WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN DERBY AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT

ANDREW AND JANE’S STORY
We met at South Birmingham Vineyard in 1995 while Andrew was doing an internship and Jane was working as a secondary teacher.  We served as Assistant Pastors there for 8 years overseeing Sundays, worship, students, youth and schools ministry.

A few years ago we felt God was speaking to us about leaving Birmingham to start a new church.  Jane was driving up the A38 one night when she felt a small inner voice say “turn off” just before the Markeaton roundabout in Derby.  She drove around Derby for a while wondering what was going on, then continued on her way.  There then followed a whole chain of strange events and we eventually realised God was calling us to move to Derby to start a church.  He spoke through people we respected, dreams, random conversations and circumstances.  It was as though every time we turned on the radio or talked to anyone, the subject of Derby came up! We visited the city several times and fell in love with it.

We found jobs, moved to Derby and got involved in the local community building many wonderful friendships.  Andrew found a job as a Civil Engineer and Jane taught at a primary schools and finished her MA at Bible college.  We were also blessed with three beautiful daughters.  Derby Vineyard began in September 2011 with a small group of people in our house.  We now have a friendly, growing community made up of people from many walks of life.  On Sunday 14th Jan 2018 we launched weekly Sunday morning services which was a dream come true.

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OUR VISION
God has called Derby Vineyard to be a vibrant, growing community of people who love Jesus, love the Bible and worship God passionately in a creative and contemporary way.

We aim to equip people to extend the kingdom of God in the power of the Holy Spirit, serve those with less than ourselves, train leaders, plant churches and see communities transformed one soul at a time

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