Open Arms

Facilitator: Steve Kelley

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: All ages welcome

Room: Room 120

Contact Cecil Bowles, cecil.bowles@cox.net for more information.

This group is focused on service, fellowship, and discipleship. Our class sessions include interaction around all three of those elements as we support, encourage, and learn from each other.

Our current service commitment is to come alongside the Tulakes congregation as they seek to meet the spiritual and physical needs of their community, and we will share in service projects there regularly.

Ladies of Legacy

Facilitator: Martha Highley

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 30-70

Room: Family Life Center, Room 1

Contact Martha Highley, mahighley@cox.net for more information.

This class is for women who are single, divorced, or married and attend alone. Ladies of Legacy is a prayerful and supportive class, welcoming anyone with love. Many different backgrounds are represented, and everyone connects well with one another through discussion time and prayer.

The Better Life

Facilitator: Winford Akins

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 60-70

Room: Room 153

Contact Winford Akins, wakins@cox.net for more information.

Each week the group format centers on a discussion, with the focus being reflecting on the pastor’s sermon, sharing reflections, and seeking to make an individual application.

Get Real

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-80

Room: Room 152, Chapel

Contact Lowell Churchill, nazpaz@yahoo.com for more information.

This class is a lively group, and is very welcoming to newcomers. The group format is lecture presentation with some discussion and praying together. This group is service-oriented, and hosts regular social events outside of class time.

Great Expectations

Facilitator: Ron Willard

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-70

Room: Room 151, Chapel

Contact Ron Willard, rewillard@juno.com for more information.

Great Expectations is a fellowship of faithful, encouraging, caring people who love to laugh, share, and pray for each other. The class format is conversational-style Bible teaching that encourages class participation.

Reach Out

Facilitators: Lyndell Watson

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 60-80

Room: Room 123, Main Level

Contact Gary Banz, glbanz22@cox.net for more information.

A mixture of those still in the workforce and those now retired, this group often sings together, with sharing and discussion on a weekly basis. Reach Out has as annual class retreat.

Each week’s lessons are based on Scripture, rarely using other books or video resources.

Sonseekers

Facilitator: Kep Keoppel

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 55-70

Room: Room 150, Chapel

Contact Kep Keoppel, kkeoppel@snu.edu for more information.

This class is made up of people from a wide range of occupations, most with grown children. The class is generous, mission-minded, and socially active, with small group suppers, and several social events throughout the year.

Lifelifters

Facilitators: Jane Riley, Terry Wood, Larry Jones

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 55-70

Room: Room 022, Lower Level

Contact Mark McCaslin, m_3@swbell.net for more information.

Lifelifters class features a team-teaching approach with a teaching focus being on Bible study and discussion. This class consists of singles and married couples. Class members are very supportive of each other in prayer and have regular social gatherings.

Heart to Heart

Facilitator: Deretta Austin

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-70

Room: Room 027, Lower Level

Contact Marlene Russell, blueyesok@gmail.com for more information.

This class is highly interactive and service-oriented. Group members come from a variety of backgrounds and ages, and it is their mission to make everyone feel included. Teaching style includes a presentation by the teacher with significant opportunity for discussion and prayer.

Cornerstone

Facilitator: Bill Thomas

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-70

Room: Room 100, North Entry

Contact Bill Thomas, rev.dr.bill.thomas@gmail.com for more information.

Cornerstone class has an active, engaging atmosphere. Lecture, discussion, and video are all a part of the learning method in this class. They have regular social events and includes people from various life stages and backgrounds.

Better Homes and Lives

Facilitator: Gaylene Simms

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-65

Room: Room 028, Lower Level

Contact: Lyndel Lackey, llcpa@sbcglobal.net for more information.

A smaller class with a family-life atmosphere, some members are single, some are married couples. Some have children at home, others are empty nesters. The class focuses on Bible study through lecture-style teaching, and includes time for sharing and prayer.

Salt and Light

Facilitator: Jim Priest

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 50-70

Room: Room 025, Lower Level

Contact Kerry Albright, kerry.w.albright@saic.com for more information.

A highly interactive group with purposeful discussion, Salt and Light includes people who are single, married, those who have kids, and those who do not. Teaching and discussion are focused on Christian discipleship in all stages of life. In addition to weekly fellowship, regular social events are planned.

The Gathering

Facilitator: Stephanie Shellenberger

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 40-55

Room: Room 024, Lower Level

Contact Stephane Shellenberger, sshellen@snu.edu for more information.

The Gathering primarily consists of married couples and single people with children. Participants are in the prime of their work careers, and have a desire to be welcoming of newcomers and those who don’t have family attending church with them.

The Gathering alternates focusing on Bible passages and topical studies.

Circle of Friends

Facilitator: Norm Henry

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 40-65

Room: Room 122

Contact Tim Adams, timadamsfd@aol.com for more information.

This group is focused on living out the Christian faith, and is known for serving the greater community. Are you Single? Married? Children at home? Empty nest?

You are welcome here, regardless of stage in life. Circle of Friends is active in social events and service opportunities.

180°

Facilitator: Brenda Teeters and Tim Haws

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 30-50

Room: Family Life Center, Room 2

Contact JR O’Hair, jrohair44@yahoo.com for more information.

This class is team-taught and was created as a resource for parents in the child-raising phase of life. Lesson topics include current Christian literature, books of the Bible, and marriage enrichment studies. The group is friendly, talkative, and actively involved in serving.

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Journey

Facilitators: Laine and Susan Diffee

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 30-45

Room: Main Building, Room 205 (Second floor, enter the SW Lobby)

Contact Jason Ayers, jason@ayersnet.net for more information.

This class strives to be welcoming and inclusive. Journey is a very social group, and many participants are parents. This group desires to grow spiritually and engage in a lot of discussions.

Roots

Facilitators: Tim & Elizabeth Taylor

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 30-40

Room: Room 023 North, Lower Level

Contact Tim Taylor, ttaylor@snu.edu for more information.

Roots is a friendly, informal class, a mix of persons who are single and married couples, many with young children. Participants spend time digging deeper into the Bible and Christian living through discussion.

Kairos

Facilitator: Blair & Tollya Spindle

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 30s and 40s

Room: Room 121, Main level

Contact Tollya Spindle, tspindle@snu.edu for more information.

Kairos features a focused discussion on a specific Bible passage each week. This group focuses on creating community and discovering what it means to be a disciple of Christ.

This is a friendly and energetic group of people, who have regular social and service events.

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Belong

Facilitator: Danny White

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 25-40

Room: Room 026, Lower Level

Contact Jamie Hanselman, Jamiehanselman1@gmail.com for more information.

This class is a friendly, welcoming group of young adults who enjoy being together in the community. The group includes singles and couples; some with kids and some without.

Class time includes fellowship and a brief lesson. The first Sunday of each month is a potluck breakfast.

Built on the Rock

Facilitator: Steve Davis

Time: Sundays at 10am

Ages: 25-35

Room: Room 158

Contact Olivia Bennett, livsmall@yahoo.com information.

This class is geared toward young families and couples striving to build Christian households. Class time includes a mix of fellowship and biblical-based discussion. Regular activities for fellowship in each others' homes are a priority for the class.

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