Oct 14, 2026 · 34 min · 9 segments
**CV Life** is a new podcast from Croydon Vineyard - a chance to pull up a chair and join some of the conversations around the coffee table. Expect honest, informal conversations about what God is…
But as a church, uh, you know, we're, we're part of the Vineyard Network, part of the, the Vineyard Network in the UK.
Obviously Lara does, um, stuff in the youth space.
Some of our other staff do things in other spaces.
And Tom, you're on VLT, so you are like around the big boy, big boys and girls table, um, the, the leadership capacity of the, the, the national movement.
Um, and like just the last few years been invited to speak at and minister at more places and more stuff.
And just this last weekend you were up in Nottingham with Lesley.
I mean, I've been invited in just to try and help us lead well, like just how to equip pastors, how to help churches do well.
Mm-hmm.
That, you know, all the easy stuff is probably dealt with locally, so you get the, [laughs] you get the really hard things, but that's part of leadership and that's a joy.
Um, and this trip to, to Nottingham this last weekend was actually the first time, it was Lesley who was invited.
Mm-hmm.
Brilliant.
[laughs]
I think, I think that, I mean, I live with Lesley, right? So, but we also, we kind of live with Lesley in our church.
Yeah.
And we sort of see the, just what there is in terms of those moments, which I think technically would be called deliverance.
Mm-hmm.
But it's like the healing, it's like the therapy, it's the blending together of understanding emotions and complexity around trauma and history.
But as a church, uh, you know, we're, we're part of the Vineyard Network, part of the, the Vineyard Network in the UK.
Obviously Lara does, um, stuff in the youth space.
Some of our other staff do things in other spaces.
And Tom, you're on VLT, so you are like around the big boy, big boys and girls table, um, the, the leadership capacity of the, the, the national movement.
Um, and like just the last few years been invited to speak at and minister at more places and more stuff.
And just this last weekend you were up in Nottingham with Lesley.
I mean, I've been invited in just to try and help us lead well, like just how to equip pastors, how to help churches do well.
Mm-hmm.
That, you know, all the easy stuff is probably dealt with locally, so you get the, [laughs] you get the really hard things, but that's part of leadership and that's a joy.
Um, and this trip to, to Nottingham this last weekend was actually the first time, it was Lesley who was invited.
Mm-hmm.
Brilliant.
[laughs]
I think, I think that, I mean, I live with Lesley, right? So, but we also, we kind of live with Lesley in our church.
Yeah.
And we sort of see the, just what there is in terms of those moments, which I think technically would be called deliverance.
Mm-hmm.
But it's like the healing, it's like the therapy, it's the blending together of understanding emotions and complexity around trauma and history.
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