2009
2009 | James and Cathryn start to pray about where they should move to, to be where God wants them. The far-flung corners of the world are considered!
2010
February | Meeting with their pastors Chris and Fliss at St Albans Vineyard, God clearly directed them to Hemel Hempstead.
April | Cathryn prayed out loud in the car whilst driving round Hemel, “Lord if you want me to live here you have to help me like it!” Two weeks later hears herself talk out loud (to james again!) about how nice Hemel is and there are so many green spaces everywhere!!
August | Barringers move to Hemel Hempstead, and start going to Hub training with Vineyard Churches to seek what God wants for them in Hemel.
2011
June | Children’s Storehouse is birthed, Cathryn connects with the local children’s centre who jump at the idea. Their small group, connected to St Alban’s Vineyard, step up to get it going and are the team for the first couple of years.
2013
September 29th | Having sensed that God wanted a Vineyard church in Hemel, James and Cathryn are sent out from
St Albans Vineyard, to metaphorically put their flag in the sand! A new small group starts as the core of the newly planted church.
Small group grows, there are parties, walks, Carols on the Sofa, brunches, pamper parties…
2014
Summer | We meet at the Snow Centre in the evening. We start a monthly event called Vineyard Kids, booking an hours ‘play’ for under 5’s at the local gymnastics centre on a Sunday afternoon, and using a side room afterwards to give the children a drink and snack and do a creative bible story for 10 minutes, followed by singing Our God is a great big God!
December | We have a Vineyard Kids Carol service and party, and by advertising, this event was attended by lots and lots of unchurches families with small children. We continued this monthly event until Summer 2017.
2015
May | God moves up our time frame for starting services in a public venue by several months, providing us with Warner’s End Community Centre, where we start a monthly service. Started our tradition of handing out chocolate to dads in town centre on father’s day
September | Our first Annual Hog Roast!
2016
September | Sunday services are now twice a month, with Vineyard Kids at Sapphire Gymnastics once a month.
December | Tesco Extra in Hemel Hempstead approached us wanting to do a new toy collection for our clients, this is a big success and continues each year.
2017
September | Now gathering there three times a month at Warner’s End. 1st Sunday is the introduction of the ‘All In’ gathering, geared towards doing Church round tables and learning to worship as ‘family’. Moving on from Vineyard Kids at Gymnastics - a new ‘second Sunday’ event begins for families at Warner’s End Community Centre (Kids Cinema), Third Sunday, sees the Kids go to Vineyard Kids groups
2018
June | The Children’s Storehouse finally moves out of James and Cathryn’s garage into a rented storage unit, allowing it to grow and serve more families in our community.
September | Sunday services at Warner’s End Community Centre are now three times a month.
2019
September | James leaves his full-time teaching job to go parttime. Monthly events continue to gather and build community. Create for ladies, Men’s breakfasts at the Toby Carvery, The Upper Room Prayer night.
2020
April | We find ourselves gathering online every week via Zoom. We meet more times than in the previous year.
We continue to worship/pray and have fun
2021
September | We return to meeting physically at Micklem Primary School during the first 3 Sundays of the month. On the fourth Sunday we introduced a Feast day, where people are encouraged to meet with friends or family. The Youth Booth was used as a venue to gather and hang out for those around.
2022
The beginning of the year sees the continuation of connect groups and Sunday gatherings. There is a sense of God’s invitation to pursue him and all that he has for us as apprentices of Jesus.