Sundays at Vine Street: A Disciples Podcast: Recent Episodes
Vine Street Christian Church
Welcome to Vine Street Christian Church in Nashville, Tennessee where everyone has a seat at God's table.
Hosted by Michael LeBuhn, Sundays at Vine Street is a unique look into the sermon, songs and disciples behind one of the most thoughtful Sunday services in Middle Tennessee. Each week Michael is joined by Thomas Klienert, Senior Minister, for an even deeper look into his thought-provoking, challenging sermons.
Vine Street Christian Church is a fellowship of believers and seekers living in communion with God and each other, pursuing justice, and meeting the needs of those around us.
Reading by Kathy Zamata
Sermon by Margie Quinn
Music by Javier Castro
- "Steal Away" arr. Moses Hogan
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Reading by Abi Flowers
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by Vine Street Chancel Choir
- Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies Sake (Richard Farrant)
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Reading by Pat Cole
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by Abi Flowers (vocals), Micah Snow (piano), Katie Blomarz (upright bass), Hope Hamby (fiddle), and Joe Xiques (guitar).
- "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
- "Amazing Grace"
- "Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing" arr. Hamby
- "I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table"
- "I'll Fly Away"
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Reading by Eric Hutton
Sermon by Margie Quinn
Music:
- "How Great Thou Art" performed by Stephanie Kopel
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Reading by Larry Adams
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Moment for Mission by Rondy Smith, Rest Stop Ministries
Music:
- "Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart" (arr. Heather Sorenson) performed by the Vine Street Chancel Choir, Steven Bowman, violin and Margie Way-Kiani, cello.
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Reading by Jamie H.
Sermon by Margin Quinn
Music:
- "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Charles Gabriel arr. Schrader) performed by Chris Smallwood, piano
- "You Are Mine" (arr. Mark Hayes) performed by the Vine Street Chancel Choir, Erica Hayden, flute
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Reading by Dair Grubb (11th Grade)
Sermon by Calin Trabue (12th Grade) and Meda Miller (12th Grade)
Music:
- "All You Need is Love" performed by Jack McLaughlin (9th Grade)
- "The Storm" (piano) and "Festive Trumpet Tune" (organ) performed by Liam Dixon (8th Grade)
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Reading by Erica Hayden
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by Stephanie Kopel
- "Agnus Dei" - Georges Bizet
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Reading by Cate Mart
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir
- "The King of Love, My Shepherd Is" - arr. Mack Wilberg, Julie Ditzel and Erica Hayden, flute, Daniel Holcomb, soloist
- "Praise to the Lord!" - arr. Brant Adams, Julie Ditzel, flute, Micah Snow, piano
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Reading by Rachel Dixon
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir
- "I Will Be a Child of Peace" - Elaine Hagenberg
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Reading by Jack Wallace
Sermon by Margie Quinn
Music by Abi Flowers
- "I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table" - African-American Spiritual
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Reading by Larry Adams
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir
- "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today"
- "An Easter Call to Praise"arr. Stacey Nordmeyer
Music by the Vine Street Children's Choir
- "This Is the Day" by Mark Burrows
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Reading by Lester McNatt
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "Fanfare for Palm Sunday" - Katherine K. Davis
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Reading by Quentin Flowers
Sermon by Margie Quinn
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "The Hour Has Come" - Lloyd Larson
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Reading by Joyce Crowell
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Tennessee Innocence Project Moment for Mission by Madison Lowery
Music by Abigail Flowers - "What Wondrous Love Is This" - Appalachian folk hymn
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Reading by Stephen Moseley
Sermon by Margie Quinn
Preserve Lindsley Avenue Now Moment for Mission by Gina Tek
Music by Micah Snow - "Jesus, Help Me to Stand" by Ron Block
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Reading by Abi Flowers
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry Moment for Mission by Reisha Kidd
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "Take Up Your Cross" arranged by Thomas Keesecker
Reading by Carol Doidge
Sermon by Thomas Kleinert
Room in the Inn Moment for Mission by Cate Mart
Music by the Vine Street Chancel Choir - "True Light" by Keith Hampton (Mark Thress, tenor, Quentin Flowers, bass & Chris Leidhecker, percussion)
We invite you to participate in this service anytime today. You can listen and pray in your favorite chair or while taking a walk. May God bless us, both those of us who pray and those who don't, with the rich grace whose outpouring we recall and receive anew today.
The Parable of the Unjust Steward is a parable that has puzzled people for generations. What is Jesus trying to tell us in this story about a world that is falling apart and a man who takes advantage of the situation? In this episode and in his sermon, Thomas argues that one message he takes from it is that when the world is in crisis, the situation often calls for decisive, cunning action. The climate crisis the world is dealing with now is resulting in dramatic declines in animal populations, increasing damage to habitats and a reduction in the quality of life for millions around the world. What decisive action should we be taking and calling for?
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If you had 100 sheep and you lost 1...would you abandon the 99 to save the 1? It's a complex question that Jesus asks in this week's episode. It brings to bear questions of how far we're willing to love and how willing we are to let ourselves be found. How do we love our oppressors when we see everyday the destruction they bring to our communities local and abroad? How do we come to terms with an everlasting and unbreakable love shown to us by the Lord?
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Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas and Michael react in the wake of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in February of 2018. Thomas shares his thought process behind including a different angle on the story of the Good Samaritan and how it's connected to the oft-mocked tradition of public figures asking for "thoughts and prayers." What role should the church play to bring about healing and change in the aftermath of these acts that strike at our sense of safety and deepen our cynicism.
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Visit vinestreet.org for more information about how Vine Street is working to make their community more just. Follow Vine Street on Facebook for livestreams of our services.
Sundays at Vine Street is a Pod About It Production.
Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas and Michael explore one of the most confounding, interpretative, profound moments of the story of Jesus, the transfiguration. What did it mean for Jesus' disciples, how did it inform their work after the life of Jesus and how should it inform our own journey as disciples of Christ?
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Visit vinestreet.org for more information about how Vine Street is working to make their community more just. Follow Vine Street on Facebook for livestreams of our services.
Sundays at Vine Street is a Pod About It Production.
Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode Thomas discusses the many different types of silences, ranging from those that heal the soul to those that weigh on it. Many women in the United States and across the world are breaking a silence on how they've been treated by men in power. Michael and Thomas ask hard questions about how men in every community should react to the movement and what is to be done next to heal.
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Visit vinestreet.org for more information about how Vine Street is working to make their community more just. Follow Vine Street on Facebook for livestreams of our services.
Sundays at Vine Street is a Pod About It Production.
Each week we speak with Reverend Dr. Thomas Klienert, pastor of Vine Street Christian Church, digging a little deeper into the text and subtext in his weekly sermon. In this episode we discuss the role of demons within the New Testament. It's easy for some to dismiss talk of demons in the Bible as people searching for an explanation to mental illness or some other unexplained phenomenon. But the fact is demons play a profound role in the gospel and it is inherent on the reader to ask why and what it may say about our current reality.
Click here for full sermon audio and text.
Visit vinestreet.org for more information about how Vine Street is working to make their community more just. Follow Vine Street on Facebook for livestreams of our services.
Sundays at Vine Street is a Pod About It Production.