Small Group Studies

Best of 2023

BIG IDEA For your small group community to be healthy, you all need to take time to talk about expectations and goals for the coming year. As we start a brand-new year of meeting together regularly, we want to make sure that we establish clear expect...

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Put God in the Driver's Seat: Week 1

BIG IDEA The weekend message, "Put God in the Driver's Seat," challenged each of us to consider our sense of control when it comes to our lives. You see, many of us live like we are in control of our lives and try to live life on our...

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Christmas Chaos: Week 1

BIG IDEA Christmas is supposed to be "the most wonderful time of the year." But, while Christmas is wonderful for some, for many, it is chaotic. We find ourselves caught up in getting the perfect gifts, baking all of the cookies, and decorating perfe...

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X Factor of Friendship: Week 3

BIG IDEA When God created the first person, Adam, He declared, "It is not good for the man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). Then, He created Eve so that Adam would not be alone. We read throughout Scripture that we were never meant to li...

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X Factor of Friendship: Week 2

BIG IDEA Friendship is one of the most beautiful gifts we have on this earth. Having people who walk alongside you in some of life's best and most difficult times is an incredible gift. Friendship can also bring conflict. Because we ...

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X Factor of Friendship: Week 1

BIG IDEA We began a brand-new sermon series this weekend called The X-Factor of Friendship. In this series, we are talking about godly friendships. This week, we are looking at the friendship of Paul and Barnabas, two friends who loved Jesus and spre...

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Gratitude: Week 1

BIG IDEA We just finished celebrating Thanksgiving, a day dedicated to gratitude for all of the gifts God gives us every day. Because gratitude is not just for Thanksgiving Day, it is fitting that we continue the attitude of gratitude this week as we...

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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Week 6

BIG IDEA If there was ever a situation described as "stuck between a rock and a hard place," it was Daniel's situation in Daniel 6. The king had been tricked into decreeing that no one pray to anyone else but himself, King Darius, fo...

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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Week 5

BIG IDEA There is a king mentioned in the book of Daniel who gets only one chapter of Scripture dedicated to him. This king, King Belshazzar, destroyed his life, and his story is devastating from start to finish. In our Bible study t...

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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Week 4

BIG IDEA When it comes to many of our sins and mistakes, pride is often at the center. Pride sneaks up in our lives and compels us to have an over-inflated sense of self and give in to sin. It causes us to worship the things of this ...

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