It’s time to sign up below for our Connect Groups.
If you are interested in joining a group, please compete the form below or email connect@ericksoncovenant.ca
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Deeper Communion with God
Tuesday Afternoons at 2:30 pm at Gunderson’s home (February 4-April 8)
Co-Leaders: Doris Staggs & Tom Greentree
Description: How can we deepen our relationship with God? Are there practical, helpful ways we can enhance our daily communion with him? What has helped you that you would be willing to share with others? Join us on Tuesday afternoons for a conversation about the ways and wonders of deeper communion with God. Wherever you are at on your spiritual growth journey, this Connect Group will encourage you to take your next steps.
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Lessons from the Life of David (Men only)
Co-leaders: Tom Greentree, Olin Bjarnason & Dean Bala (February 4-April 8)
Tuesday evenings at 7 pm at Dean Bala’s Garage
Description: How can we embrace our calling as men today? What does it mean to be fully masculine and fully mature in Christ? Through the life of David, we’ll explore relevant themes that will encourage and challenge us as men. Whether you are new to church or have been around for a long time, this Connect Group is for you. Come prepared to discuss, learn, and grow together.
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The Transforming Christ
Co-leaders: Peter Hambrey and Valerie Comer. (February 5 – April 9)
Wednesday evenings at 7 pm at Peter & Cheryl Hambrey’s: 5161 Elsie Holmes Road, Wynndel.
Description: An investigation into the Book of Colossians. Let Christ transform your relationship with Him and with others as we dig into this book together. See extra sheet for more details*.
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Life’s Healing Choices
Co-leaders: Steve & Julie McCaughey (February 6-April 10)
Thursdays at 7 pm McCaughey’s Home (1504 Alder St.)
Description: We’ve all been hurt by other people, we’ve hurt ourselves, and we’ve hurt others. And as a result, every single one of us ends up with some sort of hurt, hang-up, or habit. But the question we all face is, where do we go from here? Life’s Healing Choices offers freedom from our hurts, hang-ups, and habits through eight healing choices that promise true happiness and life transformation. Using the Beatitudes of Jesus as a foundation, Senior Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and John Baker, who was also a pastor at Saddleback, developed the eight choices shared in this book.
This study will require some introspection and homework for during the week. This looks like about an hour of reading and about the same for answering the questions in the workbook. Resources are included for use during the study and will be returned at the conclusion of the 12 weeks. You may order your own if you wish to keep it.
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Beautiful Outlaw: Unveiling the Real Jesus
Wednesdays 7:00 | February 13-April 10
Location: Maddy Prier’s House, 4672 40th St. Canyon
Co-Leaders: Chase Hines & Maddy Prier
Description: How can we experience a more personal and authentic relationship with the real Jesus? What steps can we take in discovering who Jesus truly is? In this young adult group, we will explore the playful nature of Jesus and clear away the religious fog that has obscured our perceptions of Jesus with superficial stereotypes. John Eldridge will lead us through a short video series and invite us to know Jesus as a friend. This Connect Group is for anyone looking to deepen their relationship with Jesus. Come prepared for discussion and new revelations.
*More Information for “The Transforming Christ” Connect Group
Have you ever wondered about the difference between the Jesus of the Gospels, and the Jesus who is revealed in the Epistles, the early letters of the first Christian leaders? The Epistles reveal a dramatic clarification of who Jesus is and what he does, as the great early Christians thought these things through and as the Holy Spirit gave them understanding. This development of understanding is nowhere shown more clearly than in the letter to the Colossians. Here we see a startling presentation of the Transforming Jesus, a wonderful view of Jesus as Paul had come to know him and the ways in which He is able to transform those of us who are “in Christ”.
As a Connect Group we will intend to build our appreciation and enjoyment of one another and connection with God as we weekly meet around refreshments, pray together, and unravel the contents of the book of Colossians in discussion.
Requirements: You will be expected to make an effort to attend each session. You will also be expected, at a minimum, to read, ahead of time, the section of Colossians under discussion that week. That may be as much as you can or want to do. However your appreciation, love, and understanding of the book, as well as your ability to engage in the discussion, will be increased immensely by a more thorough preparation. The facilitators will share a number of ways in which to do this over the 10 weeks, so that at the end you will feel you have a grasp of Colossians and be prepared to effectively engage with other books of the Bible.