Adult Ministries
A Christian home-based growth group is an intentional and regular gathering of 3-12 people with the common purpose of personal growth in the context of loving relationships. More specifically, growth groups are a primary setting for significant spiritual development. Here, relationships are more intimate, spiritual disciplines and accountability are encouraged, mutual care is experienced, and outreach can take place. Growth groups are the main vehicles we have for spiritual growth. They are where we are rooted together with our Christian brothers and sisters in Christ. Roots help to establish and foster healthy lives that stand the test of time. Growth groups exist to help us "put down roots" at FEFC so that we may grow strong and lead fruitful lives together, before God.
Growth groups schedule
Many Faith Evangelical Free Church attendees meet weekly in home-based growth groups exploring a variety of topics. The groups meet in the following locations (call the church at 358-4311 for information)
Lake Nokomis
- Sunday at 6 p.m.
Hazelhurst
- Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
- Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.
- Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Minocqua
- Monday at 6:45 p.m.
- Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. (Women's group)
- Wednesday at 7 p.m.
- Thursday at 7 p.m.
Woodruff
- Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (at the church)
- Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Also offered at the church are:
Men's Bible studies:
Men's Share & Prayer Time (Library) -- Wednesday, 6:30 a.m.
Transformation for Men -- Thursday, 7 p.m., Room 114
Christians In Recovery -- Thursday, 7 p.m., in the church library
Women on Weights (WOW) - Monday and Wednesday, 7:15 a.m., in the church gym
Women's Book Club - Thursday, 7 p.m., various locations (starting in October)
All are welcome
Our CIR meeting at FEFC is open to anyone struggling with addictions/dependencies, unhappy relationships, or destructive patterns of thinking and behavior. (Which really, when you think about it, covers just about all of us, doesn't it?)
Recovery is a helpful if not essential process for everyone, and it's a true blessing to share it with those who have chosen to approach it within the Christian context.
As with most recovery groups, confidentiality is very important. We remind all participants at the beginning of each meeting that who you see and what you hear at our meetings must remain private. This is the foundation upon which the trusting environment required for real healing and growth is built.
Come join us. You will be most welcome.
We meet every Thursday at 7 p.m. Call the church for additional information (356-4311).
New series of Growing Together begins soon!
All adults are welcome to attend the Sunday morning Growing Together programs. Descriptions of each class offered may be found below. For additional information, call the office at 356-4311 or check the Communications Center for sign-up sheets.
NEW GROWING TOGETHER CLASSES BEGIN MARCH 14!
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Topics:
5 Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home
Rick and Lori Goff and others
It has never been more challenging to be a parent—or more hazardous to be a child. This class presents a practical road map for raising stable children in an unstable world. Ron Hutchcraft can show you how to create a home front that will help your children grow up into thriving adults.
· How can I set up boundaries my child will respect?
· What can I do to prepare my child for the moral minefield out there?
· How can I raise a child I can trust when he/she is not around?
Peacemaking Principles for Daily Life
Bill Arvold
Christians can fight just like everyone else…when we do, relationships are damaged, businesses and careers suffer, and the witness of the church is weakened. You can help to reverse this pattern. Learn how to apply the peacemaking principles God has given in His Word in your family, church, and workplace to resolve conflict in a loving, firm, and God-pleasing manner. Ken Sande, President of Peacemaker Ministries, will be our teacher. Bill Arvold will be our facilitator. Bill is a Certified Christian Conciliator through the Institute for Christian Conciliation, a division of Peacemaker Ministries. He is also an adjunct instructor and coach for Peacemaker Ministries. He has been involved in Christian Conciliation teaching, coaching, and mediating for the past eleven years.
Respectable Sins
Dick Turner
Have Christians become so preoccupied with the major sins of our society that we have lost sight of our need to deal with our own more subtle sins? Jerry Bridges returns to his trademark theme of holiness and addresses a dozen clusters of specific "acceptable" sins that we tend to tolerate in ourselves - such as jealousy, anger, pride, unthankfulness, and judgementalism. Jerry writes not from a height of spiritual accomplishment but from the trenches of his own battles with sin. In his admonitions, Jerry offers a message of hope in the profound mercy of the gospel and the transforming grace of God as the means to overcome our subtle sins."
