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At Dublin Vineyard we are a community of people who have received the generosity, mercy and compassion of God. In response to what God has done in our lives, we want to extend that to others. So we want to be a community where we are characterized by mercy, compassion and generosity. We know that God's love is meant to be given away. This may be to those who are in our church community, our wider communities and in others parts of the world. Often, extending God's love and kindness happens in many "informal" ways in the lives of the people of Dublin Vineyard, as well as in more "formal" or organized ministries. We have a number of opportunities for people to become a part of extending God's amazing love, compassion and mercy to others. Soup RunEach Sunday evening a small team of people go out onto the streets of Dublin to spend some time with some of the homeless people of our city. We offer tea, sandwiches, sleeping bags, some clean clothes, a listening ear and prayer to those we meet. It is our desire to show God's love to the many homeless people we meet in a compassionate and practical way.
Ripple Effect for Vlottenberg, S.A.This is a ministry of partnership between Dublin Vineyard Church and the Vlottenburg Vineyard Church located in the heart of a small farming community near Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica. Over the past 6 years, we have been building a relationship with the Vlottenburg church community through visiting and coming alongside to support different community development projects of the Vlottenburg church. The community is very poor and many live in very poor conditions. It is our aim to support and partner with the Vlottenburg church in what they are doing to meet the many needs of their community. Healing on the StreetsAt Healing On The Streets (HOTS) the people of Dublin Vineyard extend God's amazing love and mercy as we make ourselves available to people in their everyday lives in Dublin. HOTS is a very gentle and caring way to offer prayer for people's needs by meeting them where they already are. We go out every second Saturday and have been seeing people experience God's healing, love and compassion for them. For more information, please contact the church office. Compassionate ChristmasEach November we take a special collection for the sole purpose of blessing those who find Christmas a financially difficult time. The offering has been used to help individuals, single parent families and families who have found Christmas to be an incredible burden. It has been so amazing to see others blessed by the generosity of this offering. |



