Monday Night:
Group: Summer Park Days
Who: Families
Leader: Sara Vander Velde
Time: Mondays 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Start date: Monday, June 9, 2025
Location: Pleasant Park
Each week, a family (or small group) will host an hour-long program for kids in the neighborhood. It can be at the park or a parking lot. We will use the themes of VBS and take a month to cover a theme. This allows families to serve in our neighborhood, and for visiting kids to begin exploring biblical themes in a consistent way.
Tuesday Morning:
Group: Bold and Courageous Stories of Faith
Who: Co-ed adults
Leaders: Stacy Jenkins and Pastor Phil
Time: Tuesdays 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Start Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Location: Gathering Room
This group will focus on the simple and powerful stories of bold and courageous faith lived out in the bible. Be ready to be challenged to take your faith to the next level. This group will be a powerful time of studying God’s word, having conversations of life change, and coffee!
Wednesday Afternoon:
Group: The Purple Book
Who: Co-ed adults
Leader: Pastor Christy
Time: Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Start Date: Wednesday, June 11-August 27
Location: Youth room
The Purple Book is a Bible study guide designed to help believers know and apply the essential beliefs of Christianity. It will help you to gain a solid faith foundation that the enemy cannot dismantle! It will help you apply the Bible to your everyday life, and it will help you discover that your faith has true power to change lives! This is a pilot Life Group to prepare other Purple Book groups to form. It will be part of our core curriculum in the New Believers/Baptism Track. This would be a great group for you if: 1) you want to grow in the essentials of faith, or 2) you want to be part of discipling others with this material in the future!
Wednesday Evenings:
Group: Recovery and Accountability
Who: Co-ed adults
Leader: Stacy Jenkins and Matt Emery
Time: Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Start Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Location: Gathering Room
Be a part of this faith-based, accountability group guided by the principles and best practices of recovery and faith. Build relationships that will help you grow and stay committed to your recovery journey.
Group: Doctrine & Dessert
Who: Co-ed adults
Leader: Anna Mediema
Time: Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Start Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Location: Youth Room
This is the “Absolute Basics of the Christian Faith” life group…but with a tasty twist! This core curriculum group will help you learn the foundations of the Christian faith AND give you an opportunity to sample a different dessert each week. The memory verses, belief statements, scriptures, and videos in each lesson work together to help you gain a clear understanding in a way that is fun and community-based! Did we mention there will be dessert??
Group: The Chosen Season Five
Who: Co-ed adults ONLY
Leaders: Sue Figueroa and Rebecca Gurk
Time: Wednesdays 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Start Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Location: Sanctuary (Big Screen!)
In the month of July, there is a 3-week life group on "The Chosen" Season 5, titled "The Last Supper”. This season depicts Jesus's final days, following his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and culminating in the Last Supper and his arrest. It is helpful to have watched Seasons 1-4 beforehand. We will watch and discuss each episode and the Scriptures that go along with it.
(Meets July 2- Episodes 1 & 2; July 16-Episodes 3-5; July 30-Episodes 6-8)
Saturday Morning
Group: Summer Break
Who: Co-ed adults
Leaders: Ben Kraker
Time: Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Start Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025
Location: The Kraker’s Residence
This life group is a space of biblical encouragement, soulful engagement, and shared discernment as we move toward Christ together. Each week, we let even the tough stuff draw us closer to Jesus, not pushing us away, but helping us listen more deeply to God, one another, and the Holy Spirit’s direction for our lives.
An open, weekly check-in for lattes.
