Connect Groups
Explore, strengthen, and share faith in community with others
Scripture emphasizes throughout that it is not good to be alone. The New Testament "one-anothering" language highlights how our growth in Christ is inseparably tied to living in community. Modeled after Acts 2:42-47, Christ Pres small groups exist to nurture friendship that strengthens faith.
Being part of a connect group is an integral component of connecting meaningfully with other believers, with Jesus, and with his mission.
Every Fall, Winter, and Spring, an opportunity is provided to join a short-term, 8-week small group. Some groups are coed and others are gender-specific. Some groups meet at the church and others meet in homes, places of work, or restaurants. Days and times also vary, according to people's different needs.
Each small group has its own personality, just like the people within the group. But all groups share a commitment to study Scripture, encourage each other in faith and friendship, consider avenues of service, and pray together.
After the 8-week period, members of the short term group decide together whether they will become an ongoing group or sign up for a new group in the next 8-week cycle.
Connect
Signups begin in August 2022. Sign up for the next 8-week Connect Group cycle by choosing to join a gender-specific or coed group. You may choose to sign up for both if you prefer! Contact us for more information.
Coed Groups
Coed Groups are gender-mixed gatherings of 3 - 6 households. Together, they choose the day and time of the week to meet and will go through the current Connect Group materials, or discuss the sermon-based study. Register here.
Men's Groups
Men's groups will gather once per week for eight weeks with approximately 4 - 8 members. Alternatively, you may choose to participate in the larger Thursday Morning Men's Bible study who will go through the current Connect Group materials. Register here.
Women's Groups
Women's groups will gather once per week for eight weeks with approximately 4 - 8 members. Alternatively, you may choose to participate in the larger Tuesday Morning Women's Bible study who will go through the current Connect Group materials. Register here.
Yes! Even if we’re in the middle of one of the 8-week studies, we’ll assist in helping you find a group for you to plug into right away.
Yes! That's exactly what happens with most short-term groups. We celebrate when a short term commitment becomes long term community.
Yes! There are some people who join a coed Connect Group and a men's or women's Connect Group.
You can contact our Community Formation Director here who will gladly help you.
March Home Group
March Home Group
Kathy March
Group of senior saints who meet every other week on Sundays in the homes of members of the group.
Mark and Jo Littlejohn’s Connect Group
Mark and Jo Littlejohn’s Connect Group
Lee Eric Fesko
We’re a group of 55+ retirees with or without grandkids. We meet every Sunday from 4-6 p.m.
Matt & Andrea Emigh Connect Group
Matt & Andrea Emigh Connect Group
Lee Eric Fesko
We’re a mixture of marrieds and singles that meets in one of the group member’s homes every other Monday evening in the Bellevue area.
Mayfield Home Group
Mayfield Home Group
Will Mayfield
We’re a group of couples with older children who meet twice a month on Sunday afternoons in the home of one of the members of the group.
McNamee Home Group
Barbara McNamee
55+
Sunday afternoons (weekly/monthly?)
Michael and Susan McKerley’s Connect Group
Michael and Susan McKerley’s Connect Group
Lee Eric Fesko
We’re a multigenerational group consisting of both married and unmarried people in different stages of life. We meet twice per month on Sundays.
Mooney Home Group
Mooney Home Group
Dottie Mooney
We are a group of senior saints who gather on the first and third Sundays in various homes near the church.
Nischan Connect Group
Nischan Connect Group
Lee Eric Fesko
We are a mixed group of marrieds and singles who meet every other Sunday evening.
Paul and Missy Wallace Connect Group
Lee Eric Fesko
Phillip and Leslie Noble’s Connect Group
Phillip and Leslie Noble’s Connect Group
Lindsay Blaire Beeman
We’re a relatively new group that launched in the fall of 2021.
OPEN/NEED new people
Shapiro, Norton and Quarles Connect Group
Shapiro, Norton and Quarles Connect Group
Jim Shapiro
We’re a group that has been meeting for around 30 years now of couples with grown children. We meet on Sundays in various homes in the Brentwood and Franklin area.
White/Adams Home Group
White/Adams Home Group
Jeannine Adams
We are a 55+ group that meets about once per month on Sunday evenings in Brentwood.
Woodall Home Group
Woodall Home Group
Lisa Woodall
We are a 55+ group that has been together many years who generally meet at a nearby restaurant once a month on Saturday afternoon.