Entries by Groups Ministry

Deadly Doors Week 2 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea: The enemy is coming. Winter may be near its end for the year, but the enemy’s attacks never cease. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy us.One of his most often used methods of guerilla warfare is sexual immorality. Regardless of his method of attack, we have access to God’s grace and protection […]

Deadly Doors Week 1 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea: In our spiritual lives, we control the latches to the doors that either allow Jesus in or the enemy. Introduction: This week Pastor Zac started us on a new series about the doors we leave open and unprotected in our spiritual lives, specifically anger and unforgiveness. Discussion Starter: What’s the most physically secure place […]

Transformation Week 4 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea: Are you already settling for less this year?  Introduction: We learned that the world constantly tries to press us into its mold. How can we see what that mold produces and then learn to break it? Discussion Starter: Have you ever settled or taken the easy way out on something? Have you lowered your […]

Transformation Week 3 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea:  What if all you need for transformation is already in you? Introduction:  We continue our Transformation series, discussing the different parts of man—spirit, soul, and body—that can be transformed by God. Discussion Starter:  What is the most amazing transformation you have seen? An addict’s recovery? An impressive weight loss? A relationship restored? […]

Transformation Week 2 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea:  We are ambassadors for Christ. Introduction: This week we continued our series, Transformation, and Pastor Zac preached on 2 Corinthians 5:17-20. Discussion Starter: An ambassador is a representative or a messenger. Everyone is an ambassador of something—their work, their team, their hobby, etc. So what are you an ambassador of? What gets you fired […]

Transformation Week 1 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea:  The world has the ability to press us into a mold, but God’s process transforms us into His image. Introduction: Pastor Chris reminds us that any kind of pressure forces us into a mold, but that we have the opportunity to choose which image we will become. Discussion Starter: There are a million different […]

Cast Vision – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea:  The One who holds you molds you. Introduction: In this first weekend of 2022, Pastor Chris cast vision for our growth—individually and as a body of believers. Our theme for this year is TRANSFORMATION. Discussion Starter: Before we jump into 2022, take a look back at 2021. Our theme was FAVOR. Where did you […]

Christmas Unwrapped Week 3 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea:  The gift of Frankincense is a reminder of a promise. Introduction: This week Pastor Zac preached on the gift of frankincense that the Magi brought to Jesus. Discussion Starter: Frankincense was not common—it was holy and set apart. What traditions do you have to set Christmas apart as a holy season? Grow Primary […]

Christmas Unwrapped Week 2 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea: Christmas is about Jesus’ birth and death, and it was for you. Introduction: The gift of myrrh represented what Jesus would experience, it was crushed and cut, used for burial. Discussion Starter: Whether the wise men knew it or not, the gift of myrrh was foreshadowing. How far in advance have you bought a gift […]

Christmas Unwrapped Week 1 – Discussion Guide

Connect Main Idea: Purified gold was a gift fit for the baby King Jesus. Because of Jesus’ gift for us, we are purified through His sacrifice and are a presentable offering to God. Introduction: This week, Pastor Chris walked us through one of the 3 gifts presented to Jesus at the first Christmas, gold. This gift had […]