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A New (Old?) Look

Life Groups are getting a makeover. Here’s what you need to know:

Where community is lived out each day…” If you’ve been around for a while, you know we’ve tried out quite a few different models for Life Groups. Every model is different, with different strengths and weaknesses, but community is too fundamental to the gospel not to be constantly iterating and improving. In the new style, there are 2 paths. Core or Freestyle. Core groups are a place to find solid, weekly, community. No theme or agenda other than to be the local church, bear one another’s burdens, grow in Christ and Christ-like love for one another, and watch that love overflow outside to others. Freestyle groups are just that… Free-Style! If God is calling this moment in your life to a specific focus, cause, demographic, subject, anything… Freestyle groups are a place to walk that out in Christ-centered community.

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Decisions, decisions…

CORE

  • Weekly Meetings

    • Meet + Eat + Meet + Church Event = 1 Month of a Core LG (In a month with 5 weeks, talk about serving as group somewhere!)

  • Sermon-based Content

    • Discussion questions provided to the group each week to use. No need to build content!

    • Dig deeper into the scripture referenced in the message!

    • Connect across groups with similar topics to discuss and compare.

FreeStyle

  • Custom Cadence

    • At least monthly, but any other frequency works!

  • Custom Content

    • Freedom to move where God is calling you.

    • Must be spiritually directed.

    • Must be for community formation.

Coming soon: The application process to start a FreeStyle group!

 
 

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. - Hebrews 10:24-25

 
 

Current Groups

 
core

Mondays: 6pm

Duebers & Schuberts

Bloomington

Wednesdays: 7pm

Ray and Judy Narveson

St. Louis Park

Wednesdays: 7pm

Jonathan and Laurie Johnson

Eden Prairie

Thursdays: 7pm

Laurel and Linda Lange

Minnetonka

Fridays: 6pm

Norells & Muellers

Bloomington

 
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Discipleship Community: Transformation

1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 7:00-9:00 . //

A place to support each other and grow closer to Jesus. We will start out reading the book “The Invitation: Transforming the Heart Through Desire Fulfilled”  You are invited… to a change of heart, Jesus’ way! Transformation isn’t about being more disciplined or trying harder, but establishing a life-giving connection where Jesus fills your heart’s deepest desires for love, significance, belonging, freedom, security, and more. God’s change strategy isn’t focused on fixing your bad behavior, but on filling your heart with himself. Experiencing desire fulfilled changes what you want—and that makes change easy!  When we finish the book we will transition to other topics and continue long term as a life group.  

Contact:

Bob & Val Flynn

Where?:

Chanhassen

The Duffers Group

Thursday Mornings @ 9:30 - 11:30 AM  //   

Older Gentlemen sitting around drinking coffee, solving the world’s problems.  Join us for fellowship, support, and great conversation. 

Contact:

Tom Gilbertson 

Where?

Various Locations in the SW Metro Area

GriefShare

Tuesdays @ 6:30-8:00 pm    // 

GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life's most difficult experiences. You don't have to go through the grieving process alone.  See www.griefshare.org for more info on this national program. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one is welcome. You will be encouraged through weekly videos on specific topics, discussion and prayer. Cost: $10 for the participant guide. Child care is available with the cost paid by the parents.

Contact:

John & Leslie Klus

Where?

City Hill Church Foyer Lounge

The Hive:

a place to take care of the Queen Bee

2nd and 4th Tuesdays @ 9:30 - 11:30 AM  // 

Join us at The Hive where we encourage each other in our faith journey and in the daily joys and challenges of mothering. This group is for new moms, foster care moms, single moms, and moms whose kids are all grown up - no matter your season, you are welcome! Come for breakfast and sharing together! Open to all moms.  Childcare provided with the cost paid by the parents {Registration is $40}.

Contact:

Courtney Schubert 

Where?

City Hill Worship Center

T.L.C

First Friday of the Month @ 7:00 PM  //  

T.L.C. Is about fellowship and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story to share and we want to hear it. Must be willing to be vulnerable, love hugs and food 😊 Open to all women.  Children do not attend. 

Contact:

Ida Freeman

Where?

City Hill Mother’s Lounge

Women of the Word

1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 7:00pm //  

Please join women at City Hill to a 10-Session Study in Genesis from Author and Speaker Jen Wilkin. Over 10 sessions of verse-by-verse study, dive into Genesis 1-11 by following three critical stages of understanding: comprehension, interpretation, and application. Revisit familiar stories and historical figures, challenge your basic knowledge, and discover deeper meanings in the text. As God reveals Himself through Scripture, we can only begin to understand ourselves when we first glimpse the character, attributes, and promises of our Creator.

Contact:

Michelle Dikken 

Where?

City Hill Foyer Lounge

YM:  Parenting by Paul Tripp I

1st and 3rd Wednesdays @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm // 

In your first few years of marriage?  Past the honeymoon phase into little kid land? Come join us as we study Parenting by Paul Tripp and live out our parenting in light of eternity.  Open to married couples in their 20s-30s. Childcare provided with the cost paid by the parents {$5 for 1 child, $10 for 2+}.

Contact:

Jim and Suzy Miller

Where?

Eden Prairie

YM:  Parenting by Paul Tripp II

2nd and 4th Tuesdays @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm //  

In your first few years of marriage?  Past the honeymoon phase into little kid land? Come join us as we study Parenting by Paul Tripp and live out our parenting in light of eternity.  Open to married couples in their 20s-30s. Childcare provided with the cost paid by the parents {$5 for 1 child, $10 for 2+}.

Contact:

Jim and Suzy Miller

Where?

Eden Prairie