Life Groups

These are small groups of folks from the congregation who gather together for fellowship, Bible study, sermon discussion, and prayer. The groups generally meet during the Fall, Winter and Spring, in the early morning, at noon, in the late afternoon, or in the evening. 

As you can see from our typical schedule below, there is something for everyone.

We have just completed our Fall series and will have sign-ups for the Winter series in late December/early January. The Winter series meetings will run from the week of January 8th through the week of February 16th.

TYPICAL LIFE GROUP SCHEDULE

 

Sunday

Open to all. 10:15-11:30 am
Leader: Esther Hur
Location:  Church, Anderson Lounge
  Child care provided.

Open to 20's, 30's, 40's, 6:00 pm

Leaders: Erik and Kate Wiebe

Location: Wiebe home

Monday

Open to All.  4:00-5:30 pm
 Leaders: Anne Shelton
Location: Church, Anderson Lounge

Lectio Life Group: praying the Word of God in a Life Group (see Anne for more information)

Tuesday

Morning men’s group  7:30-8:30 am -- ongoing
 Leaders: Gordon Hess and Peter Buehler
Location: Church, Garden Room

Morning women’s group  7:00-8:00 am
Leader: Kati Buehler  
Location:  Church, Anderson Lounge

Wednesday

Open to all. Noon - 1 pm
Leader: Peter Buehler
Location:  American Riviera Bank, 1033 Anacapa
(Hosted by Michelle Martinich)
         
Open to all.  2:00-3:30 pm
Leaders: Ellen Duke & Shared Leaders
Location:  Duke home - 2510 Via Galicia (Mesa)
               
Open to all.  7:00-8:30 pm
Leaders: Gordon & Sandy Hess
Location:  Hess home

Open to all.  7:00-8:30 pm
Leader: Shared leaders from participants
Location:  Jo and Tom Bakker’s home

Thursday

Women’s  Group  4:00-5:30 pm
Leader: Esther Bennett
Location:  Church, Anderson Lounge

 

For additional information, contact Don or Esther Bennett. 569-2728 or don.bennett@cox.net

Life Group Questions of the Week

Posted each week to facilitate the discussion within our groups.

 

 

Life Group Questions for the week of January 29, 2012

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

 

  • What are some authority figures that you heed? Are there those you resist (or have resisted)? What does “the voice of authority” sound like?

 

  • Read the passage. What surprises you?

 

  • What was it about the way Jesus taught that "astounded" his hearers? How was his voice different from that of the scribes? (Note that while any Jewish male was entitled to speak up and teach in a synagogue, most men deferred to the authority of these highly respected individuals to teach and interpret Scriptures. No mere copyists of texts, the scribes were the Bible scholars of their time. )

 

  • Only Mark among the four Gospels chooses an encounter with an enslaving demonic power as the opening scene of Jesus’ ministry. Why do you suppose this is so?

 

  • What role does Jesus' authority play in your life? Name a choice you made in which you did what you believed he wanted. What were the consequences?

 

  • A familiar scripture reads: For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…a time to keep silence, and a time to speak (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7). How do you know when to keep silent and when to speak?

 

  • How—or when—might your voice be Jesus’ voice?

 

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