Episode 244: Who can follow Jesus? - Mark Bailey - 21/06/2026

Episode 244: Who can follow Jesus? - Mark Bailey - 21/06/2026

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. Thank you for joining us online, we hope that you enjoy being part of our online worshipping community. After guest speakers and last weekend’s Church at the Farm we are now back online for our weekend celebrations. Today, Mark will be bringing the message ‘Who can follow Jesus?’ as we return to our series in Mark’s Gospel. After today’s celebration, Mark and Karen are going to be on sabbatical for the next month and Mark will not be preaching for the next 5 weeks. We have a great team of speakers lined up over the next month who will be bringing the next series of messages as we work our way through Mark’s Gospel. If you want more information about Mark and Karen’s sabbatical then do please read this weekend’s Saturday Contact or check the homepage of the website. Please do check the website or Saturday Contact to see all that is happening here at Encounter Vineyard. There are a number of significant dates to take note of in the coming months and well worth getting in the diary. We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today.

Episode 243: How do we react when things do not go as expected? - John Glass - 07/06/2026

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. Thank you for joining us online. We hope that you enjoy being part of our online worshipping community, although this Sunday, things are a little different. Today we have John Glass speaking. John and his wife Marilyn have been part of Encounter Vineyard for a little while and a friend of Mark’s. John has been in ministry for many years, was General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Churches for 16 years and from 2014-2018 was Chair of the Evangelical Alliance. He was also awarded the Lambeth Cross by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2017! He is a well-known author and speaker. Today’s message continues our journey in Marks Gospel as John brings the message ‘What to do when life doesn’t go as expected?’ Please check out your inbox later during the day for the link to today’s message. You will also be able to find the message on the homepage of our website. Please do check the website or Saturday Contact to see what is happening here at Encounter Vineyard. There are a number of significant dates to take note of in the coming months and well worth getting in the diary. We so look forward to joining with you as we celebrate today.

Episode 242: What's the secret to living a life like Jesus? - Mark Bailey - 31/05/2026

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard as we draw another half-term to a close here. We do hope and pray that you have all had a great last week. Thank you for joining us online, we hope that you enjoy being part of our online worshipping community. As it is half-term our message will not be available until later today, both via email and our website. It will also only be the live spoken recording from the building. Please do check the website or Saturday Contact to see what is happening here at Encounter Vineyard. There are a number of significant dates to take note of in the coming months and well worth getting in the diary. One key date for us is today as we have our Baptism Celebration in the building, where we have a number of people getting baptised. We are now in our year long journey through the book of Mark and today Mark is bringing a message called ‘The Secret to Living a Life Like Jesus.’ In this message he is looking at how we see Jesus model what it looks like to spend time alone with the Father and how the power of prayer can fuel us, just as it did for Jesus. We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today.

Episode 241: Why Healed People Never Stay the Same - Mark Bailey - 24/05/2026

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard as we celebrate another May Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK! Thank you for joining us online, we hope that you enjoy being part of our online worshipping community. Please do check the website or Saturday Contact to see what is happening here at Encounter Vineyard. There are a number of significant dates to take note of in the coming months and well worth getting in the diary. One key date for us is a Baptism Celebration next Sunday 31st May where we have a number of people getting baptised. If you are a follower of Jesus and are not yet baptised, this may be your opportunity, so do please make contact with us and let us know. We are now in our year long journey through the book of Mark and today Mark is bringing a message called ‘Why Healed People Never Stay the Same.’ In this message he is looking at how Jesus teaches, frees and heals with full authority and full vulnerability. He looks at how Jesus doesn’t just confront brokenness but He restores it. We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today.

Episode 240: The Spacious Place - Hannah Hawkings - 17/05/2026

Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. Thank you for joining us online. We hope that you enjoy being part of our online worshipping community, although this Sunday, things are a little different. Today we have Hannah Hawking’s joining us again to speak in the building. Hannah is incredibly well known to us; she is our daughter! She is also the Chief of Staff of Alpha Global and we so look forward to having her speak this weekend. Please check out your inbox later in the day for the link to today’s message. You will also be able to find the message on the homepage of our website. Please do check the website or Saturday Contact to see what is happening here at Encounter Vineyard. There are a number of significant dates to take note of in the coming months and well worth getting in the diary. One key date for us is Baptism on Sunday the 31st May where we have a number of people getting baptised. If you are a follower of Jesus and are not yet baptised, this may be your opportunity, so do please make contact with us and let us know. Next week we return to normal as Mark picks up our series in Marks Gospel with the message ‘Why Healed People Never Stay the Same.’ We so look forward to joining with you as we celebrate today.