Starter Groups

Starter Groups are new communities with a fixed term specifically designed to help people explore group life. Together, we build relationships and discover the riches of living in the way of Jesus in community.

Life Groups

Life Groups are small communities of committed friends growing by practicing the way of Jesus. Together, we pray, share meals, read the Bible, confess, encourage, listen to one another and to God, worship, support each other and seek to meet needs around us.

PRAYER GROUPS

Prayer Groups are small gatherings designed to grow around the practice of prayer and intercession. Together, we commune with God, intercede for the lives of our friends, family, neighbors, and the world, pour out our hearts in worship, share honestly, and listen.

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Why do we meet in groups?

Those who follow Jesus are called disciples, a word that means “learner”. Discipleship is a process of life change that takes place in deep relationship. Jesus is inviting you to follow Him and not to do that alone.

In the Book of Acts, the people of the early church are committing to each other — and to the teachings of Jesus — so they can learn new ideas and form new habits of living and being together.

Being open to new ideas is not the first thing that comes to people’s minds when they think of Christians. So let's change that, and discover how to become learners all over again in the context of the way of Jesus.

You are invited to discover the riches of walking with God in community. Not every group functions in the same way, but they all share a common purpose to know Jesus and become like Him by the power of the Holy Spirit.

What to Expect

When you walk together in a group at Trinity Grace, we want you to feel welcome, seen, and known. Every group is different, but here are some key things you can expect:

• We meet in a variety of ways to accommodate various levels of caution related to Covid-19. Groups are meeting both in-person and online via Zoom, or some combination of these settings. Please do not attend in-person if you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 or are showing symptoms.

• We are a church marked by hospitality. We are relational beings because we are created in the image of a relational God. So our hope is to make these group gatherings friendly and encouraging for people from every walk of life.

• We seek to honor one another and respect privacy. Our groups aim to foster emotionally healthy relationships, where communal expectations are vocalized and clarified rather than assumed.

• We aim to go relationally deep. It’s our tendency is to avoid or ignore our most difficult emotions, but groups are the ideal environment to learn how to be vulnerable and loving. It takes time, effort, intentionality, and faithfulness. And that is why we need partners for the journey.

• We know life is messy and complicated. Some of us are poor at resolving conflict because of wrong beliefs about peacemaking. Together, we look to Jesus who modeled true peace, didn’t avoid conflict or ignore tensions, but navigated them with integrity.