The Vine UMC Podcast

The Illusion of Rest | Start Where Your Are Week 1

Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit. This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts.
We begin the year not by pretending to be new people, but by seeing ourselves honestly. Renewal starts when we stop chasing a magical reset and start facing who we truly are.
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The Vine UMC End of Year Podcast 2025

As we reflect on this year and look towards the next, we remember where we have seen God at work, people moved, new ideas on where God is calling us as followers.
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God Opens The Door On Christmas | The Vine UMC Christmas Eve

Finally, the hallway opens into God’s promise fulfilled. Christ is born, and the waiting gives way to wonder. The open door of Bethlehem welcomes all, shepherds and kings, the weary and the waiting. Now, we step through into the joy of Emmanuel, God with us.
 
How do we welcome Jesus into the doorway of our lives and our world?
 
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The Hallway of Surrender | Between Doors: An Advent Journey Week 4

Mary’s yes to God shows us what it means to surrender in the hallway. She chose trust before clarity, faith before certainty. When we open our hearts in surrender, even the in-between becomes sacred space where God’s love takes root.
 
What does it look like for us to say “yes” to God in the in-between?
 
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Advents is like a Hallway | Between Doors: An Advent Journey Week 3

The hallway isn’t wasted space, it’s where we prepare. Like John the Baptist, we are called to clear the way, repent, and ready our hearts for God’s arrival. Advent preparation means we don’t just stand idly waiting; we actively open the path for Christ to come through. What needs to be cleared away in us and around us so that God’s future can take shape?
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Between Doors: An Advent Journey Week 2

The hallway isn’t wasted space, it’s where we prepare. Like John the Baptist, we are called to clear the way, repent, and ready our hearts for God’s arrival. Advent preparation means we don’t just stand idly waiting; we actively open the path for Christ to come through.
 
What needs to be cleared away in us and around us so that God’s future can take shape?
 
Let us know how we can pray for you this week.
 
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The Hallway of Transition | Between Doors: An Advent Journey Week 1

Advent begins with transition. We are pulled out of what feels familiar and thrust into the hallway of waiting. The world feels unsteady, but even here God promises to meet us. In the hallway of transition, hope flickers like a light under the door, reminding us that the story isn’t finished.
 
How do we trust God when we’ve been moved out of our comfort zones?
 
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Thankful Anyway | Gratitude Sunday

Join us for Gratitude Sunday as we pause to recognize God’s blessings in our lives and community. Today’s worship invites us into a spirit of thankfulness, generosity, and hope.
 
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A Faith Worth Living | Do I Stay Christian? Week 8

Inspired by Brian McLaren’s book Do I Stay Christian?, this 8-week series wrestles honestly with the doubts, disappointments, and wounds that make faith difficult, while also uncovering the hope, love, and possibilities that remain. Together we’ll explore why people leave, why others stay, and how we can live a faith worth holding on to.
 
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How do I stay Christian? | Do I Stay Christian? Week 7

Inspired by Brian McLaren’s book Do I Stay Christian?, this 8-week series wrestles honestly with the doubts, disappointments, and wounds that make faith difficult, while also uncovering the hope, love, and possibilities that remain. Together we’ll explore why people leave, why others stay, and how we can live a faith worth holding on to.
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