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Service on Sunday May 10
The Gathering will be meeting in Vanleer on Sunday May 10 at 10:00. The service will be open to the public but will not be livestreamed.
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Update: in light of Governor Lee’s updated guidelines on church and social gatherings, we are going to continue to do livestream services only at this time. We will not be meeting in person Sunday May 3.
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We at The Gathering have felt led to follow President Trump’s advice to suspend public gatherings for the next two weeks. We will not be having services in Vanleer on March 22 or 29, but Terry will be sending out a special livestream message during normal service time on the 29th for those who would […]
Continue ReadingPoem read at The Gathering 2/2/20 – Jeff Snyder
This is why we can’t have nice things Because your love gets twisted And suddenly the goal is creature not creator The One who fills all things is not found in that which is produced So your product is rejected But you can’t hear that over the sound of the applause It’s the always sneaky […]
Continue ReadingNew Home for The Gathering Sunday Morning Messages
The body of believers known as The Gathering in Vanleer, TN has its own website! As the Lord is moving more and more on members of the local body to share on Sunday mornings, we wanted a place to make those messages available while reserving the Messengers of Shiloh website for the local and itinerate […]
Continue ReadingThe Gathering in Vanleer has no affiliation with Wayne Jolley’s “The Gathering International”
We want to clear up any potential confusion about the name of our home church here in Tennessee. Terry and Donna founded and currently oversee a church in Dickson county called The Gathering. Recently we became aware of a ministry in a neighboring county with a similar name, The Gathering International, founded by the late […]
Continue ReadingThe True Vine
Jesus said, “You are the branch I am the true vine This work in you Is all of mine Dwell in Me I’ll dwell in you There’s not a work That you can do But in me You must believe I am the life You must receive I’ll trim and prune And cut away All […]
Continue ReadingThrone Worthy
a poem by Donna Bennett My King is worthy Of a throne From which to rule and reign He sacrificed And paid the price For my heart to gain He is King Of all the earth Amidst its sadness And its mirth Of the land And of the sea But will I crown Him King […]
Continue ReadingThe New Creation
a poem by Donna Bennett Beyond this old creation And all that we can see World’s unknown A Holy Throne Multitudes of beings An immense reality Before one thing was created And all things came to be Was God alone with His thought For a family He makes His angels winds His servants flames of […]
Continue ReadingThe Life
There is a life inside of me, Though when at first received Is very small and immature. It’s just a tiny seed. Watered by the Holy Spirit This seed begins to grow. As I learn to eat of Him Beyond what I could know. This life is meant to overcome And overtake my soul Until […]
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