Welcome to this weekend’s Sunday Online at Encounter Vineyard. If you are here for the first time, a very warm welcome to you, we are so pleased that you have wanted to join us. If you are a part of our regular extended family then welcome back!

Today is the second Sunday in Advent, the season that invites us to remember that joy isn’t the same as cheerfulness or denial—it’s deeper, steadier, and rooted in hope. Advent reminds us that God is with us. Even in the waiting, even in the ordinary, His presence brings light and life.

To maximise joy this Advent is to make space for gratitude, worship, and wonder — to slow down long enough to notice His goodness at work in and around us.

Today, Mark is continuing our series ‘Advent Joy’ with a message that looks at how we can be ‘Maximising Joy.’

We hope that you enjoy worshipping and celebrating with us today and we pray that today would be a blessing for us all.