As we strive to make disciples who make disciples, we want to provide opportunities for you to grow as a disciple. This is the focus of our Growth Classes. They cover a range of different areas of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Below you can see our current and upcoming classes. To Register for any Class, simply click on the picture!
GROWTH CLASSES HAPPENING NOW
Join us as we explore the Old Testament book of Esther in room 202 at 10:30am Sundays now through March 9th.
Holy Habits
When God calls us to himself, he sets us apart—he makes us holy. But what does it mean to be holy? What habits define God’s people, no matter where they are on earth or which denomination they are a part of? In this four-session series, pastor Derwin Gray explores four foundational behaviors of Christians. God calls us to a new way of living, one formed by rhythms of holiness.
Join us on Sundays at 9am in room 202. January 12 - February 2
GROWTH CLASSES COMING SOON
February 9-23
Whether you’re married or want to be married, this three-part series is a helpful guide to discover God’s good design for the lifelong devotion of a husband and wife to each other. Kip’ Chelashaw stirs our hearts to mirror Jesus’ love for His bride, the Church, by exploring the five Ps of marriage still relevant to us as followers of Jesus in the 21st century: partnership, procreation, proclamation, purity, and pleasure.
March 2 - April 6
Jesus declared that He had inaugurated the Kingdom of God, and when we choose to follow Him we become His subjects in the Kingdom. What is my role? How do I live as a Kingdom citizen while on earth? What does that look like in my everyday life?
When we want to live life Kingdom sized, our concerns should be those that concern God. We can no longer be indifferent and distracted from the kingdom.
In these six sessions, pastor Nilav Kolay looks at six parables as recorded in the gospel of Mathew to unpack teachings about the Kingdom. Our King desires that we join Him in his Kingdom and it will only be right for us to honour His desire and live accordingly.
March 16 - June 29
Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is written to a specific group of people with unique challenges in their community. But the primary message of 1 Corinthians is evergreen—followers of Jesus are held to a standard of integrity and morality as we seek to represent his new way of life to our communities. Paul addresses a variety of experiences and seeks to help the church see them through the lens of the Gospel message. Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection are what unifies a diverse body of believers and allows us to live in a completely new way fused with the hope of God’s Kingdom.
1 Corinthians challenges believers to examine every area of life through the lens of the Gospel. Specifically, Paul addresses divisions among believers, food, sexual integrity, worship gatherings, and the resurrection.
April 13
No one likes interruptions, but the Christian life is full of them. And for good reason. Whether they come in the form of a man beaten bloody on the side of the road or a child begging for our attention, we often fail to see interruptions for what they are—divine opportunities. God allows them to derail our plans for the sake of deepening our relationship with him and opening our eyes to our blind spots.
In this one-session series, pastor Jamin Roller reexamines the Parable of the Good Samaritan to give us a fresh perspective on one of Jesus’s most famous parables. People are always more important than our plans. It’s a truth that can be difficult to remember that truth in our fast-paced world, but those who follow Jesus are called to love in a distinct way that begins with asking how to be a neighbor to those around us.
April 27 - May 18
What do you do when pain and suffering turns into hopelessness? Sam Dula can remember twenty-one years ago when a developmental pediatrician walked into the room and told him & his wife that their two-year-old son has autism. Sam can still remember having to navigate not just the news of Myles's diagnosis but also the broken dreams and loss of hope that life for his family would ever be the same. Although they had to embrace a new normal, Sam came to understand that this was just a curveball and God uses these unforeseen circumstances to anchor our trust in Him.
Heartache and disruption to normalcy is inescapable. The Bible is clear that in this world, we will experience troubles. Sam wants to unpack truths found in James 1:2-4 and 5:7-11 to offer hope by identifying four tools that will provide perspective while enduring suffering and grief.
May 25 - June 15
What comes to mind when you think about your neighbors? Maybe you don’t know them very well or, if you’re honest, maybe you think the lady across the street is a bit weird. For many of us, it can be tempting to keep our distance and mind our own business in our neighborhood. But is that really how God wants us to live?
As followers of Jesus, we’ve been called to love both God and our neighbors. It’s easier said than done, but if we push past the fear, time barriers, and pride that can keep us from engaging with others, we can build deep connections with the people in our neighborhood and, most importantly, please God.
In this four-session series based on their book The Art of Neighboring, Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon help us focus on the people within our neighborhood and learn what it means to be a good neighbor. They discuss the importance of pushing through the uncomfortable feelings that come with communicating, investing in, and caring for the people who live near us. What would our communities look like if we took Jesus’s command to love our neighbors as ourselves seriously?
June 22 - July 27
Nobody grows up dreaming of waking up, going to work, heading home, watching Netflix, scrolling through social media, and then doing it all over again the next day until their last breath. We all want to be used to change the world. We don’t want to spend our lives being time-wasters, or space-takers, or binge-watchers, or game-players, or even book-readers. We want to be difference-makers. But it’s easy to get caught up in the everyday stuff of life until the years slowly go by, and with each passing year, the question seems to get louder: Am I making any difference in this world? We want to make a difference, but there are so many opinions on the way to do that. Maybe there’s a different way to make a difference, and we’re just missing it. Without a doubt, Jesus is the person who has made the biggest difference in all of history. So, how did Jesus make such a difference in this world? If we study the story of his life as recorded in the Gospels, there are a number of answers we could highlight, but there’s one particular phrase that captures how Jesus had such an impact, and this phrase is how he wants to use us to make a difference: one at a time. Making a difference isn’t measured by a viral post or a name on a building. It isn’t determined by a following or a fan base. Making a difference isn’t dependent on what’s in your bank account or who’s in your contacts. Want to make a difference? Focus on the one. That’s it. That’s the secret of the way of Jesus. One at a time.