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Small Groups
We celebrate life together by bringing people into smaller communities of belonging and friendship. Through sharing life, spiritual practices, eating together, and having fun, participants experience care, ministry, and love—and learn to see in each other the image of God. Our small groups run in cycles throughout the year.
Sign up for any of these small groups online.
Spring 2012 Small Groups
Sundays:
*Women’s Group (at Pompei, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 5:15 – 6:45)
Mondays:
*Theology on Tap (1st and 3rd Mondays at 7pm in Lakeview)
Thursdays:
Financial Peace University (Thursdays at 7pm in Lakeview East, starts April 19)
*Sunday Scriptures (Thursdays at 7:00pm at Church)
(*denotes visitors and drop-ins welcome)
Financial Peace University
Led by Rob and Ginny Dickman-Lopez (Lakeview East)
Thursdays at 7:00pm from April 19th through July 12th (13 weeks)
Come join us to learn and explore God’s and grandma’s ways of handling money. FPU is a 13 week gathering that empowers and gives hope to everyone from the financially secure to the financially distressed. Topics covered include: relating with money, retiring with dignity, investing with competence & confidence, real estate & mortgages and so much more, all tied together with God’s giving spirit! FPU is not the typical boring academic chirping you’d expect when talking about personal finance. It’s fun, interactive and will inspire you to live like no one else.
Ongoing Groups
Women’s Group
Led by Linda Effinger Quinde at Pompei (Wellington and Sheffield)
2nd and 4th Sundays at 5:15, ongoing and year round
Join this long-running community-within-a-community. Drop-in or become a regular. We provide a fun, casual place for the diverse women of the church to meet, share our stories, and support each other. A great choice for women who would like to feel more connected within the church, especially newcomers to Holy Covenant. Women’s Group can be attended in conjunction with or in between other groups. Signing up isn’t necessary but do, if you’d like more information.
Theology on Tap
Led by Pastor Matthew (Lincoln Park pub)
First and Third Mondays of each month at 7pm, through June
Good, honest conversation in a public space about God, love and change. Consensus isn’t necessary. Dissenting opinions welcome and encouraged. Come with questions, leave an empty pint. All are welcome on any date … a friend, classmate and coworker-friendly event!
Sunday Scriptures
Led by Mark Owen and Jeff Rossen
Thursdays, 7pm-8:30pm, ongoing
“Sunday Scriptures” mid-week study is when we come together to read, discuss and share fresh insights and ideas about the scriptures to be used in upcoming Sunday sermons. This is a “no-holds-barred” discussion group that provokes alot of thought and conversation around the table and has even been known to initiate some follow-up discussions and emails through the rest of the week.
We’ll be meeting in the gallery at Holy Covenant UMC at 7pm on Thursdays. We start on time and do our best to wrap up for the evening at 8:30pm. However, some of us have been known to continue the evening somewhere nearby with a pizza, sandwich and/or other energy boost.
So, can we look for you to join us? Feel free to bring your own bible or to use one of several made available to us there in the gallery. You also might want to bring pen or pencil, maybe even a notebook of some sort if you would like to make notes regarding the texts being discussed, ideas expressed and prayer requests shared at the end of the evening. The prayer request time is an intimate time of sharing when concerns, needs and celebration strengthen each of us. And, of course, what is spoken here, stays here. Please spread the word and invite a friend or two from outside of the Holy Covenant family. This is a great opportunity for new connections!
Sign up for any of these small groups online.
