YOU ARE MADE TO BE IN A GROUP

• Whether you are shy or extroverted, you were made by your Creator to be a social person.

• You need connections where you can help and be helped, serve and be served, love and be loved.

• Small Groups are a way to experience that connection with others and deepen your spiritual life at the same time.

• Our Church has some 25 adult groups involving nearly 300 people of all ages: men and women, couples and mixed, young and old. There’s a place for you!

KEY SCRIPTURE

"They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." (Acts 2:42-47)

COME AND CONNECT!

SMALL GROUPS VISION

To fulfill people’s lives by deepening their relationship with God and building relationships between members. In a small, personal environment we learn and experience loving God and loving one another.

The small groups of this ministry are building blocks of the larger church, places where people are ministered to, and encouraged and empowered for service to God.

SMALL GROUP GOALS

COMUNION WITH GOD: Drawing people closer to God through study of His Word, informal worship and shared prayer.

COMMUNITY WITH ONE ANOTHER: Creating deep relationships with people of common spiritual beliefs by meeting regularly to share with, enjoy, learn from and support one another.

HOW SMALL GROUPS FUNCTION

A Small Group:
• is a dedicated community of care where the participants help each other grow spiritually.

• consists of usually 7 - 14 members

• meets weekly or twice a month mostly in homes (in the Lake and outside).

• Meets for sessions lasting 11⁄2 to 2 hours which usually include:

- Time for fellowship
- Informal worship and prayer
- Study of the Bible or book on Christian living
- Caring for others in a group project or missions partnership

HOW TO JOIN A SMALL GROUP

You may contact the Small Group Ministry for more information:
• Complete the Communication Slip on the Sunday Worship Bulletin and place it in offering plate.
• Contact Dave Blackistone, Ministry Steward for Small Groups, 972-3555 or dblackistone@comcast.net.
• Contact Jim Smith, Senior Associate Pastor, 972-9060 or jim@lowchurch.org.