for my younger siblings…

It has been an honour to be able to walk alongside the people in our Community Group, called Oakhill, as they go through different challenges in their lives in 2018. Being able to spend time with them outside of a small group had been a rewarding time…

I am so grateful and thankful to God for leading me and my sister to The Vine. It’s been an amazing journey with ups and downs, trials and tough moments, which have been part of the growth in my life…

I was born in a traditional family with two sisters and a brother, and I was the youngest by 10 years. As a result, I was always left out and left behind. I had no authority to voice my opinion on anything, and my views were suppressed…

In the early part of 2012, Ps John Snelgrove challenged the congregation to pray and write down the area God had convicted us to serve. After praying, I wrote ‘K4C’ and dropped the contact form unto the flower pot the usher (Champion) was collecting…

I was raised in a Christian family. My father converted to Christianity as an adult after meeting my mother. We attended a Roman Catholic Church. As a child, I was raised with Bible study and went through my youthful commitments of Christening and Holy Communion…

It’s been in our heart to take the girls on a mission trip for some time. We have both been on Vine Missions trips even before we married, and have always found them eye-opening and impactful to our lives. Hong Kong is a place of extreme paradox – it looks and feels very wealthy and prosperous, but the reality is that there are far more people living on the opposite end…

When I came back to Nepal from Hong Kong, I started to preach the gospel in my village. As I did this, many families in my immediate community came to know the Lord through me. In Nepal, most things are done together in community, from fetching water at one tap for one village, and field work, to even festival participation. Every hand is crucial to the well-being of the community…

The Vine’s vision, ‘Growing Big People’, has impacted my spiritual development more than anything else. In the past year, I was set on a new growth trajectory. In spite of my limitations and weaknesses, God entrusted me with opportunities to serve across different areas of the church including K4C, Cleansing Stream, Missions, Men’s ministry, and co-leading a Community Group…

A short-term mission trip to Iloilo has had a deep impact on my life, and I am happy to share my story with others. This was never going to be an easy trip for me. Right up to the point of boarding the plane, I had very low expectations – my faith was dim, you could say. I believed that God would do amazing things, but through my awesome teammates and the people there, not me…