May 2023
May 16, 2023
July 2023
July 28, 2023
Spain
Nineteen years ago, Vinesong was privileged to lead the worship at the 1st anniversary celebration of a multi-award winning Christian television channel, Revelation TV. This year in April, we were humbled and honoured to be invited to celebrate 20 years of ministry with them! The occasion included the grand opening of a brand new studio at the Revelation TV's headquarters in Spain. The event ran from Friday to Monday and people were invited to attend on site at the studio near Malaga, Spain. What a joy to meet this amazing family of Jesus lovers.
First photo from the left: Kate, Zachary, Kristof, Daniel, Gordon and Lorna Pettie, John, Lesley and Howard Conder, Cyrus and Francesca Fernando, Charlene, Rachael, Annet, Christian
We thank the Lord for the lives of Revelation TV’s founders Howard and Lesley Conder and those of the CEO, Gordon Pettie, and his wife Lorna. It was great to see them and so refreshing to see how selflessly they give of themselves to bless and encourage the Body of Christ as well as to bring many non-believers to the knowledge of Christ. Their whole team - technical workers and presenters alike are all amazing people and we had a great time working with them.
On Sunday, the morning service was streamed live and you can watch the recording by clicking here.
France
You might remember this following excerpt from a newsletter we sent out in December last year about one of our visits to GOD Centre Voorschoten, NL:
“One of the attendees was a young French lady that came to us at the end of the service to tell us that in 1997 when Vinesong first came to France, some of the previous team members stayed in her home. Even though she was just a little girl then, this visit made an impact on her and she still remembered it well and how worship touched her life. The amazing thing was that only the week before God sent her to GOD Centre and she started to attend there. When she heard that Vinesong was coming, she couldn’t believe it. God’s hand in the timing of this meeting was also obvious by the fact that it was her birthday the day we met her, God’s precious gift to her. It was as if God was confirming His hand on her life. This encounter was also a confirmation for us, as it was just two days before we were planning to premiere a French worship video on Youtube, the first of Vinesong’s multilingual worship series.”
Well, this young lady’s name is Anne-Sara and it is she that God used to bring Vinesong back to France after an 11 year absence. She contacted her pastor, Pastor Olivier, in Reims to try and organise a Vinesong event in their church. As they weren’t able to hold this meeting in their church building, they reached out to Pastor Emmanuel of MCE (Mission Chrétienne Evangélique ) Reims who was happy to host not one, but three different meetings in his church building. Before ministering there, we also had two meetings in other churches in the area.
What an incredible outpouring of God's blessing on Reims as people from all different denominations gathered together to worship Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to manifest His glory. We were honoured to minister in a very strategic city where kings and queens have been crowned throughout centuries of French history.
As the days went on the work of the Holy Spirit just grew stronger and stronger and we saw many come to Christ (34 salvations!) and many being encouraged in their faith and released into their callings. We thank God for the apostolic anointing that went forth on the final day as the leaders of all the denominations represented came forward. The whole congregation stretched out their hands and prayed for their shepherds. Then, everyone joined hands as a symbol of unity. It was so beautiful to behold. Thank you Jesus!
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
The Netherlands
It was a great joy to come to the Netherlands for the fourth time in the last year! We believe it was strategic that God sent us back to this nation. We can only see in part why and we trust God to reveal the rest in His time.
We are just undone before God for the way He sent His Holy Spirit to visit us in all our meetings in the various churches. Once again we saw strongholds being broken, many people turning to Jesus for the first time, people's hearts being healed and set on fire again, many baptised in the Holy Spirit, others receiving a fresh anointing to take authority over their lives. Isaiah 61 was so evident and we give Jesus all the glory.
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Belgium
At the end of this tour we also went back to Antwerp in Belgium where God moved so mightily that the meeting was extended for over an hour because of the hunger for more of Him.
Worship is such a key in the last days. It is the key that will open the doors for the Holy Spirit to usher in revival all across the nations. We long for more visitations as we continue to share our message of hope and relationship with God our Father, Jesus His Son and the precious comfort of the Holy Spirit through worship and the word.
To God be all the Glory!
On behalf of the Vinesong team,
Kate & Rachael
