Growth Groups

summer 2022 Growth Groups

**Children's ministry is available during the Sunday morning groups.**
If you have questions, please call the church office, 605-692-6671, or email the Community Life team.

Sunday 9AM

men's leadership group // Bruce burckhardt, Room 210

Drawing on the wisdom of strong accomplished leaders, this group will help make men stronger Christian leaders in their homes, workplaces, church and environment. Prepare to be challenged once you join this group.

Bruce loves God, good food, grandkids and, of course, his beautiful wife. He is a business owner and is always pushing himself to learn more about leadership.

Hurts, Hangups and Habits // serenity miller, Room 130

Are you “stuck”? Have you become someone you didn’t want to be, or gotten to a place you didn’t want to go? What’s standing in the way of your relationship with God and other people? Together, we break the bondage of the past by sharing our experience, strength, and hope with each other, finding freedom from life’s hurts, hang-ups & habits, in the healing power of Jesus. This is an intensive 25-week discipleship process for ANYBODY to work through the Christ-centered 12 Steps of Spiritual Recovery, using the Celebrate Recovery step study guides.

Serenity has been active in recovery for 11 years and came to Christ as a direct result of God's work through the 12 Steps. She and her husband Jeff are proof that God saves lives. Her favorite part of ministry is seeing the way God redeems even the unlikeliest stories, through people set free to love freely in the love and power of Jesus Christ.

sunday 10:30AM

Through the Bible in a Year // gregg carlson, room 210

In this group, we cover the entire Bible, in chronological order. Our goal is to focus on what we believe and why we believe it.

Gregg began attending GracePoint and leading groups in 1969. This will be his 17th year leading "Through the Bible in a year" at GracePoint. In his spare time he studies Scripture, runs a sawmill and does CNC woodworking.

HE SPEAKS TO ME by Priscilla Shirer (Women's group) // Val Vandyke, room 220 (beginning June 5)

A common question of many Christians is, "How can I know when God is speaking to me?" Priscilla uses the account of God speaking to Samuel in 1 Samuel 3 to show how God speaks to Christians and how we can discern His voice and position ourselves to respond.

Val is a farm wife who enjoys time with her 7 grandchildren, reading, scrapbooking and rubber stamping and her Sunday mornings with her class.

Bible Study // Tom Delaney, Room 120

This group starts off with a challenging question, thought, or quote, then studies different verses of the Bible each week.

Married for 39 years, Tom & his wife Deb have 7 children. Tom is a certified teacher, loves reading, and writing poetry. He has attended GracePoint for 17 years.

revelation (men's group) // Todd intermill, The Union

This group will journey through the book of Revelation. They will use the wisdom of multiple commentaries to help decipher this often complex and misunderstood text.

Todd has attended GracePoint since the late 1960s, and has been leading men’s classes for the past decade. He grain farms with his wife, Wendy, in the Colman area. They have 2 daughters and 3 foster daughters, all adults now. Todd is enthusiastic about understanding Scripture, learning how to read it, and using it in your daily life.

tuesday 6PM

Oasis Summer Small Group (young adults) // brennen schmitt, Room 220

There is never a bad time to study the life of Jesus! There are four Gospel books in the New Testament that cover Jesus’s life and ministry. While Matthew, Mark and Luke are fairly similar, the book of John is unique. Over the summer, we are looking to slowly take one chapter of John a week to understand who Jesus is and what that means for us. Come every week or just whenever you can, either is good for us! We just can’t wait to study the Word together.

Brennen is the college and young adult pastor here at GracePoint. He’s looking to connect young adults over the summer months through God’s word and community! He loves summer because it provides time to be outdoors doing all the things he loves like sports and hanging with friends.