Sundays

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE

Our morning service is at 10.30am at John Ferneley College
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1LH

You can also find us online
at 10.30am on YouTube or Facebook

What to expect

Sunday mornings at John Ferneley College
On Sunday mornings we meet at 10.30am at John Ferneley College, LE13 1LH, for about an hour and a half of inspiring worship, practical teaching and Spirit-led prayer. The service includes contemporary worship, an informal slot for sharing news, interviews and personal stories, a message aimed at adults and prayer. Children's worship and activities are also provided. After the service there's an opportunity to chat together and enjoy real coffee, tea and other refreshments.

Online
Our weekly online service is at 10.30am and includes worship, teaching and prayer. The service lasts for between 30–45 minutes. If you're watching live you can chat with others taking part.


Where can I find you?
SUNDAYS: John Ferneley College, LE13 1LH
REST OF THE WEEK: Hope Centre, LE13 1NW

Our online services are available on YouTube and Facebook. To explore the Melton Vineyard channel simply click on the YouTube logo below.

Who's it for?
Anyone! It doesn’t matter what age you are, whether you are single or married, employed or out-of-work, whether or not you have children, whether you’re a committed Christian or ‘just looking’, or what background, race or culture you come from – if you are looking for "life to the full" (John 10.10), you are welcome!
What do you offer for children?
Children take part in the service for the first 25 minutes of sung worship and are then invited to join the Young Vineyard groups that run alongside for the remaining 50 minutes. However, they are also free to stay in the service with their parents if they wish.

What kind of worship songs do you use?
We sing a mix of contemporary songs from Vineyard Worship, Hillsongs, Bethel and others, along with more traditional hymns. If you'd like to hear a sample, including some used in Children's Worship, just click on the Spotify playlist below.

How can I join the church?
You'll find lots of information about how to join Melton Vineyard on the GETTING INVOLVED page.

ABOUT  Melton Vineyard

Melton Vineyard is a Christian church, established in 2006 by Founding Pastors Neal Swettenham and Eluned Owen and now led by Caroline and George Stannard. The church is a member of Churches Together in Melton. We believe that the church's role is to equip ordinary people to live extraordinary lives through the power of the Holy Spirit and our vision can be summed up in three words:
BLESS   |  SERVE   |   PRAY

We want to BLESS others as we share the unconditional love of Jesus
       We will SERVE each other and the wider community
       We will PRAY in order to do all this in the power of the Holy Spirit

"We believe that God is at work in every individual’s life, and our aim is to connect people to Jesus, serve the communities in which we live and be channels of the Holy Spirit. Our style is relaxed and informal and there is plenty of fun and laughter, even as we take God and His word seriously. We use mostly contemporary worship songs and informal prayer, though there can be the occasional traditional hymn or set prayer as well.  We want to be a church where imperfect people (all of us) feel perfectly welcome, where worship and prayer are at the heart of everything, and where people can encounter God’s love and power, without hype and at their own pace."
Melton Vineyard is a registered charity and part of the Vineyard family of churches.  Steve & Tammy Gee, from Central Vineyard Northampton, are our Regional Leaders and our trustees are Jillyan Beadle, Bernie Carter, Steven Cliff, Nick Gretton, Caroline Stannard and George Stannard. Melton Vineyard is a member of Churches Together in Melton Mowbray.

Vineyard Churches

The Vineyard Movement is a network of over 1,500 churches worldwide, committed to seeing each generation reached by the power of the gospel. Valuing integrity in Christian character along with the activity of the Holy Spirit, each Vineyard church seeks to be an outpost of God’s compassionate love in a broken world.

What makes a Vineyard Church a ‘Vineyard’?
  • The Bible is taught as the standard for living
  • Intimate worship is a priority
  • Care for the poor is prominent
  • Evangelism is central
  • Signs and wonders are expected
  • Relationship is valued and fostered
  • People are trained and equipped for ministry
  • There is a love for and participation with other churches in the body of Christ
  • Spiritual gifts are seen as the everyday tools for ministry
  • There is participation and support for world mission through church planting
John & Debby Wright
John & Debby are the National Directors of the movement and have been serving together in pastoral ministry since 1990. John initially trained and worked for a number of years as a jeweller before studying at London Bible College. Debby lived in Chile until she was 13 and later moved to Nottingham to train as a dancer and artist. They first got involved with the Vineyard movement in 1982 and in 1987 they spent 8 months as interns at Anaheim Vineyard under John Wimber the leader of the Vineyard Movement in the USA. Following their time at Anaheim they returned to England to help John and Eleanor Mumford start the first UK Vineyard in London. They worked at South West London Vineyard for 9 years before moving back to Nottingham to set up Trent Vineyard. In January 2015 it was announced that they would take over as the National Directors of Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland from John & Eleanor Mumford, whilst continuing to lead Trent Vineyard. Today there are about 120 churches in the UK and Ireland and the Vineyard continues to grow, pursuing a mission to preach the gospel, plant churches and change the world.
For more information about the Vineyard, do visit the following links:
www.vineyardchurches.org.uk
www.vineyardchurches.org.uk/worship/
www.insideworship.com

CHURCH OFFICE
The church office address is:

Hope Centre
42-44 Nottingham Street
Melton Mowbray
LE13 1NW

Tel: 01664 511021

Opening times 
The church office is open at these times:
Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 9.30am–12.30pm
Wednesday, 9.30am–4pm


Storehouse
Storehouse food bank is based at the Hope Centre and is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11am–1pm. For more information, please follow the Storehouse link below.