Our small, personalized studies and meals together at Vineyard are important to us for the simple reason that fellowship is important. We believe fellowship is basic to what it means to be a Christian. As believers, we are not only reconciled to God but we are also relationally united with other believers in what is called the body of Christ. (Romans 12:4,5)

The most frequently used words to describe believers in the New Testament are "brother and sister," illustrating that we are to be like family to each other. Numerous verses provide guidelines on relationships and the phrase "one another" appears over 50 times (e.g. "love one another," "forgive one another," etc.).

It seems obvious that the Christian life is meant to be lived in the context of fellowship. While worship services are a very important part of our church life, it is at our small group meetings during the week that we experience real fellowship.