Our church's vision for outreach is to impact our community with the love of Christ.
Our hearts desire is to see people come to know Christ and we do our best to display his love in this world.  

A few of the ways we have stepped out to show Christ's love has been through:

• Coffee House
• Gas Giveaway
• Pie Outreach
• Shasta College Outreach
• Easter Celebration
• Valentines Outreach

Coffee House
Our coffee house, a.k.a. YAKS, is our latest ministry opportunity here at the Vineyard City Church.
View a letter from Pastor Mike explaining the vision • Let Me Tell You A Story
View our latest newsletter update • The Grapevine
YAKS website • www.YaksKoffee.com

Gas Giveaway
For the last two years we have teamed up with Jindra's Cypress 76 Station, on the corner of Bechelli and Cypress, to giveaway free gasoline.   Anyone who pulls up to the gas station on the day of our giveaway will receive up to $10 in free gasoline for as long as our money lasts.   This has been an incredible outreach in the past two years and at our most recent event we were able to giveaway free blended mochas and lattes for those waiting in line.   This has been a great opportunity to say to our community, "God loves you no matter what and He desires to bless you."   We also want to say thank you to the Jindra family, without them this event would not be possible.   We greatly appreciate you!

Pie Outreach
Over the past year we have had to opportunity to team up with Marie Callender's to deliver pies to those who faithfully serve our community.   Each month we purchase a few dozen pies and deliver them to various places in the community.   Our heart is to bless and thank all those who serve and are not always recognized.   DMV, the local school system, our Mayor, our fire fighters and also our local hospitals are all places we desire to continually bless.

Shasta College Outreach
We are a church where the vast majority of our congregation is under the age of 30.   In this we truly recognize how hard it is to go to college, and also the lack of money while doing so.   Each year for the past few years we have gone to Shasta College with money in hand and bought books for students, as well as lunches, for anyone in the cafeteria. We have been able to touch the lives of the Shasta College students who are struggling to buy books and get through the semester.   We are also very thankful for the lunch ladies who work with us each time we come out there.

Easter Celebration
A couple of years ago our church, along with Outreach America an outreach ministry of Little Country Church, teamed up to put on a 10,000 egg Easter egg hunt for the city of Redding.   This was a huge endeavor, but with the grace of God and a lot of hard work, we pulled it off.   Over 5,000 people came to this event and received Easter baskets, face painting, games and time with the Easter bunny.   The magnitude of this event truly expresses the size of our heart for this city.

Valentines Outreach
This event was a huge blessing for our church as well as for the Farrel's.   With the cooperation of some local radio stations and our friends Ray and Ken on News Talk 1400, we were able to find the longest married couple in Shasta County.   Virgil and Henrietta Farrel were our winners.   We were able to purchase a limo ride and dinner for the two of them at CR Gibbs for their 72nd Valentines dinner.   This couple has an amazing history in this area and now live in Millville on a ranch with their son Bud close by.   This family was a great blessing to us in that we had so much fun talking with them and getting to hear some of their great stories.   Thank you to the Farrel's for sharing your 72nd Valentines with us!