Group #2

Title: Mighty Prevailing Prayer
Day & Time: Sunday – 6:30 p.m.
Group Type: Open to Everyone
Leader: Tim Waters
Location: Harmony Community Church
Description: God has a more effective prayer life for you than you ever dreamed possible. Let this study be your open door to wonderful answers to prayer. The evangelical church is guilty of the sin of prayerlessness. Author Wesley Duewel has provided exactly what we need: a biblically sound exposition and study of prevailing prayer and practical suggestions for ways to prevail in prayer.

Group #3

Title: Jesus Among Other Gods
Day & Time: Monday – 6:30 p.m.
Group Type: Open To Everyone
Leader: Peter Fogg
Location: Whitaker Cabin
11431 Hwy. 96 East, Fort Valley
Description: In a world with so many religions, why Jesus? We are living in a time when you can believe anything, as long as you do not claim it to be true. In the name of “tolerance,” our postmodern culture embraces everything from Eastern mysticism to New Age spirituality. But as this study helps us see, such unquestioning acceptance of all things spiritual is absurd. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true.

Each week the group will consider a unique claim that Jesus made and then contrasts the truth of Jesus with the founders of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism with compelling insight and passionate conviction.

 
Group #4

Title: Who Is God

Day & Time: Monday – 7:00 p.m.
Group Type: Open To Everyone
Leader: Craig Brush
Location: 1051 Housers Mill Road,  Fort Valley
Description: In this life group, author Francis Chan will help you explore the weighty topic of the Trinity, distilling the reality of the nature of God into foundational truths, and help you discover what this knowledge means for those who believe in Him.

Group #5

Title: Unglued
Day & Time: Tuesday – 6:30 p.m.

Group Type: Women’s
Leaders: Laura Izzard/Beth Rigdon
Location: Whitaker Cabin
11431 Hwy. 96 East, Fort Valley
Description:ÜGod gave us emotions to experience life, not destroy it! We stuff, we explode, or we react somewhere in between. What do we do with these raw emotions? Is it really possible to make emotions work for us instead of against us? Yes, and in this study we will learn how. Filled with gut-honest personal examples and biblical teaching, Unglued will equip you to: Know with confidence how to resolve conflict in your important relationships. Find peace in your most difficult relationships as you learn to be honest but kind when offended. Identify what type of reactor you are and how to significantly improve your communication. Respond with no regrets by managing your tendencies to stuff, explode, or react somewhere in between. Gain a deep sense of calm by responding to situations out of your control without acting out of control.

Group #6

Title: Unglued
Day & Time: Wednesday – 10:00 a.m.

Group Type: Women’s
Host Home: Carline Eubanks
Leader: Diane Hawthorne
Location: 75 Hedge Row Drive, Byron

Description: See Above

Group #7

Title: Courageous – Honor Begins At Home
Day & Time: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Group Type: Men’s
Leader: Craig Emery
Location: 415 William Drive, Fort Valley

Description: In this dynamic life group Bible study based on the bold fatherhood and family principles featured in the film Courageous, members will discover how to lead their families more courageously in four key areas:

¡Responsibility: serving, protecting, and casting a vision for their family

¡Priorities: focusing on eternal things rather than what is temporary

¡Legacy: recognizing a father’s potential impact as a godly role model

¡Faith: strengthening a father’s identity in Christ, increasing in wisdom
            

Group #8

Title: Optimize – Fit For Life
Day & Time: Wednesday – 6:00 p.m.
Group Type: Women’s
Leader: Vicki Owen

Location: Whitaker Cabin
11431 Hwy. 96 East, Fort Valley

Description:“Just One Step” The way to better health is best taken just one step at the time. When we try to take short cuts or run a quick sprint, we often get lost or give up. But when you think about a healthier, happier life, it is good to know where you are going and how to get there. The intent of this very interactive group will be to work together to create a plan for each of us to have attainable health goals so that we can be our best for the Lord.
There will be no aerobics classes, no “weigh in’s”, or measurements taken. Come enjoy this informal, encouraging group …we’re going to have a GREAT time!

Group #9

Title: True Women 101
Day & Time: Wednesday – 6:00 p.m.Ü

Group Type: Women’s
Leader: Elise Vickers
Location: Harmony (this group will coincide with “Showtime” children’s program)
Description: What does it mean to be a woman? The current cultural ideal for womanhood encourages women to be strident, sexual, self-centered, independent — and above all — powerful and in control. But sadly, this model of womanhood hasn’t delivered the happiness and fulfillment it promised. The Bible teaches that it’s not up to us to decide what womanhood is all about. God created male and female for a very specific purpose. His design isn’t arbitrary or unimportant. It is very intentional and He wants women to discover, embrace, and delight in the beauty of His design. He’s looking for True Women!

Group #10

Title: Crazy Love
Day & Time: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m.

Group Type: Open To Everyone
Leader: Scott Beach
Location: 358 J.W. Edwards Drive, Byron
Description: God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love.  Have you ever wondered if we’re missing it? It’s crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. Whether you’ve verbalized it yet or not, we all know something’s wrong.

Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn’t working harder at a list of do’s and don’ts-it’s falling in love with God. And once you encounter His love, as author Francis Chan describes it, you will never be the same. Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.

Group #11

Title: Love & Respect
Day & Time: Thursday – 6:30 p.m.

Group Type: Open To Everyone
Leader: Bill & Alisa Joseph
Location: Harmony

áThis group is open to everyone, however the study is written with couples in mind.
Description:This study is based on the biblical passage from Ephesians 5:33 (But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands – GODS WORD® translation). Communication between a husband and wife is often frustrated because of the vastly different ways in which men and women perceive love. Women are wired to need unconditional love and men need to feel unconditionally respected. Crack the communication code between you and your spouse—and reap the benefits of marriage as God intended!