Vineyard Community Church

Specialties

Vineyard Community Church is an exciting church located in Saugus for people of all background and walks of life. Our Sunday Gatherings include time to enjoy a free cup of coffee, experience great music, a casual atmosphere, loving people, messages that are encouraging, engaging, fun, and helpful for everyday life and a fantastic program for your kids. It’s a very welcoming and relaxed atmosphere; so we feel free to wear whatever you would normally wear every day.

The service lasts about an hour and 15 min., but we invite you to come at 9 am or 11 am and leave when you feel ready to do so. (1^st service with only nursery care and the second service with full children’s program — nursery to 6^th grade).

We’ve done our best to make our church as comfortable for people as possible, whatever your background, whether you’re a longtime church attendee or this is your first time of giving it a try. In fact, a healthy percentage of the people you’ll see if you visit, were not regular church attendees before joining in with us.

History

Established in 1985.

The Vineyard is a growing association of over 750 churches in forty-​seven countries worldwide, including over 500 churches in the U.S.

Meet the Manager

Joel H.

Manager

As a native New Englander, Joel grew up in Stoneham. He attended a small Bible College and then got his Masters of Divinity from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Between college and seminary, he worked full time as a youth pastor at a church in the area. To Joel, there seemed to be a disconnect between the church and the world. Joel describes it this way, «It seemed that many of the evangelical churches I attended had a brand of faith that was inaccessible or irrelevant for non-​churchgoers and yet my own experience with God, seemed profoundly helpful to me.»

As he finished seminary, he got the opportunity to become the pastor of Vineyard Community Church and develop this vision of a church that does speak helpfully to the culture.