Life Groups meet from September to November and January to May.  Some groups meet from June to August, as well.

After a Life Group has been together for 12-24 months, our goal is to have one or more people from the group leave to start a new one. This creates space and additional groups for new people. We call this “group multiplication.”

Joining a Life Group requires a 12-month commitment to attend. Most groups do not meet during December and will take a few weeks off in the summer. Obviously, allowances are made for sickness, vacation, work conflicts, and other special events, but not much more. This commitment is the key to a strong Life Group. You have the first month to attend the group to make sure it’s a good fit for you.

Many of the studies are based on the previous Sunday’s message at Gateway. These sermon based studies, called Sermon Discussion Guides, are built on what we call a “Proclamation-Application” model. We gather on Sundays to hear the proclamation or teaching of the Bible. Then, we get together in Life Groups to discuss and live out the applications from what we hear on Sundays by digging deeper into the Bible.

Life Groups are intended for adults. (Exceptions can be made for nursing newborns, up to six months.) We leave it up to each family to work out their own child care. Sometimes it works best for families to share a sitter or to swap childcare with another family whose Life Group meets on a different evening.

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