What are VCCs small groups?
Small groups are important at Vineyard Community Church for the simple reason that fellowship is important. Many Christians today, however, feel fellowship or small group participation is optional something they do only when they have free time after work, family errands, friends and leisure. We at Vineyard Community Church believe fellowship is basic to what it means to be a Christian. The Bible teaches that once we accept Christ, we are not only reconciled to God but we are also relationally united with other believers in what’s called the body of Christ. “Just as each of us has one body with many members so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” (Romans 12:4,5) There are many verses telling us how to relate to each other and the phrase “one another” alone appears over 60 times. ” love one another ” (1 John 4:7) “Honor one another ” (Romans 12:10) ” agree with one another ” (1 Corinthians 1:10) “Be patient, bearing with one another ” (Eph