News & Updates

Do you have relationship goals? Not the ones you find on social media – but true, biblical and healthy goals for your relationships? Happy people have happy relationships!  Join us this week as jump back to the beginning of Philippians and see what Paul has to tell us about TRUE Relationship Goals.

Do you need prayer? Do you enjoy praying for others? How about just taking a break and listening for God’s still small voice?

Every Sunday morning we have a time of prayer and what we call Oasis. We start with Oasis, which is a time of sitting at the feet of Jesus. It is a Harp and Bowl style of worship featuring musical prayer. The name is derived from Revelation 5:8, describing heavenly creatures which each had harps and held golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints.) Harp and bowl, soaking Praise and Prayer in an intimate setting, finding rest for your soul. After Oasis we try to be more intentional about praying for our community, area churches, and the needs of our church.

Oasis and Prayer meet in the Leete room down the hall from where we have our Sunday morning service. For more information, see Marc Potocsky.

Sunday we will have shoeboxes available for pickup and an example box, all packed. Please pick up one or more shoeboxes and be a blessing to a child this Christmas.

The attachment to the left has some great suggestions for what to put in the box and we will also show a video on Sunday giving some additional ideas and guidance.

REMEMBER: For each box that is collected, an additional gift will be made to support “The Greatest Journey” which is the discipleship program that accompanies the boxes when they are distributed.

Also, for every box collected, we have someone who has offered to MATCH the gift with an additional box!

Collection day is Sunday, November 17th, so pack those boxed THIS WEEK and remember to bring them the following Sunday. 

Deb Crampton invites you to join her as she seeks to minister to the residents of Cedar Woods as a celebration of her birthday.  At 2 pm a cake will be served and Deb has asked for people to join her in sharing their faith and ministering to the residents at that time. For more information, contact Deb at ‭(203) 314-7891‬

Cedar Woods
80 Cedar Street
Branford, CT

Our next men’s breakfast is Saturday, November 16th at Denny’s in Westbrook. This is a great time to just casually get together with the other men in the church and catch up and enjoy a great meal. No RSVP necessary, just show up at 8:00! For more information about any of our men’s ministries or events, please contact Don at 203-980-1716.

At SVC we don’t have a special time in the service set aside for collecting tithes and offerings. At a table located at the entrance door, you will find a small box with a cross cutout on the top. Please place your tithes and offerings in this box. There are envelopes that will be alongside the box that will allow you to designate how you may like your gift applied, or for you to receive a giving statement for cash donations. Please feel free to add your name to your gift, or to designate it toward Tithes and offerings, Missions, or our new Building Fund.

Alternatively, if you prefer to make your contribution online, you can find a link to our PayPal on the website. There you can choose to make a one-time gift, or if it is more convenient you can set up a recurring gift. You can get to that page directly by clicking here.

Did you know SVC is on Facebook? Take a quick look at our page and be sure to hit that “Follow” button so you get the latest updates on your feed automatically. Maybe while you’re there you can show a little love and click the “Like” button too! You’ll find the page HERE.

Many of us enjoy a cup of coffee as we meet and greet with our church family. Maybe you even need a cup just to stay awake during the message! Whatever the reason, right now we are down to one or two people that come in a little bit early so that it can be ready for service. We could use some help! If you can get to church 15 minutes early and help with making the coffee, would you please see Catherine Rampone? Thank you!

If you have something the Lord has done for you, we would love to share it with the church. Please let Pastor Chris know.

We need to be able to stay in touch with everyone. If you are already getting this email, you have the first step completed. We also need your cell phone so that we can contact you with important or last minute information. Signing up is EASY! Just go to your cell phone and text the word SHORELINE to 84576. You will receive a confirmation back saying that you are all signed up.  

You can also sign up or update your contact information online. Just go to this link and enter your information. If we already have your information it will give you the opportunity to add or change your existing info.

Correct contact information is very important. Thank you for taking a few minutes to update yours!

Today, more and more people start the search for a new church family online, and the first stop is usually Google. People want to get a taste of the church from the privacy of their home before they venture out to see what it is like in person. That is part of the reason we have spent so much time making our website attractive, relevant, and up to date.

However, in addition to seeing what our website is like, people also want to hear from other people what their experience has been. They way they do this is through reviews. Shoreline Vineyard Church is on Google as well as Google Maps. If you can spare a minute, maybe you would feel comfortable sharing something about our fellowship that would help someone else who is looking for a new home church? If you click HERE you will be taken to our Google Maps page. There you can see what others have said and share your story as well. Just scroll down to where you see “WRITE A REVIEW.”