Vineyard Kids

Vineyard Kids will also start meeting at the Abode, every week that the adults meet. You can sign your children in from 10:15, and leave them with our brilliant team. We have groups for children aged 0-2 and 3-10 (school year five), and older children can join our Youth team in the Lounge.

You can find out all about Vineyard Kids here.

Small Groups

Now that we're meeting on Sundays, our Small Groups will be happening every week. Small Groups are a great way to get to know people and to grow in relationship with God. We have a range of groups to get involved in, so check out our page here for more information.

We are only three days into December, but the Vineyard 53 Christmas celebrations are well underway. Last Saturday (Nov 29th), we hosted a free craft stall in Chester Christmas Market. The location was brilliant, and we were very fortunate to have it for the day.

An amazing team of Vineyard 53 elves was there from 11am-3pm to colour, cut, fold, glue, chat and have an amazing time. Over the day, we had 108 children through the doors of our craft tent (and lots of grown-ups, too) who made hundreds of snowflakes, Christmas cards and tree decorations.

A big thanks to all who stopped by to join us, and to everyone who helped out on the day and supplied plenty of festive cheer.

This weekend we'll be singing Christmas carols in Ellesmere Port (Saturday 6th), and throwing a Christmas party for the residents of Richmond Court (Sunday 7th), as well as our Vineyard Kids Christmas Party (Sunday 7th). For more info on any of these, please email us.

Tonight (Wednesday 3rd) will be our last Big Wednesday of 2014! But don't worry, we still have our Beer and Carols evening in Telford's Warehouse, and our Vineyard 53 Christmas Party. Details below:

Hi everyone. 

Firstly a huge thanks to anybody who came to our many and varied summer events. Together we endured torrential rain and enjoyed the sunshine; we climbed Snowdon and held a Teddy Bears' Picnic; we ate loads of BBQ food and then we ate loads more BBQ food. 

Now that we're into the Autumn term, we are back at the Crowne Plaza every other Wednesday evening at 8pm for our Big Wednesdays. For the coming weeks we'll be looking at some of the teachings of Jesus - known as the 'Sermon on the Mount' - which contains some amazing wisdom about God and about how to live our lives to the full.

Our Small Groups are also back up and running after the summer break. These groups meet around Chester (Blacon, Hoole, New Town and Newton) and Ellesmere Port and each is a little bit different, so they're well worth checking out. Being a part of a Small Group is an incredible way to feel really 'plugged-in' to community and to build great friendships. 

We are super excited about our upcoming Alpha Course - the first here at Vineyard 53. Alpha is a great way to discuss any questions you have about life, faith, God (and anything else that's on your mind!) in a chilled and pressure-free environment. As you can expect, there will be plenty of good food and great conversation. 

#TryAlpha

The Alpha Course will be running for eight successive Mondays - starting October 6th - and will be held in Upton. For more information email us.

It's all go with Vineyard Kids too! We've now started to hold Vineyard Kids twice a month - and are really excited to see new families and children coming along to get involved. 

If you'd like to come and check us out, you can drop your kids off 10am at Hoole Community Centre. We'll have a load of fun playing games, singing, dancing around, telling stories and learning about Jesus. Then you can come and pick them up at 11:30. 

We also now have a mini kids and babies room where you can come and chill out with children aged 0-3.

So there's lots going on, and lots to get involved in. We hope that we can see you soon!

If you have any questions, you can email us at hello@vineyard53.org, or come and chat to us on a Big Wednesday.