This isn't "just Bible study." It isn't a separate "church group." It's people being woven together around the common experience of life. In both structured and unstructured ways: we eat, we celebrate, we serve, we recreate, we grieve, we help out, we ask, we listen, we share, we laugh, we cry, we connect, we catch up, we pray. This is "life-on-life." This is BBQ and Bible studies and bike rides and ball games and building fences and burning calories and baking goodies and blessing our City together!

We're on mission to help more people meet, love, and follow Jesus. Learning to follow Jesus speaks to the ongoing process of discipleship and disciple-making. It encompasses growth, next steps, teachability, humility, obedience, and progress. It provides the overall directional focus and center of City Groups: Jesus. We do life and relationships with Jesus in the center. This means we'll be digging into the Bible and discussing sermons, because that's where we learn about Jesus.

At the end of the day, we are seeking to build life-giving relationships. What do we mean by "life-giving?" We mean healthy, loving, truthful, grace-filled, safe, trusting, genuine relationships centered around Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit. City Groups should build you up and spur you on. No relationships are "easy," but you should look forward to gathering with your City Group, expecting to encourage others and to be encouraged. We believe the best about others, we suffer alongside, we meet people where they are, but we don't seek to offer cheap advice. We care. We root for, we pray for, we pray with, we hug, we pat on the back. We repent, we confess, we apologize. We remind each other of God's grace, the Cross, and the call of God upon our lives. We receive forgiveness and extend forgiveness. We don't judge, demean, slander, or gossip. We don't dominate, we don't manipulate, and we don't do fake. City Groups should infuse hope because someone, at some point, every time you gather, has reminded you of Jesus' costly grace, unending love, amazing power, and never-failing faithfulness. It's a place where you can take a deep breath, experience grace in both its tough and tender forms, and see the Kingdom of God advancing in and through our hearts and homes. 

with each other like a healthy Family
(know and be known)

together as Disciples
(grow in Christ)

others as Servants & Missionaries
(show and tell the Kingdom)

"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God."  – John 1:12-13

"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."  – Matthew 20:28

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."  – 2 Corinthians 5:20

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  – Matthew 28:19-20