To Celebrate the start of Portsmouth Vineyard LifeChurch we had our Commissioning Service at Bournemouth Vineyard on Sunday 25th September.  Paul and Fiona Nation, Senior Pastors in Bournemouth commissioned us as a new church in Portsmouth on behalf of Vineyard Churches UK.

Click below to listen to the commissioning.

Most of the congregation from Portsmouth Vineyard joined us for the sending out service followed be Lunch at our house near Wimborne (until we are able to finally sell it).

It was great to have the opportunity for everybody to get to know each other better in a social environment.

We held our first Vision and Values evening on Wednesday 7th September, when Jenny and I described the values that underpin vineyard churches and the vision that God has revealed to us for Portsmouth Vineyard.

Vision Evening – 7th September

We had a ‘sending out’ celebration at the Apostolic Faith Church in Bournemouth, which is the first purpose built Pentecostal Church in England.  People would walk from as far as Cornwall to be prayed for and receive healings.

We had a great evening hosted by Blair Crawford, lead in worship by Dave Griffiths with speaker Ian Coffey.  We invited several friends who had been a significant part of our spiritual journey, and God blessed us all.