Your  Spiritual

Journey

. . .at your own

Pace
Small Groups at Granite Springs Church

We gather on Sundays to worship corporately.  Many of us gather together in homes regularly.  We call these small groups. Small groups provide an opportunity for your spiritual journey to go deeper quicker. You experience care, prayer, community and an opportunity to study the Bible together.  Many people feel like they belong to Granite Springs because they also belong to a small group. There are several groups that currently meet. 
 

Small Groups Fall 2009
Introducing 8-8-8 Small Groups
8 new groups with 8 new leaders that meet 8 times
An eight-session look at the book that know us (that's the Bible), written to bring us deeper into God's grand story for all of creation.

At Granite Springs, we believe that small groups are one of the most powerful ways to connect people to each other and to God.

What is a small group?
A small group is a place to belong, a place to serve, and a place to grow. Most small groups meet every other week. They enjoy each others’ company, study the Bible together, and pray for each other.

What’s an 8-8-8 small group?
This fall for the first time, we are starting eight new groups with eight new leaders that are committed to meeting together eight times.

How do groups study the Bible?
This fall, 8-8-8 small groups will be studying “The Book that Knows Me: Our Place in God’s Story.” Many people find meaning in life by attaching it to a larger story line; such as immigrants from Asia or Europe hanging on to pieces of their ethnic culture (language, cooking, customs), people born in Minnesota becoming lifelong Vikings fans even though they’ve lived most of their life in California. “The Book that Knows Me” invites you to make sense of your own life story through the ancient, life-giving story of the Bible.

The Bible can seem odd at first. It can feel as strange as arriving in Paris without knowing
any French and trying to navigate the elaborate public transit system. For other readers, the Bible seems too familiar. They are convinced that they already know its story. Maybe they have already rejected it as too binding and restrictive. Maybe rule-oriented people have presented the Bible to them as a set of commandments to guide their life. Watching such principles lived out only left them feeling cold and angry.

At Granite Springs, we believe the Bible is the greatest story ever told.

We hope this series will feel like opening a family album with strange uncles, weird cousins, and majestic great aunts who keep the family together in adversity. Maybe you’ll want to make this story your own.