Join a small group for summer 2024!
Groups will focus on one of four topics (see descriptions below) and meet for varying periods of time. Use our group finder to search for groups by type, topic, time, and location.
Summer Small Groups
Interested in leading a small group?
We will provide training, materials, and support; leaders will choose one of four topics, as well as the frequency, group size, and meeting time. Fill out a short application and we will be in touch with more details!
Small Group Topics
Home Improvement Parenting
Using video and other resources, this series contains eight sessions, each designed to help you embed your parenting practices in your faith. Our hearts are the core of parenting, and that’s the focus of this series. You will begin each session by exploring a theology that’s essential for raising children. Then, you will be provided with practical ways for you to implement this theology with your children. These strategies are based on sound biblical principles and are proven to be effective in strengthening family relationships. (Content from the National Center for Biblical Parenting in RightNow Media)
The Art of Neighboring
What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors? When Jesus was asked about the greatest command, he said it is to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets, and then going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice. What would happen if every follower of Jesus took the Great Commandment literally? Is it possible that the solution to our society’s biggest issues has been right under our noses for the past two thousand years? This series contains six sessions.
Work as Worship
Many Christians—from the CEO, to the teacher, to the stay-at-home mom—spend a great deal of time working, and yet do not realize how their work intersects with their faith. They compartmentalize their faith to exist only on Sunday morning and see the rest of their week as having little to do with their walk with God. Scripture, however, does not divide the sacred and secular parts of our lives. God gives us our work, talent, and skills so that, through them, we might worship Him. This six-part Bible study video resource will challenge you to consider the reason God calls us to work. It will cause you to consider why He may have you in your current position and encourage you to look beyond how your job makes you feel to see purpose and significance in your work. (Content from J.D Grear and RightNow Media)
Parenting Boys and Girls in a Gender-Confused World
(This option will require additional training on May 5.) This eight-session video course aims to give parents practical guidance, equipping them as they seek to disciple sons and daughters about what it means to be a boy or girl—a person created in love to bear God’s image. We want to help parents help their kids grow in understanding God’s design so they can think biblically about gender and have the knowledge and courage to explain and defend the goodness of our Creator’s intent. And, of course, we want to guide parents in how to offer compassionate help if their child is struggling in this area. (Content from Harvest USA)