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Invest in Relationship
Join a small group and invest yourself in studies and relationships that start you on a path to experience lasting life changes. Sometimes transformation happens fast, but oftentimes it is a process of growth that happens over a period of time. Being part of a group will help equip you to start growing, start changing, and start experiencing the fullness of life and the richness of community.
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STAFF CONTACT
Paul Peterson
Associate Pastor
[email protected]
320-762-5424
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SEMESTER-BASED GROUPS
Foundations
Type of Group: Adults
Day and Time: Monday, November 22nd from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm &
Monday, November 29th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: November 22nd
Group Size: up to 20 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: FreeDescription: Foundations is a two session class that studies the foundational aspects and beliefs of the Christian faith. It is designed to give a person confidence in what they believe and it is a great group to do with a friend who may be newer to the faith. It covers several of the big questions such as:
– What is the Bible and why can it be trusted?
– What is God’s plan for humanity?
– Is Jesus really God?
– What is genuine faith? How can I know if I am saved?
– What does it look like to be a follower of Jesus?
Leader Information
Dave DeFoe
email: [email protected]
phone: (701) 580-4258
Love Like You Mean It
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Type of Group: Married or Engaged Couples
Day and Time: Thursdays from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: October 14th
Group Size: up to 14 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: $15.00 per coupleDescription: You’ve been lied to about love... and it’s time to know the truth. Join Bob Lepine, Co-Host of FamilyLife Today, on this journey of redefining true love by walking through 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. The Love Like You Mean It video study will empower couples to love each other the way God intended. Each session includes a 15 - 20 minute video full of applicable truth, honest couples, and a few laughs along the way.
Session Topics: Everything Minus Love = Nothing, Love is Patient Love is Kind, Love is Humble, Love is Unflappable, Love is Generous, Love is Virtuous, Love is Honest, Love is Tenacious, Love Never Fails.
Leader Information
Brad & Leigha VanderTuin
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 491-4048
Closed Registration
Coffee Connection
Type of Group: Adults
Day and Time: Wednesdays from 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 20 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: Free
Special Note: Coffee and donuts provided.Description: Are you feeling isolated, alone, and disconnected? We need real relationships with one another so we are starting an ongoing opportunity to connect with other people, make some new friends, and care well for one another. Join us on Wednesday mornings for coffee, donuts, and genuine conversations about life.
Leader Information
Paul Peterson
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 762-5424
Open Registration
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Women's Book Club
Type of Group: Women
Day and Time: Tuesdays biweekly from 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: January 18th
Group Size: up to 25 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: $15.00
Special Note: No homework required. Read aloud, Watch a video, & DiscussDescription: Come discuss Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas as we discover nine unique ways to connect with God. You will feel encouraged as you are affirmed in the individual way God created you to draw near to Him.
Leader Information
Saraah Ries
email: [email protected]
phone: (717) 440-0308
Precept Study - 1 Samuel
Type of Group: Women
Day and Time: Thursdays from 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: January 20th
Group Size: up to 25 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: $20.00 per participant guide
Special Note: Bring your BibleDescription: 1 Samuel - God's Search for a Man After His Own Heart - In this in-depth, inductive study, discover God's truth for yourself. From judges to kings, from the departure of God's glory to the assurance of His help, from inquiring of the Lord to inquiring of a medium - this book of contrasts sets before us the importance of a life of obedience and how it's lived out in the midst of interpersonal conflicts.
Leader Information
Saraah Ries
email: [email protected]
phone: (717) 440-0308
Mama Bear Apologetics
Type of Group: Women
Day and Time: Mondays from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: January 24th
Group Size: up to 12 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: $20.00 per participant guide
Special Note: Bring your Bible
We will not be meeting on 2/21, 3/21, 4/18.Description: Calling all Mama Bears! When your kids come home from school asking questions about everything from moral relativity to cultural Marxism to whether God even exists, you need to be prepared with biblically sound answers. This study will help you understand the secular worldview your children face every day and build the foundation of faith and knowledge you need to equip them to respond to culture's lies. This is a 15-week study using both the Mama Bear Apologetics Book and Study Guide by Hillary Morgan Ferrer. Knowing what is true is the best way to argue against what is false. This study will ready you to be confident as you seek effective ways to help your kids stand strong.
Leader Information
Katherine Ewton
email: [email protected]
phone: (214) 794-5095
Marks of a Disciple
Type of Group: Men
Day and Time: Thursdays from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Harvey Home - Click Here
Start Date: October 14th
Group Size: up to 12 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: $15.00
Special Note: Bring your Bible and Participant GuideDescription: Every Christian—regardless of age, demographic, or background—is designed by God to grow in faith. But many of us don’t know what growth looks like. How do we even know we’re growing? In Marks of a Disciple, we will examine six measurements to help us see whether or not we’re developing spiritually. This is not a checklist or a punch card, but rather a group of traits distilled from Scripture that should be evident in the life of a follower of Jesus. As we pursue these markers, our faith can flourish the way God intended.
Authentic Manhood
Type of Group: Men - Father & Sons (high school and older)
Day and Time: Sundays from 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: October 3rd
Group Size: up to 12 people
Childcare: Children's Ministry is available for kids birth - 5th grade
Cost: Free
Special Note: Bring your Bible and writing utensilDescription: Fathers and sons (high school and older) that want to grow into a biblically balanced man. Video based curriculum featuring Robert Lewis, author of Raising a Modern Day Knight.
Life Groups
The Chosen
Type of Group: Adults
Day and Time: Mondays (biweekly) from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Madison Home - Click Here
Start Date: October 18th
Group Size: up to 8 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: FreeDescription: This ongoing Life Group will use the current hit TV series, The Chosen, to look at the life and ministry of Jesus that will bring your reading of the Gospels to life. Each session will include watching an episode and discussion based on discovering Jesus.
Leader Information
Ron & Barb Madison
email: [email protected]
phone: (507) 828-8490
Adoptive & Foster Parent Life Group
Type of Group: Adoptive & Foster Parents
Day and Time: Mondays (biweekly) from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Moore Home - Click Here
Start Date: November 1st
Group Size: up to 10 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: $10.00Description: Adoption or Foster Care in your heart or on your mind? Join us in Studying “Adopted for Life” by Russell Moore and other Biblically based studies on why we are called to step into the fray and love on kids in need. Our desire is to work together to equip families to prepare for fostering, adoption as well as support children in the home and through all stages of life. This unique opportunity brings kids together helping them recognize they are not alone in their journey. Life in the foster and adoption world is as messy as it is beautiful, let’s build each other and our children up as we walk through life together.
Leader Information
Ron & Missy Moore
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 808-0411
Young Couples Without Kids
Type of Group: Young Married Couples
Day and Time: Tuesdays from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Host Home
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 16 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: FreeDescription: The Young Couples Without Kids Life Group is an ongoing group that meets every Tuesday with the purpose of growing deeper in community with others and studying the Bible regularly. Topics and studies will change periodically but they are intended to establish a strong foundation in the faith.
Leader Information
Andrew Paskewitz
email: [email protected]
phone: (218) 296-1971
Leader Information
Jenna Peterson
email: [email protected]
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Young Families Life Group
Type of Group: Young Families
Day: Sept. 26th, Oct. 10th, 24th, Nov. 7th, 21st, Dec. 5th
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 20 people
Childcare: Childcare is provided
Cost: FreeDescription: The Young Families Life Group is an ongoing group that meets twice a month with the purpose of growing deeper in community with others and studying the Bible regularly. Topics and studies will change periodically but they are intended to establish a strong foundation in the faith. Childcare will be provided for this group.
Leader Information
Jon & Katherine Ewton
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 762-5424
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LONG-TERM GROUPS
Long-term groups are existing groups that are currently meeting and that are available for new people to join at the beginning of the season or some of them can be joined at any time. They meet throughout the year on schedules set by the group leader with no set endpoint. They may meet weekly or only have certain events at random. It is important to stay connected with your leader for information updates and event changes.
Leader Information
Wade Cole
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 815-8869
9:00am Adult Class
Type of Group: Adults (Men and Women)
Day and Time: Sundays from 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 30 people
Childcare: Children’s Ministry is available for kids (birth - 5th grade).
Cost: Free
Special Note: Bring your Bible.Description: This ongoing group is open for new people to join as we continue to study the book of Romans. The Apostle Paul says the gospel is “the power of God that brings salvation” and that it “reveals the righteousness of God”. This study looks into the mysteries of the gospel that are now made known to us through Christ.
Open Registration
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Leader Information
Ben Bomstad
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 894-9434
10:30am Adult Class - Knowing the Bible
Type of Group: Adults (Men and Women)
Day and Time: Sundays from 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 30 people
Childcare: Children’s Ministry is available for kids (birth - 5th grade).
Cost: $10.00
Special Note: Bring your Bible.Description: This ongoing group is open for new people to join and will be an interactive group learning experience focusing on studying books of the Bible.
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Leader Information
Jon Ewton
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 762-5424
Sermon-based Bible Study
Type of Group: Men (all ages)
Day and Time: Thursdays from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 10 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: Free
Special Note: Participant materials will be provided.Description: Have you ever wanted to dig deeper in the sermons? This group studies the Scripture passage of the upcoming Sunday using a simple but effective study method. We read the scriptures together and talk about how they make a difference in our lives.
Open Registration
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Leader Information
Mark Proudfoot
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 760-1246
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Leader Information
Myron Sahlberg
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 424-2642
Men's Bible Study
Type of Group: Men (all ages)
Day and Time: Fridays from 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Location: Lake Community Church
Start Date: Currently available
Group Size: up to 10 people
Childcare: Childcare is not provided
Cost: Free
Special Note: Participant materials will be provided.Description: There are no shortcuts to maturing in our faith and growing in our knowledge of God. This group of guys meets continuously to study the Bible, sometimes books, chapters, or selected passages, to discover and discuss what they show about God and what he wants us to learn. Pray, study, discuss, repeat.
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CONNECTING GROUPS
Lake Community Church has a number of small groups that meet frequently throughout the year. The groups below are our life stage groups.
Student Ministry
Leader: Cory Shreve
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 241-0410
Type of Group: Grades 6-12
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lake Community Church
Special Note: Register your students online.Description: Student Ministry is a place for middle and high school students to connect in relationships with other students and grow or discover their faith. It is a fun experience in which students get relevant teaching and engaging small group discussions to help understand and apply God’s truth to life.
Marriage Ministry
Leader: Brad & Leigha VanderTuin
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 491-4048
email: [email protected]
phone: (320) 491-4123
Type of Group: Married and Engaged CouplesDescription: We greatly value marriage and we know the importance of investing in these relationships. We will be offering marriage groups during each semester as our primary efforts to support and invest in couples. We will also promote key marriage events throughout the year.
Men's Ministry
Leader: Paul Peterson
email: [email protected]
phone: (608) 445-2391
Type of Group: Men (all ages)Description: Our Men’s Ministry consists of a variety of short-term and ongoing small groups that focus on spiritual growth in the context of relationships. We also supplement these small groups by occasional events.
Women's Ministry
Leader: Katherine Ewton
email: [email protected]
phone: (214) 794-5095
Type of Group: Women (all ages)Description: Our Women’s Ministry consists of a variety of short-term and ongoing small groups that focus on spiritual growth in the context of relationships. We also supplement these small groups by occasional events.
PrimeTimers 55+
Leader: Linda Kuhlman
email: [email protected]
phone: (701) 331-1780
Type of Group: Adults 55+Description: PrimeTimers is an event-based group for anyone 55+ to gather and meet new people and build lasting friendships. We have a variety of events on an every other month basis.
STAFF CONTACT
Paul Peterson
Associate Pastor
[email protected]
320-762-5424
Need a little help?
We do not want finances to be a reason that you cannot participate in a small group. If you need financial assistance to help cover the cost of the materials, contact Pastor Paul prior to registering.
[email protected]
(608) 445-2391