Midtown Vineyard Church

Sunday Gathering May 10, 2026Ryan Kenny (James 1:1-4) Our instinct in a hard season is to look for the exit. But God often does his deepest work on the very road we're trying to skip, shaping in us the kind of people we couldn't become any other way.

Sunday Gathering May 3, 2026Ryan Kenny (Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11) Everything lands here. If work is bigger than we've been told, if restoration is possible even in broken places, if who you are comes before what you do, what does that actually look like on a Monday morning? This week, we get specific about what a genuinely different relationship with work looks like in practice, and what it means to finally work like all of this is true.

Sunday Gathering April 26, 2026Ryan Kenny (Colossians 3:5-14) Most of us are more dependent on our work for our sense of identity than we realize. When it's going well, we feel great. When it isn't, we don't. This week, we look at what happens when you stop letting work tell you who you are, and why getting that order right might be the single most liberating shift available to anyone who works.

Sunday Gathering April 19, 2026Ryan Kenny (Genesis 3, Colossians 1:18-23) Work is hard. That's not your imagination, and it's probably not just your job. This week, we get honest about why work so often feels toilsome, frustrating, and broken, and why the answer isn't a better employer or a different career. More importantly, we explore what it looks like to work faithfully and generously in the middle of a world that isn't working the way it was supposed to.

Sunday Gathering April 12, 2026Ryan Kenny (Colossians 1:15-17) The stories our culture tells about work (find your passion, climb the ladder, collect your paycheck) aren't completely wrong. But they're not big enough either. This week, we look at where those stories fall short and introduce a bigger, richer account of what work was actually designed to be and why something in us already suspects there's more.

Sunday Gathering April 5, 2026 (John 20:11-18) Something in us knows the world isn't the way it's supposed to be. Easter isn't just a celebration — it's an answer to that ache. Come explore what the resurrection has to say about our deepest grief and our greatest hope.

Sunday Gathering March 22, 2026Ryan Kenny (Job 42:1-6)Life has a way of breaking our assumptions. Good people suffer. Hard work doesn’t always pay off. Prayers go unanswered. And when things fall apart, the easy explanations don’t just feel thin—they can feel insulting. The book of Job begins where many of us find ourselves: asking honest questions in the middle of real pain. Not “How do I fix this?” but “Is the world actually fair?” and “If God exists, can God be trusted when life makes no sense?”This ancient story doesn’t rush to defend God or explain suffering away. Instead, it invites us into a raw conversation about grief, anger, silence, and the limits of human understanding. Job challenges the idea that life is a simple equation—and dares us to consider a different kind of trust, one not rooted in outcomes but in humility, honesty, and wonder. Whether you believe in God, doubt God, or aren’t sure what you believe at all, this series creates space to wrestle with life’s hardest questions without pretending they’re easy.

Sunday Gathering March 8, 2026Jess Jackson (Job 28)Life has a way of breaking our assumptions. Good people suffer. Hard work doesn’t always pay off. Prayers go unanswered. And when things fall apart, the easy explanations don’t just feel thin—they can feel insulting. The book of Job begins where many of us find ourselves: asking honest questions in the middle of real pain. Not “How do I fix this?” but “Is the world actually fair?” and “If God exists, can God be trusted when life makes no sense?”

Sunday Gathering March 1, 2026Ryan Kenny (Job 2:11 - ch27 (Part 2))Life has a way of breaking our assumptions. Good people suffer. Hard work doesn’t always pay off. Prayers go unanswered. And when things fall apart, the easy explanations don’t just feel thin—they can feel insulting. The book of Job begins where many of us find ourselves: asking honest questions in the middle of real pain. Not “How do I fix this?” but “Is the world actually fair?” and “If God exists, can God be trusted when life makes no sense?”This ancient story doesn’t rush to defend God or explain suffering away. Instead, it invites us into a raw conversation about grief, anger, silence, and the limits of human understanding. Job challenges the idea that life is a simple equation—and dares us to consider a different kind of trust, one not rooted in outcomes but in humility, honesty, and wonder. Whether you believe in God, doubt God, or aren’t sure what you believe at all, this series creates space to wrestle with life’s hardest questions without pretending they’re easy.

Sunday Gathering February 22, 2026Ryan Kenny (Job 2:11 - ch 27 (Part 1))Life has a way of breaking our assumptions. Good people suffer. Hard work doesn’t always pay off. Prayers go unanswered. And when things fall apart, the easy explanations don’t just feel thin—they can feel insulting. The book of Job begins where many of us find ourselves: asking honest questions in the middle of real pain. Not “How do I fix this?” but “Is the world actually fair?” and “If God exists, can God be trusted when life makes no sense?”This ancient story doesn’t rush to defend God or explain suffering away. Instead, it invites us into a raw conversation about grief, anger, silence, and the limits of human understanding. Job challenges the idea that life is a simple equation—and dares us to consider a different kind of trust, one not rooted in outcomes but in humility, honesty, and wonder. Whether you believe in God, doubt God, or aren’t sure what you believe at all, this series creates space to wrestle with life’s hardest questions without pretending they’re easy.

Sunday Gathering February 15, 2026Brian Ross (Job 1:1 - 2:7)Life has a way of breaking our assumptions. Good people suffer. Hard work doesn’t always pay off. Prayers go unanswered. And when things fall apart, the easy explanations don’t just feel thin—they can feel insulting. The book of Job begins where many of us find ourselves: asking honest questions in the middle of real pain. Not “How do I fix this?” but “Is the world actually fair?” and “If God exists, can God be trusted when life makes no sense?”This ancient story doesn’t rush to defend God or explain suffering away. Instead, it invites us into a raw conversation about grief, anger, silence, and the limits of human understanding. Job challenges the idea that life is a simple equation—and dares us to consider a different kind of trust, one not rooted in outcomes but in humility, honesty, and wonder. Whether you believe in God, doubt God, or aren’t sure what you believe at all, this series creates space to wrestle with life’s hardest questions without pretending they’re easy.

Sunday Gathering February 8, 2026Ryan Kenny (Jonah 4)Most of us carry questions about God—about what God cares about, how God acts, and what it means to be part of God’s story. Maybe you’ve wondered if faith really makes a difference, if God is active in the world—or if he cares about someone like you.The story of Jonah doesn’t start with tidy answers. It starts with God moving in surprising ways—through storms, resistance, changing of ways, and unexpected acts of mercy. As we watch the story unfold, we’re invited to ask the same question Jonah had to face: Who is this God, really? Not the God we assume, not the God we’ve been told about, but the God whose heart is wide enough to pursue, challenge, and care for the world—and whose character calls us to see differently, live differently, and consider what it might mean to follow that God for ourselves.

Sunday Gathering January 25, 2026Aisha Oyarekhua (Jonah 3)Most of us carry questions about God—about what God cares about, how God acts, and what it means to be part of God’s story. Maybe you’ve wondered if faith really makes a difference, if God is active in the world—or if he cares about someone like you.The story of Jonah doesn’t start with tidy answers. It starts with God moving in surprising ways—through storms, resistance, changing of ways, and unexpected acts of mercy. As we watch the story unfold, we’re invited to ask the same question Jonah had to face: Who is this God, really? Not the God we assume, not the God we’ve been told about, but the God whose heart is wide enough to pursue, challenge, and care for the world—and whose character calls us to see differently, live differently, and consider what it might mean to follow that God for ourselves.

Sunday Gathering January 18, 2026Ryan Kenny (Jonah 2)Jonah’s story doesn’t move forward with obedience, but with a man sinking—cut off, out of options, and facing the consequences of his own running. From the deepest place imaginable, Jonah discovers that no depth is beyond God’s reach, and that rescue begins not with self-reliance, but with a cry for help.

Sunday Gathering January 11, 2026Ryan Kenny (Jonah 1:4-17)What if the disruptions in our lives aren’t signs that God is angry or absent, but moments of pursuit meant to wake us up? In the story of Jonah, we meet a God who doesn’t give up on people who run, but keeps moving toward them—and invites us to consider how our choices impact the people around us.

Sunday Gathering January 4, 2026Ryan Kenny (Jonah 1:1-3)

Sunday Gathering November 16, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 7:13-27)We spend our lives building careers, families, and reputations—only to watch them collapse under pressure. Jesus ends his sermon with a challenge: build your life on him, and you’ll have a foundation that lasts.

Sunday Gathering November 9, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 7:1-12)We’re quick to point fingers, call people out, or write them off. Jesus confronts our judgment and flips it, inviting us to treat others with the same grace, empathy, and patience we desperately want for ourselves.

Sunday Gathering November 2, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 6:19-34)Anxiety is at an all-time high, and we’re constantly chasing security through money, possessions, or control. Jesus offers a new way forward—freedom from worry through trust in a God who provides.

Sunday Gathering October 26, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 6:16-18)Our world screams that more is always better—more food, more comfort, more stuff. But Jesus shows us that stepping back, even through fasting, can break our addictions and free us to actually live.

Sunday Gathering October 19, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 6:5-15)Prayer often feels like talking to the ceiling, or something only “spiritual people” do. But Jesus reframes it as everyday access to heaven’s resources, right here and now.

Sunday Gathering October 12, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 6:1-18)We’ve all seen it—the person who does good but makes sure everyone notices. Jesus warns us about turning generosity into self-promotion, pointing instead to a hidden way of living that actually matters.

Sunday Gathering October 5, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 5:33-48)We live in a world obsessed with image, likes, and carefully managed appearances. But Jesus calls out our endless need to impress, inviting us into a life defined not by approval but by radical honesty and love.

Sunday Gathering September 28, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 5:21-32)Anger, lust, and broken relationships—these don’t just ruin our lives, they trap us. Jesus cuts to the root, showing how real change happens not by suppressing desire, but by transforming the heart.

Sunday Gathering September 21, 2025David Parker (Matthew 5:17-20)Religion often feels like a heavy rulebook or a checklist we can’t keep. Jesus shocks the crowd by saying he’s not throwing it out—he’s fulfilling it. He reveals what it looks like to live with integrity, not performance.

Sunday Gathering September 14, 2025Guest Jess Jackson (Matthew 5:13-16)Most of us feel too small to make a difference. Jesus says otherwise—you are salt and light, created to influence the world around you in ways you’ve never imagined.

Sunday Gathering September 7, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 5:3-12)We’re told a good life comes from success, money, and being in control. But why do the people who “have it all” still feel empty? Jesus calls the overlooked and underestimated “blessed,” revealing a different path to true happiness.

Sunday Gathering August 31, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 4:23-5:2)Most of us assume God’s way is for the ultra-religious or the morally polished. But Jesus opens his most famous sermon by gathering ordinary, broken, skeptical people. His way isn’t for the few—it’s for everyone.

Sunday Gathering August 24, 2025Ryan Kenny (John 15)Everything around us tells us to try harder. Be better. Get it together. We live in a culture that runs on hustle — where identity and value are earned by effort, performance, and self-reliance. But what if the way of Jesus is different? What if transformation begins not by doing more, but by receiving what we could never earn?In this series, we’re exploring the surprising, generous way of Jesus. He doesn’t meet us with shame, but with compassion. He doesn’t demand perfection, but offers a fresh start. He gives peace where we carry anxiety, rest where we carry exhaustion, and hope where we feel stuck. This isn’t about giving up — it’s about opening up. Maybe what your soul needs most isn’t to try harder, but to try less... and receive what only Jesus can give.

Sunday Gathering August 17, 2025Cheryl Dueck Smith (Matthew 20:29-34)Everything around us tells us to try harder. Be better. Get it together. We live in a culture that runs on hustle — where identity and value are earned by effort, performance, and self-reliance. But what if the way of Jesus is different? What if transformation begins not by doing more, but by receiving what we could never earn?

Sunday Gathering August 10, 2025Brian Ross (Proverbs 24:21, 32-34)In this series, we’re exploring the surprising, generous way of Jesus. He doesn’t meet us with shame, but with compassion. He doesn’t demand perfection, but offers a fresh start. He gives peace where we carry anxiety, rest where we carry exhaustion, and hope where we feel stuck. This isn’t about giving up — it’s about opening up. Maybe what your soul needs most isn’t to try harder, but to try less... and receive what only Jesus can give.

Sunday Gathering August 3, 2025Grace Berg (Luke 15:11-32)Everything around us tells us to try harder. Be better. Get it together. We live in a culture that runs on hustle — where identity and value are earned by effort, performance, and self-reliance. But what if the way of Jesus is different? What if transformation begins not by doing more, but by receiving what we could never earn?

Sunday Gathering July 27, 2025Jon Jo

Sunday Gathering July 27, 2025Jon Jo (Psalms 145 ; Psalms 146)

Sunday Gathering July 20, 2025Ryan Kenny (Psalm 139)

Sunday Gathering July 13, 2025Kate Houk (Psalm 62 )Sometimes life has us wondering- when is God going to show up and intervene? Waiting on God can be frustrating, lonely, and sacred. In Psalm 62, we are invited to wait in silence on God as our refuge and to pour out our hearts with him as our safe place.

Sunday Gathering July 6, 2025Ryan Kenny (Psalm 8 )From P. Diddy to Mother Teresa, people in crisis and people in purpose turn to one unexpected place: the Psalms. Why do these ancient poems speak so powerfully to our modern lives? Because these ancient songs know what it’s like to be human—and where to find God in it all. 

Sunday Gathering June 29, 2025Ryan Kenney (Psalm 1)The Psalms are not polite.They rage, rejoice, accuse, confess, worship, and weep—sometimes all in one breath.They don’t sound like a church service; they sound like real life.If you’ve ever felt too angry to pray, too ashamed to hope, or too tired to care—the Psalms understand.And here’s the surprise: in all that raw, emotional honesty… God shows up.These ancient poems aren’t just our words to God—they become places where we meet God, maybe even when we least expect it.

Sunday Gathering May 18, 2025Ryan Kenny (Romans 12:6–8)You are wired to make a difference—and someone needs what God put in you.

Sunday Gathering May 11, 2025Ryan Kenny (Romans 12:3–5)You don’t need to find your tribe—you were made for a body.

Sunday Gathering May 4, 2025Ryan Kenny (Romans 12:2)I keep falling into the same patterns—can anything really be different? You don’t have to stay stuck—God can transform your mind, heart, and future.

Sunday Gathering April 27, 2025Ryan Kenny (Romans 12:1)We live in a world that promises more — more success, more affirmation, more life — but somehow leaves us emptier than ever. What if the life you’re searching for doesn’t come from chasing more, but from giving yourself fully to something bigger?This week, discover how Romans 12:1 invites you to reclaim your true humanity and find the wholeness your soul has been aching for.

Sunday Gathering April 20, 2025Ryan Kenny (1 Corinthians 15:1–58)Series finale of Creed: Resurrection of the body & life everlasting

Sunday Gathering April 13, 2025Ryan Kenny (Matthew 18:21-35)In a culture obsessed with cancelation and revenge, forgiveness feels outdated or even unjust. But when the early church declared, “I believe in the forgiveness of sins,” they weren’t just talking about God’s mercy toward them—they were choosing to become a community marked by mercy. What if, the way in is the way on… and that way is forgiveness?

Sunday Gathering April 6, 2025Grace Berg (Acts 2)In a time and age filled with uncertainty, it is natural to need a sense of control, whether real or perceived. This can throw us into a life of reaching for and striving for what we think is best for us and for others. But, history tells you and I that what we think is best isn’t always best. What if the way forward isn’t more of what we think we and the world need, but to actually heed the leadership of someone else, Jesus our Lord.

Sunday Gathering March 30, 2025Ryan Kenny (Ephesians 5:18)What if God isn’t distant—but closer than your next breath? What if the power to change, to heal, to live with purpose isn’t something you have to find—but Someone already reaching for you? Discover the presence of the Holy Spirit—real, active, and available.

Sunday Gathering March 23, 2025Tim Geddert (Acts 1:1-11)The resurrection of Jesus is the culmination of all that preceded it, in God’s story of creation, Fall and redemption. And it is the essential foundation for all that follows, until all things are made new. In Jesus, one of us has already experienced what God has planned for all of us. Of this, the Ascension and Pentecost are the guarantees.

Sunday Gathering March 16, 2025Tim Geddert (Ephesians 4:7-10 & I Peter 3:18-19)Jesus, God in the flesh, really lived, really died, and really rose again. All this, including what the Apostles Creed calls "descending into hell" accomplishes our salvation, inaugurates the new creation, and fills the whole universe with the good news of God's saving grace.

Sunday Gathering March 9, 2025Ryan Kenny (John 13:6-17)In a time and age filled with uncertainty, it is natural to need a sense of control, whether real or perceived. This can throw us into a life of reaching for and striving for what we think is best for us and for others. But, history tells you and I that what we think is best isn’t always best. What if the way forward isn’t more of what we think we and the world need, but to actually heed the leadership of someone else, Jesus our Lord.

Sunday Gathering March 2, 2025Ryan Kenny (Acts 17:24-28)In a time and age in which information is constantly changing and misinformation is constantly increasing, it can be hard to know what to believe. If belief precedes behavior, then we can all agree that figuring out what we believe is crucial. Maybe we don’t need something new, but something true, to help bring clarity and purpose into our lives.