Right from the very beginning of The Vineyard movement, worship expressed through music has been one of the main characteristics of our family. The movement was born in a living room where a few people had gathered out of a deep hunger to encounter God and this foundation shaped the way in which we worship as a church.

Intimacy with God is something we hold very dear. God reveals the depths of who He is to us. When we respond to this in like with honesty, vulnerability and self-disclosure, then we are engaging in the intimate relationship into which He himself is inviting us. The songs we sing are not only intimate but also, we hope, accessible. There is a strong emphasis on songs being simple and melodic, to help us find a clear way to lay our burdens at the feet of Jesus.

At the same time our worship aims to be culturally relevant in its musical style. We do not want our music to be dated but rather current with the kinds of sounds today’s listeners and worshippers love to hear. We seek to make our church language as accessible as our street language, much in the way that the writers of the New Testament did.

When we gather to worship, we expect every time that each individual, as well as our corporate community, will have an intimate exchange with God. We expect His Kingdom to break in at any moment, as He heals, delivers and transforms us as broken people.