Leaders:Randy & Dottie Haring(contact the church office for info)
Meeting Place:Haring’s home
Meeting Time:7-9:00 pm
Meeting Day:Every Thursday starting September – December 17
Goal:To strengthen our marriages through learning about love and respect in marriage.
Our Group:Each week we will view a portion of the dynamic and entertaining Love & Respect conference led by Dr. Emerson and Sarah Eggerichs followed by group discussion and fellowship. To gain understanding about yourself and your spouse that will enhance your love relationship. No outside reading assignments!
Study:Faith Lessons, A Focus on the Family video series
Leaders: Gary & Judy Blosser, Randy & Dottie Haring
Meeting Place: Church - Classroom behind sound room
Meeting Time:9:00-9:45 am
Meeting Day: Sunday mornings
Goal: Spiritual Growth, Bible study, and fellowship
Our Group:OPEN TO FIRST TIMERS. Each week is a stand alone study. Filmed on location in Israel, Faith Lessons is an in-depth video tour of the buried, distant, or otherwise forgotten places where the stories of the Bible actually happened. Teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan gives insightful observations from archeology, history, and geography bringing new understanding to the Bible passages.
Prayer group
Leaders:Dave & Joy Stutzman
Type: Mission/Ministry
Meeting Place: Church Conference Room
Meeting Time:8:00-9:50 am
Meeting Day: Sunday mornings
Goal: To intercede in prayer for our church, our ministries, our staff, our leaders, our people, our nation, and our world.
Our Group welcomes anyone to join us to pray before church begins each Sunday. If you have a deep desire to pray, come join us whenever possible.
Study:Changes that Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud
Leaders:Ed & Christine Shenk and Dale & Connie Homm
(contact the church office for info)
Type:Growth / Nurture
Meeting Place: to be determined
Meeting Time:7:00 pm
Meeting Day:Monday evenings starting September 14 for fourteen weeks
Goal:Understanding our past to ensure a healthier future.
Our Group is open to couples as well as singles… we will gain understanding of the four basic tasks of becoming mature image bearers of God.Each week we will view a short video that builds on that week’s chapter from the book; discussion will center on the video and the previous week’s reading material.
Study:The Secrets Men Keep by Steve Arterburn
Leaders:Arlen Martin / Jay Sensenig(contact the church office for info)
Type:Nurture / growth
Meeting Place:HopeCommunityChurch
Meeting Time:6-7:00 am
Meeting Day:the first and third Friday of each month, September through May
Goal:Encourage each other to live Godly lives and to make life, love, work and leadership easier for you and for everyone who loves you.
Our Group isa men’s group.
Study:Different resource books, Personal experiences
Leaders:Ed & Christine Shenk
Type:Support, Accountability and Growth
Meeting Place:homes of members
Meeting:Biweekly
Goal:Create a safe place to share and speak into each others lives, encourage, challenge, and support each other.
Our Group is a long term group of four couples meeting in a safe atmosphere of openness, accountability, and support.A place from which the couples are strengthened to provide the base to have support to do ministry as God calls.
Study:Communicating and Connecting in Relationships
Leader:Toni Momose(contact church office for info)
Type:Growth and support
Meeting Place:Home of Barb Martin
Meeting Time:8-10:00 am
Meeting Day:Thursday morning
Goal:To develop deep relationships in order to encourage each members growth, support us in our walk with Christ through prayer and accountability.
Our Group:We limit our group size to six women with a current opening for new members.We study a variety of material by outside reading of one chapter of a chosen book weekly and then discussing the chapter at group.
Study:The Life you Always Wanted by John Ortberg
Leader:Pat Bolton(contact church office for info)
Type:Growth and accountability
Meeting Place:Home of Jane Rhodes-Williams
Meeting Time:7-9:00 pm
Meeting Day:Tuesdays weekly
Goal:Our purpose is to make connections that lead to accountability, encouragement and wisdom to apply to our lives.
Our Group is group of women who move toward our goal by studying a challenging curriculum, sharing openly and being known, and praying for each other.Reading homework required!Our group believes in the concept of grace-truth-time.
Study:It’s Not About Me” by Max Lucado
Leaders:Catharine Frederick, Connie Homm(contact church office for info)
Type:Support and growth
Meeting Place:Members homes in the Hamburg area
Meeting Time:6-8:00 pm
Meeting Day:First and Third Sunday evenings of each month
Goal:We want to create an environment in which we can connect with each other openly and honestly so that we can encourage, challenge and pray for each other in our daily lives.
Our Group is a group of women studying a topic together and sharing openly with each other.We read a chapter from the book we are studying outside of group time.
Study:Captivating
Leader:Joy Weisner(contact church office for info)
Type:Growth and support
Meeting Place:HopeCommunityChurch
Meeting Time:9:30-11:00 am
Meeting Day:every other Wednesday beginning Sept. 16
Our Group:A women’s group studying the book Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge.Childcare is provided during the study.
