Encouragement and Growth

Interview with Brad and Jamie Wedderburn

How have you been involved at The Vine this year?

J: I’ve been helping to lead Women at The Vine with Luise.

B: For the last few months, I’ve been leading Men at The Vine.

How has serving encouraged you?

J: One of my passions is to connect women with others so they can have pockets of community, outside of the church, where they live and walk authentically together. The desire of many of the women attending these events is to unpack the depths of their heart and to seek God. In a time of personal need, I felt the love from the Women’s community in so many ways and the creative ways they all supported me and others in our community.

B: We have been working on building a community with the Anchor Nights and providing ways for men to connect with other men who are in similar walks of life. This sense of belonging is there to help men lift and hold each other up in their struggles and victories. I have gotten to know some of their stories just by being available to them. It’s been encouraging to see this community grow in intentionality and authenticity.

How have you personally grown this year?

J: The opportunity to lead Tribe Nights and empower other women to lead in their personal capacities at different events enabled me to grow in my personal life and in my faith. The constant encouragement from the community to lead in their gifting has inspired me to use the gifts that God has given me. I continue to learn how to lead others well and to have meaningful connections.

B: We did a Strengthsfinders training for our core team and this training has helped me discover my own strengths and the strengths of other core members. As I continue to grow in my strengths, I am also learning how to utilise the strengths of other core members. Since going through the training, I see the potential of how this training could be beneficial in growing big men at The Vine.