Spiritual growth happens best in a small group of like-minded people with mutual support and encouragement. Christianity is relational in nature as we are pursuing a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and there is nothing better the assist us on our journey than real relationships with others. 

There are four primary foci of a LIFE Group: 

1.  Study – with the support of church staff you will choose the subject matter and study together each time you meet (you might study a book of the bible, a subject like forgiveness, or a practical topic like Christian parenting, etc.).  

2.  Care – you will become the primary congregational caregivers to one another; someone is sick and needs meals you will provide this for one another, someone is going through a tough time you will check in with them often, someone is celebrating a great event you will be there for them. 

3.  Serve – a couple times a year the LIFE Group (with the support of the Missions Team) will identify a service project and participate as a team.  You are free to choose a project that is near and dear to the people in the LIFE Group and to serve as you desire.  This is simply a way of sharing God’s love together with the world as a group. 

4.  Outreach – a couple times a year you will design a fun time for the LIFE group members to enjoy and you will each invite a friend(s) to join you.  This is a great way of introducing your un-churches friends/family/co-workers to meet the church and grow a little deeper.  Who knows one of these friends might just want to join the group, might want to join the church and might come to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ and that is the ultimate goal of all Christian activity.

Groups work best when people are assembled by lifestyle and affinity, however, we have seen groups be very successful with people who seem from the outset to have very little in common and together they discover a great connection.  When a group is launched there is always a feeling out time of about 4 meetings after which people can commit to stay with the group or find another group that works better for them.  A group generally stays together for a year then re-evaluates whether to continue, stop meeting all together, or add a few more people into the mix.