Rik & Cathy Berry, Valley Gate Vineyard

Rik & Cathy Berry, Valley Gate Vineyard

Rik and Cathy Berry are regional leaders for the Atlantic Provinces. They pastor Valley Gate Vineyard, in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Rik and Cathy have six adult children and fourteen grandchildren so far.  They pastored with the Canadian Baptists for eighteen years,...
Nathan & Charis Rousu, Harvest Vineyard

Nathan & Charis Rousu, Harvest Vineyard

Nathan & Charis Rousu serve as the senior pastors of Harvest Vineyard in Edmonton, AB. They have 3 adult children, Katie, Kody, and Taylor. Nathan is the son of Don & Ruth Rousu, who began pastoring in the Vineyard in 1990 after transitioning from leadership...
WHY BOTHER WITH LENT? by Joyce Rees

WHY BOTHER WITH LENT? by Joyce Rees

Anyone in relationship with young adolescent males may have witnessed their modus operandi: spraying is easier than bathing. They prefer a spritz of cologne, or God preserve us all, a dosing with Axe. Deodorant? It’s considered optional. We may ask, “Why...
Sound and Sober

Sound and Sober

On one of our morning VC OnLine ZoomDevo’s hosted during our annual 10 days of prayer and fasting last month, we created a word cloud based on responses to this polling query, “capture in a word or two what you think keeps us from taking more seriously the...
Help our Unbelief!

Help our Unbelief!

There are those times when we come up against something that is outside of the realm of previous experience. It can leave us reeling and uncertain. A challenge. A decision. An impasse in ministry. Demonic resistance. An unexpected turn of events. Mark 9:14-26 captures...