Grace Small Groups are:

A micro-community of 3 to 12 Jesus followers doing the Christian life deeply together!

Life transformation happens more in circles than rows… and it happens in our Biblical based small groups.

Grace Small Groups gives folks a chance to a loving space to dive deep into God’s Word and how it can transform our lives. Grace Small Groups are one of the ways we try “Doing the Christian life deeply together”

Doing the Christian life can be seen in the practices of some of the first believers, following Pentecost, as outlined in Acts 2:42-47. Included in this list are:

1) Devotion to living out what they learned from studying God’s Word together

2) Devotion to doing life together

3) Eating together and/or partaking of the Lord’s Supper together

4) Wholehearted, faith-centered prayer that brought about the miracles

5) Meeting one another’s needs

Small groups, unlike straightforward Bible studies, help us process God’s story as it intersects with our stories. Small groups allow for experiential discipleship like: “Dark night of the soul” season and processing that time of life through the lens of Scripture with a group of fellow journeyers; dealing with the heartbreak of a broken relationship and processing with others the pain in light of God’s Word as it speaks to grief, loss, and ultimate victory; or facing failure and working through it as group members share their stories and together you look at examples from Scripture. Experiential discipleship isn’t just about darkness, missteps, and failure. Grace Small Groups encourage one another, celebrate life’s accomplishments together, observe traditions together, and rejoice together when God answers their prayers.

A biblical small group knows and does 1 Corinthians 12:26: “If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”

If you desire to join a Life Group, please email Rev. John Roberts for more information.