Life On The Vine Christian Community

Life On The Vine Christian Community Life on the Vine - a Greenhouse of God's Presence. We are a church community located in Long Grove, Illinois. Life on the Vine is a greenhouse of God's presence.

Amidst our hectic, consumerist suburbia,
we pause in silence,
we hear the ancient Scriptures,
we behold the beauty of the Lord,
we submit to the preached Word,
we encounter God's mysterious presence,
we respond to Him in praise and worship. In a world fragmented by mistrust,
we gather as a community,
a committed family born of the Holy Spirit,
to journey together in God's salvation,
telling storie

s of wonder. Central to our community is gathering on Sundays for teaching and worship.

9:00 a.m. Classes
10:15 a.m. Worship

Please visit our website at www.lifeonthevine.org for more information. Our calendar can be found at:
http://lifeonthevine.org/community/calendar/

🚨 New Sermon Series 🚨Starting this Sunday, we’re beginning a new sermon series: Common Threads: The Faith We Are Tending...
09/08/2026

🚨 New Sermon Series 🚨

Starting this Sunday, we’re beginning a new sermon series: Common Threads: The Faith We Are Tending Together. Over seven weeks, Susanne, Juliet, Cindy, Stacey, Neil, Evan, and Tim will each preach on one thread of the faith we believe we’ve grown here. These threads aren’t new threads within Christianity. We’ve grabbed onto these threads as we have looked back into a long line of people throughout church history who insisted Christians live differently than the dominant expression of their moment. We’ve also looked around us to learn from Christians whose voices have often been overlooked or ignored in church history.

This series won’t try to capture everything we believe. It’s a sampling of some threads we think are worth naming, nurturing, and passing on right now, trusting that as we tend to our small community, the Spirit is doing the same in other churches and leading the American church toward something more beautiful.

And because we believe the Spirit is given to all of us, not to one voice, this series will be preached the way we try to live - collaboratively, by several of us - and also by you! In the final week, we’ll close the series together: Jana will lead a whole-church discussion, opening space for all of us to reflect on and talk about the kind of faith we want to keep growing here.

We hope you’ll come ready to listen, wrestle, and add your own voice to the threads we’re naming together.

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Join Evan for an Old Books Show & Tell, at 9am this Sunday 9/6 and next Sunday 9/13! We’ll meet in the sanctuary.During ...
09/03/2026

Join Evan for an Old Books Show & Tell, at 9am this Sunday 9/6 and next Sunday 9/13! We’ll meet in the sanctuary.

During this time we’ll take a look at a number of books from Evan’s personal collection that have been written over the past five centuries. Our main goal is to enjoy them. This is a show & tell, after all! But while we enjoy their beauty we’ll also learn a bit about how books, just like bread, w**e, art, or candlelight, can be a material part of our faith. They form us through teaching, they remind us through recording, and they can introduce us to new times, places, people, and perspectives that we might not have otherwise considered.

This Sunday Evan will share a bit about how and why he started collecting books, about books that have been passed down through his family and religious books that he has collected over the last twenty five years from various places.

Next Sunday he will focus more on old books that he acquired this past spring from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School’s special collections, and we’ll talk about how churches, libraries, and individuals can steward the rich textual history that forms our faith.

He will bring a totally different set of books for each session so come to both if you can, but each session is standalone so it’s fine to just come to one or the other. There is nothing you need to prepare, but (and this is totally optional), please feel welcome to bring a book that is important to you, even if it’s not old! He will set aside some time each Sunday to go around the circle and do a little show-and-tell from anyone who is interested.

We would love to see the books that you love and that have formed you!

September is here…which means Labor Day is this weekend! Join us on Sunday afternoon for a picnic 🧺 🥪
09/01/2026

September is here…which means Labor Day is this weekend! Join us on Sunday afternoon for a picnic 🧺 🥪

This ceramic striker recently cracked. Instead of tossing it, we decided to repair it using kintsugi. Kintsugi, which me...
08/24/2026

This ceramic striker recently cracked. Instead of tossing it, we decided to repair it using kintsugi. Kintsugi, which means “join with gold,” is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects, often ceramic pottery or glass. Traditionally, gold lacquer is used to piece broken shards together again, creating a more beautiful object through the acts of breaking and repair.

Kintsugi teaches us that in life we can turn adversity into something that is beautiful and resilient. Kintsugi shows us that in time, we can heal from our wounds, embrace our imperfections and become stronger. Kintsugi reminds us that no matter our difficulties, we can find a way to reframe and find meaning in life.

Behold. He is making all things new.

For if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

📣 UPDATE: Beach Day has been cancelled due to high bacterial levels 🦠and risk of lightening in the area 🌩️🌩️🌩️We are piv...
08/16/2026

📣 UPDATE: Beach Day has been cancelled due to high bacterial levels 🦠and risk of lightening in the area 🌩️🌩️🌩️We are pivoting to a casual hangout and Game Day at LOV’s church building, 10am to noon. Bring games and snacks if you have them - we’ll see you there!

Join us on August 30th for Beach Day 🏖️☀️

08/14/2026
We had the opportunity to partner with our friends at AllianceforImmigrantNeighbors for Back to School! Viners donated a...
08/11/2026

We had the opportunity to partner with our friends at AllianceforImmigrantNeighbors for Back to School! Viners donated and purchased about 75 school supply kits and great snacks. About 300 kids and their families attended. The mood was somber among participating organizations like ours as we grieve the lives that are being impacted and the limitations of legal aid in the current climate. Lord have mercy.

Thank you to the Viners who contributed and volunteered!

Pam and Annie are leading a discussion @9 of Liturgy of the Ordinary. There are 2 more discussions the upcoming Sundays ...
06/15/2026

Pam and Annie are leading a discussion @9 of Liturgy of the Ordinary. There are 2 more discussions the upcoming Sundays (through the end of June). You are welcome to join for any of the discussions even if you can only attend one. And no pressure to read the book. The discussion is accessible whether you have read it or not. Join us as we find God at work in our ordinary days and routines.

Join us next weekend for our first cookout of the summer!
05/18/2026

Join us next weekend for our first cookout of the summer!

Some Viners got together and made some raised garden beds for our friends at Refugee One 🌱
05/06/2026

Some Viners got together and made some raised garden beds for our friends at Refugee One 🌱

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5105 N Arlington Heights Road
Long Grove, IL
60047

Opening Hours

9am - 1pm

Telephone

+18474978463

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