Our Vintage United Gathering last Saturday was a great Saturday night together. We UNITED at Dixon Hall on Tulane’s Campus to worship Jesus. Malcolm Jenkins of the New Orleans Saints shared his story. Watch it:

Another fall season is coming right around the corner. We hope you enjoyed your summer and are getting settled back in to your routine. This fall at Vintage will be unique and very exciting. We’re emailing you to let you know about some important things happening over the next couple of weeks.

This Sunday is our August UNITED gathering at Langston Hughes Academy. During the month of July we have been collecting backpacks and school supplies for the students at Langston Hughes. Some of the families can’t afford the cost of these supplies. This Sunday we will be giving our backpacks to the school administration so if you haven’t brought a backpack please bring one this Sunday. The students’ ages range from Kindergarden – 8th grade. This is a great opportunity to love our city and BE the church.

Our past Vintage United Gathering was awesome! We UNITED at Langston Hughes Academy to worship Jesus, encourage each other and send people out to join God’s work. Samuel from our Music Arts vTeam shared his story. Watch it:

We hope you are enjoying your summer. We want to let you know about some important things happening this week.

As followers of Christ at Vintage Church we strive to live our lives in response to the Grace of the Gospel.  A key part of our response is recognizing and living out Christ’s final command to His disciples, the Great Commission: “All authority on heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew28:18-20 NIV)

“In Jesus’ name, amen.”

 Most of us that have spent any amount of time in a church setting have heard this phrase before. Most of us have probably said it before. It is a common way to end our prayers. A sort of “yours truly” sign off that we tack on to wrap things up. But what does it actually mean to pray “in Jesus’ name?” What does it mean to pray in his power, by his will, or in his Spirit? Is it possible that many of us struggle to pray publically, consistently, or boldly simply because we don’t really understand what prayer is or how to do it?

Did you know that your generous giving is changing lives? Just in the first 5 months of 2013, God has been doing a mighty work through Vintage Church and impacting the city of New Orleans to live the Gospel, love the city and be the church.