Vineyard Church of Knox County: The Window http://www.knoxvineyard.org/window/ A view into day-to-day life at the Vineyard Church of Knox County. en chris@knoxvineyard.org Copyright 2007 2007-03-19T03:46:01-05:00 Are Small Groups For Me? http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/are_small_groups_for_me/ Are you a lone wolf? Taking on the world on your own sounds heroic (and downright American!) but could be extremely detrimental to your spiritual health!!! Are you a lone wolf? Taking on the world on your own sounds heroic (and downright American!) but could be extremely detrimental to your spiritual health!!!

We are a new church. We have a brand new building, and are seeing many new faces! Our building is a great blessing....but guess what...it’s not the church....you are! Small groups allow us to build our church body one soul at a time, face to face, hand to hand, heart to heart. It’s where true love and acceptance are expressed, beyond the Sunday morning smiles and handshakes. It’s where healing, prayer and true friendship happens. For more information, visit the information table after a service, or call us, at 392-VINE. (Special small groups also exist, such as mens groups....again, just ask!!)

]]> 2007-03-19T03:46:01-05:00 Vineyard of Knox County Building Remodel HELP needed http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/vineyard_of_knox_county_building_remodel_help_needed/ Hi friends! We are in the last push of the Vineyard Church Remodel in Mt. Vernon.  It is exciting to see all that God has accomplished through all of your volunteer labor, tools, supplies, equipment, prayers and financial contributions.  Thank you all very much. Hi friends!


We are in the last push of the Vineyard Church Remodel in Mt. Vernon.  It is exciting to see all that God has accomplished through all of your volunteer labor, tools, supplies, equipment, prayers and financial contributions.  Thank you all very much.

We wanted to invite and ask you to come help us finish out the remodel during Saturdays workdays or rotating weekdays in September and October.  We will be at the building from 9am-3pm on Saturdays with Lunch provided.  Weekday hours are 6-9pm.  You are welcome to come for part or all of the time.  Any and all help is very appreciated and really makes a difference.


Here is what we have yet to do....
Clean, Clean, Clean up the construction messes
Paint, Paint, Paint the drywall
Hang Doors
Hang Light Fixtures
Install Electrical Outlets
Lay Flooring (carpet,tile,vinyl)
Re-Install the Drop Ceiling in the offices and classrooms


Workdays
TUE 9/5 6-9pm
SAT 9/9 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
WED 9/13 6-9pm
SAT 9/16 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
TH 9/21 6-9pm
SAT 9/23 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
MON 9/25 6-9pm
SAT 9/30 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
MON 10/2 6-9pm
SAT 10/7 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
TUE 10/10 6-9pm
SAT 10/14 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
WED 10/18 6-9pm
SAT 10/21 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
TH 10/19 6-9pm
SAT 10/28 9am-3pm, Lunch provided
MON 10/30 6-9pm


If you have any questions, feel free to contact Paul Helser at 740-501-3469. 
Thank you!
Paul and Mo Helser

]]> 2006-09-06T14:07:00-05:00 Prayer Request http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/prayer_request/ BlankHello prayer team, I’m sorry it has been so long since I updated you on prayer requests for the building. Project Renovation BlankHello prayer team,

I’m sorry it has been so long since I updated you on prayer requests for the building.

We have been making quite a bit of progress in the past couple of weeks.  Please
pray that the momentum will continue. 

We have an upcoming rough-in electrical inspection for the front building.  That
will probably happen in a couple of weeks.  Please pray that we are making good
choices as we go, and that the inspection will be a positive experience.

Pray for the kitchen and bathrooms, as they are going to take alot of time in the
next couple of months.  That is one of the only areas left where decisions need to
be made. 

Pray for more workers.  I feel that we are using the resources God has given us.
Pray for more skilled workers.  We have alot of skilled finish work that needs to be
done (hanging doors, hanging light fixtures, trim, bahtroom, kitchen installation).

Please continue to pray that we all continue this project with God’s timeline and
His heart as our focus.

May God Bless you for your time and passion,
Paul H

]]> 2006-07-24T19:21:00-05:00 New Building New Work Schedule http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/new_building_new_work_schedule/ Hello, After prayer and consideration, we have decided to revamp our work schedule for the Church building.  Over the past couple of months there has been a relatively small turnout on Saturdays.  We have seen alot of folks come during the week to the evening work times.  Due to this, we are going to rearrange the schedule.  We are going to cancel Saturday and Sunday work days for the remainder of June.  In July we are going to begin doing Saturday mornings, with this time being devoted specifically to painting.  For the remainder of the summer, (June, July, and August) we will be doing two weeknight work times per week.  We will alternate between Monday and Wednesday one week, and Tuesday and Thursday the next week. We want to be a church that is flexible, and open to what God is doing.  We don’t want to ask God to bless what we are doing, but do what God is blessing.  This means we need to be listening to God and observing His people. So, the worknights for June are: June 13, 15, 19, 21, 27, and 29.  All nights will be from 6-9 pm.  I hope this change is not an inconvenience for anyone.  Please give me a call (740-501-3469) or drop me an email (paul@knoxvineyard.org) if you have any questions.  May You see God at work in your life today. Paul Helser Project Renovation Hello,

After prayer and consideration, we have decided to revamp our work schedule for the Church building. 

Over the past couple of months there has been a relatively small turnout on Saturdays.  We have seen alot of folks come during the week to the evening work times.  Due to this, we are going to rearrange the schedule.  We are going to cancel Saturday and Sunday work days for the remainder of June.  In July we are going to begin doing Saturday mornings, with this time being devoted specifically to painting.  For the remainder of the summer, (June, July, and August) we will be doing two weeknight work times per week.  We will alternate between Monday and Wednesday one week, and Tuesday and Thursday the next week.

We want to be a church that is flexible, and open to what God is doing.  We don’t want to ask God to bless what we are doing, but do what God is blessing.  This means we need to be listening to God and observing His people.

So, the worknights for June are: June 13, 15, 19, 21, 27, and 29.  All nights will be from 6-9 pm.  I hope this change is not an inconvenience for anyone.  Please give me a call (740-501-3469) or drop me an email (paul@knoxvineyard.org) if you have any questions.  May You see God at work in your life today.

Paul Helser

]]> 2006-06-10T12:20:00-05:00 What He Has Done http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/what_he_has_done/ The following is a list, and not a complete list, of how God’s blessings are upon me. The following is a list, and not a complete list, of how God’s blessings are upon me.



He made me strong when I was week.
He put me back together again when I was apart.
He brought me home when I was a way.
He held me when I cried.
He forgave me when I strayed.
He guided me when I lead.
He touched me when I hurt.
He gave me peace when I was at war.
He lifted me when I stumbled.
He watched me when I was alone.
He gave when I accepted.
He answered when I called.
He was the Doctor when I was sick.
He died I lived.
He loved me when I couldn’t.
He opened the door for me, when I knock.
He found me when I was lost.
He carried me when I crawled.

]]> 2006-06-01T12:42:00-05:00 A Journey Into The Vineyard http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/a_journey_into_the_vineyard/ Though I grew up in a Christian church, I now feel it was a journey to the Vineyard. Though I grew up in a Christian church, I now feel it was a journey to the Vineyard.



The foundation to this journey comes from my parent’s devotion to making sure that my brother, sister, and I went to church.  We went every Sunday no matter where we were.  I learned all the stories in the Bible many times over.  When I was old enough I went on missions trips, to Bible camps and retreats, and to many youth conferences.  With all of these “church type” activities and being caught up in the moment of worship I do not know how much it meant to me. 


When I moved out of my parent’s house I continued to go to church, but I went because it was what I had always done in the past.  I had a “need now” relationship with God.  I prayed to Him when I need something and needed it now. But when that “thing” had past I stopped praying. 


Shortly before my twenty-first birthday I moved to Memphis, Tennessee.  I became a member of a local Christian Church and became involved with the youth.  It was also the first time I heard a pastor teach instead of preach.  I fell in love with this new type of sermon presentation.  I was also in a church that I felt accepted and loved in. 


A few years later when I moved back to Columbus, Ohio I resumed going to my old church.  Something was missing from this church though, at the time, I did not know what it was missing.  I continued to attend this church for a reason unknown.  And I began to drift away from the church and from God.  The reason I drifted was that I was starving for something or someone.


Then I heard something on a Christian radio station that spoke to me and would light a spark in me.  This is what I heard “It is a relationship. Not a religion.” For some unknown reason I knew that was the truth but where I could find this relationship that my soul was aching for. 


A friend of mine that I grew up with in the youth group at the church I was attending invited me to the Joshua House at the Columbus Vineyard.  Worship was free, the lesson where taught, the mood was come as you are, and the love was flowing.  I found what I had been missing for a long in a Church and that was the Spirit.  I attended Joshua House for while, and I was being feed like a starving man. 


As my life change I left the Joshua House and Vineyard for a while.  Then the same friend invited me back, but this time to the Sunday morning service.  I sat back and saw that this was a Church that was filled with the Spirit.  No one care about what I wore or what I did or what I drove, like it had been in my previous church.  They cared about me as me.  Though with my work schedule I could not always attend, but did when I could because I missed it.


Over the past few years my family has moved to Mount Vernon. Then my parents and my brother wanted me to move to Mount Vernon.  At first I did not want to and made some excuses not too.  Then some circumstance came about and I had to move somewhere, so I moved to Mount Vernon. 


One of my dilemmas about moving was what I was going to do about a church.  I really did not want to go to my parent’s church.  So I looked up Mount Vernon area churches and found the Vineyard Church of Knox County.  I attended a few worship services and then for short time I was unable to attend. 


I then change jobs and was able to have every Sunday off.  I once again started going to church and started going every Sunday.  But now it was not because I went to church every Sunday as a child or because it was what I was suppose to do, it was because I was being in the presence of the Lord and I needed that more and more.


In VCKC I found people who where like me, broken.  Though that did not matter to anyone, I was still loved.  I found higher plain of worship.  I found a home group who has stood by me in trying times.  I found what I had been missing, a relationship with God. 


I also found a teacher, Chris Macky, which at times it feels like he is teaching directly to me, though I know that it is The Teacher speaking through Chris to me. In that I found the Lord. 


I have become very involved in VCKC.  Not in the way I was involved with a church before.  I am now involved in away that benefits most of all God, but also the church.


I have met people who in a very short time have become close and personal.  People who I have called and without any questions welcomed me into their homes or have been there in needed time.


Over my life God has poured out many countless blessing onto me.  Some are known to me some are not.  Though a known blessing is that I now know that my journey into the Vineyard is a relationship and not a religion.

]]> 2006-05-14T00:27:58-05:00 No Work on Memorial Day Weekend http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/no_work_on_memorial_day_weekend/ Hello workers of the Vineyard, We have decided to cancel the workdays that were scheduled during Memorial Day Weekend.  Many people are gone on vacation, and those of us that are not could use the break.  Enjoy a long weekend, and may God use you wherever you are. Thank you for all that you do.  Paul H Hello workers of the Vineyard,


We have decided to cancel the workdays that were scheduled during Memorial Day Weekend.  Many people are gone on vacation, and those of us that are not could use the break.  Enjoy a long weekend, and may God use you wherever you are.


Thank you for all that you do. 
Paul H

]]> 2006-05-13T12:27:00-05:00 Project Renovation Prayer Requests http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/project_renovation_prayer_requests/ The follow is the e-mailed Project Renovation Prayer Request as submitted by Paul Helser.  The reason I am posting these e-mails is so that if you do not attend VCKC, in person, you will be able to pray along with us in this endeavor.  So, I implore you to pray that God may direct us, that He will bless us with safety, and most of all that we maybe a witness for Him in the Mount Vernon community. Thank you so much for being willing to bring this building project before God.  I know that prayer can and will make a huge impact on the project, but most importantly on the people.  Project Renovation The follow is the e-mailed Project Renovation Prayer Request as submitted by Paul Helser.  The reason I am posting these e-mails is so that if you do not attend VCKC, in person, you will be able to pray along with us in this endeavor.  So, I implore you to pray that God may direct us, that He will bless us with safety, and most of all that we maybe a witness for Him in the Mount Vernon community.


Thank you so much for being willing to bring this building project before God.  I know that prayer can and will make a huge impact on the project, but most importantly on the people. 



I will try to send out prayer requests on a regular basis, specifically when there are challenges that we can see coming.  Please also ask God how He would have you pray for the building.  There are things that God will tell you about the building, the people, and the process that we (as leaders) may not be hearing from Him.  Please feel the freedom to share any scriptures, images, visions, dreams, etc. that you feel might be from God. 


Specific areas of Prayer:


That we (leadership and the congregation) would allow this to happen in God’s timing, not ours.  For some folk, that may mean working more (speeding up), for others that may mean relaxing amidst the process (slowing down).


That God would use this project to bring us into closer relationship with other Vineyard Churches in our area. We have invited them to come and help out on the building.


That God would continue to flesh out the ministry visions that we have for this building.  This project is not about completing the physical structure, which is located at 806 Harcourt Road.  This project is about mobilizing, empowering, and equipping a body of believers to change Knox County for God’s glory.  It just so happens that we need a space to do it from.  Please pray that God will continue to bring people with visions for ministry as well as bring vision to the people of VCKC for ministry in our community.


Thank you for praying.  God is happy with our devotion.
Paul Helser

]]> 2006-05-02T03:40:00-05:00 More from the April Project Renovation Newsletter http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/more_from_the_april_project_renovation_newletter/ And now the rest of the story... Prayer Requests: More workers for the project Energy and clear focus Vision & Leaders for the ministries that will be happening in the building Continued Safety Continued Grace from our State Inspectors Picture: Randy Hudson & Ernie Eash framing in the Soffit in the Worship Center to cover the cable’s steel tubing. Project Renovation And now the rest of the story...


Prayer Requests:

More workers for the project

Energy and clear focus

Vision & Leaders for the ministries that will be happening in the building

Continued Safety

Continued Grace from our State Inspectors


Picture: Randy Hudson & Ernie Eash framing in the Soffit in the Worship Center to cover the cable’s steel tubing.



Project Phases - “the next step"

April 2006

Finish hanging drywall in Building 2

Continue Rough-In electrical in Building 1

Begin hanging ceiling drywall in Fellowship Area Finish soffit and stage in Worship Center

May 2006

Insulate ceiling in Worship Center (North Central Insulation)

Finish hanging drywall in Building 1

Mud/Tape/Sand Drywall in Building 2 (Porter Drywall)

Begin Painting in Building 2

Begin hanging drop ceiling in classrooms and offices


Above: Paul & Macy Helser walking the hallway that shows framing and drywall that has been hung on the wall and ceiling.




More Pictures:




Front view of bathroom - the left side is Women’s & right is Men’s




An example of a drywalled office/room Bldg 2.





Asst. Pastor Sharom Mutchler cutting drywall to hang.






Two Kenyon College students (left: Ashley right: Teresa) help hanging drywall.  On a personal note, it has been great to see students from both Kenyon College and The Mount Vernon Nazarene University help in the Project Renovation as well as seeing them in Church Worship.  The college students take up the first two rows and when they are not there-on vacation-they are truly missed.

]]> 2006-04-19T01:01:00-05:00 Praise God and Thank You (April newsletter) http://www.knoxvineyard.org/index.php/window/entry/praise_god_and_thank_you_april_newsletter/ THANK YOU ALL for sharing your time, talents and treasures in Project Renovation.  Much has been accomplished, friendships are growing, and new skills are learned!  Everyone is invited to come check it out.  There is always something that you can do when you come to the building. Left: Jake Hodge, Sonya Burrell, Sharon Mutchler, and Connie Hodge hanging drywall. Right: Kathy Bomba “a cleaning as we go!" THANK YOU ALL for sharing your time, talents and treasures in Project Renovation.  Much has been accomplished, friendships are growing, and new skills are learned!  Everyone is invited to come check it out.  There is always something that you can do when you come to the building.


Left: Jake Hodge, Sonya Burrell, Sharon Mutchler, and Connie Hodge hanging drywall.


Right: Kathy Bomba “a cleaning as we go!"



Building 1- The Stage and Access Ramp were framed and inspected.  The Bathrooms were framed in and plumbed, ready to be dry walled.  The Soffit in the Worship Center, covering the steel tubing was started.  The Warming Kitchen was designed by the Kitchen committee and John Miller, esquire.  The main electrical panel was installed and juiced up.  Lighting wiring was completed for the Fellowship Area and Kitchen.


Building 2- Much drywall was hung.  A soffit was built around the furnace drain line in the Children’s Worship Area.  Much drywall was hung.  The Rough-in Electrical inspection went smoothly.  Much drywall was hung. We are almost done with the first layer of ceiling drywall, and beginning
the second layer (a fire safety requirement).  We are approximately 75% done with the drywall on the walls.

Right: A couple of skilled carpenter friends from the Sunbury Vineyard framed our stage.




Work Schedule...’Y’all come now, ya hear!’


April - Remaining Work Days

Mon.  4/10 6pm-9pm

Thu.  4/13 8am-4pm

Sat 4/15 9am-10am Noon-3

Tue.  4/18 6pm-9pm

Thu.  4/20 8am-4pm

Sat.  4/22 9am-3pm

Wed.  4/26 6pm-9pm

Sat.  4/29 9am-3pm



May Work Days

Thurs.  5/4 8am-4pm & 6-9

Sat 5/6 9am-3pm

Thu.  5/11 8am-4pm

Fri.  5/12 No Workday - Take out Mom’s for Mothers Day!

Sat 5/13 9am-3pm

Mon.  5/15 6pm-9pm

Thur 5/18 8am-4pm

Sat 5/20 9am-3pm

Wed.  5/24 6pm-9pm

Thur 5/25 8am-4pm

Sat 5/27 9am-3pm


Above Left: Erine Eash preparing to hang, yes you guessed it...more drywall in Building 2!
Above Right: Lucia, Al Helset, and Caitlin hanging support boards to hang drywall on the ceiling.




Praises

* Faithful giving of financial pledges for Project Renovation.. Nov-March (5 months) = $35,430 Pledged-Actual Rcvd = $39,491

* We don’t have to use the spacer between the two layers of ceiling drywall-that saves time, energy and money!

* Amazing progress with the number of folks that have been coming

* Safety- God is protecting us while we work

* Fellowship- we truly have been having a good time and getting to know each other.


Right: Robin Helser brining food - one of many folks who have provided lunch for the Saturday Crews - always a treat.
Left: Come to the Vineyard and eat!  Work Crew enjoying a great meal and great fellowship.

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