Hi there! We are Rayleigh Vineyard – a Christian church meeting together to worship and enjoy God. Our aim is to make God known to people who don’t know him yet or don’t know him well. We are the leaders, Dave and Laura Smith. We meet every week on Sunday mornings at 10.30am at Sweyne School, Cheapside West, Rayleigh SS6 9BY (see map on this page). We also meet the first Sunday evening of the month (at Costa Coffee 5pm) and the second Sunday evening of the month as well for Book Club. And we have weekly house groups and other midweek events to add to our activities.

We would love you to come along and check us out sometime. Just turn up on a Sunday or give us a call or e-mail us. We’d love to chat and we can give you directions to any of the events. We adopt a “Come as you are” policy. We aren’t “heavy sell” or directive in our approach. We just like meeting new people and seeing what they have to offer.

How it all began

We began in June 2003, with a handful of people. We believe God has asked us to plant a growing church based on the Bible, in a contemporary (modern) style, where we worship God and communicate what Jesus talked about in a friendly manner (ie, with compassion, mercy, fun…and lots of chocolate!)

Its our aim to train, equip and help people like you to be effective in their lives, both their personal lives and their lives within Rayleigh Vineyard. To enjoy a better quality of life through what Jesus has taught us.

We also try and support and encourage the other churches in Rayleigh and certainly feel that in our short life as a new church that they have encouraged us.

We are an off-shoot (satellite) church from Southend Vineyard. Dave worked on staff at Southend Vineyard as assistant pastor, before Rayleigh Vineyard began. He now works full time for the church. Laura also worked at Southend Vineyard as Kids’ Pastor, before going to work as an art teacher in a local grammar school. We have been married for seven years and have a son and daughter.

You would be very welcome to try us out and see if you like it.

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Rayleigh Vineyard is a Christian Church, affiliated to Vineyard Churches UK, and a registered charity. Charity No. 1101054. Vineyard is a registered Collective Mark of Vineyard Churches UK.