A Discerning Community & “Holy Indifference”
Published May 16, 2025
Hello Vine,
Let’s discern together (again). About six months ago, we sent a poll asking you to prayerfully give your feedback about service time. Next week, you’ll be invited to do the same.
Your leadership team (the Vestry) is prayerfully putting together a survey to hear your feedback again because we are a discerning community at The Vine. This means we care to do the work of listening to the Lord’s leading, both corporately and individually. We’ll ask you to reflect on your experience of worshiping at 3pm, and compare it to our other option (and former time): 9am.
Through June, we will continue worshiping at 3pm to allow many to respond, for us to receive responses well, and to plan for what we will do.
Until our survey comes around, what you can do is prepare.
Let’s discern together (again). About six months ago, we sent a poll asking you to prayerfully give your feedback about service time. Next week, you’ll be invited to do the same.
Your leadership team (the Vestry) is prayerfully putting together a survey to hear your feedback again because we are a discerning community at The Vine. This means we care to do the work of listening to the Lord’s leading, both corporately and individually. We’ll ask you to reflect on your experience of worshiping at 3pm, and compare it to our other option (and former time): 9am.
Through June, we will continue worshiping at 3pm to allow many to respond, for us to receive responses well, and to plan for what we will do.
Until our survey comes around, what you can do is prepare.
- Recall the vision: Hospitality, Mission, Logistics (see the January announcement video here).
- Reflect on what you’ve noticed – the challenging, the surprising, and the encouraging.
- Ask the Lord: what most helps us to live into our vision, to “follow Jesus together in such a way that our lives become fearless in love for God and people”?
I am very thankful for each of you! In our passion and diversity, let’s discern together,
Michael+