Small Group Leaders:
Kerry Kingsley
Deacon Ed Malone
Sheila Malone
Kim Monson
Sheila Vosen-Shorten
If you don't belong to a group and would like to join, call the Parish Center to get connected!

Small Groups [Bible Study-Faith Sharing]

 Small groups help build vibrant, joy-filled faith communities. In our Sunday gatherings we celebrate faith, empower ourselves with the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This celebration invites us to be transformed into Christ-likeness and transform/influence positively family, work place and community by the light and strength we receive from the Eucharist. Small groups explore practical ways to live this Eucharistic calling. Nutritious food is a variety/group of food, same way weekly meetings of small groups nourish and sustain faith in a parish. Just as family is basic to healthy development of children and spouses, small groups support development of healthy, energetic Christians. Energy of each Christian is the strength of church at large! The gospel invitation to all is: Listen to Jesus and follow him. Small group is a place of listening and discernment to stay connected with Christ. The love we profess and talk about is perfected and lived in small groups.
 
In a community, committees and groups are so important to advance their goals and make a change in society. Similarly, small-groups:

• Discover beauty of faith through word of God
• Learn the connection between faith and daily life.
• Help encounter God in everyday life
• Give spiritual insights for daily life
• Contribute to ongoing conversion of heart and spiritual growth
• Enable to see through the eyes of God
• Help experience meaningful relationships
• Motivate us to find time and space to sort out demands of our complicated, busy lives and give time to God and community
• Build loving connectedness with each other
• Create healthy, grace-filled personality through reflection and praying the word of God
• Create a sense of unity/fellowship despite differences
• Deepen experience of Christ’s presence and build new friendships
• Create sense of community with one another
• Learn how a person can be touched and empowered by word of God
• Help develop faith-shaped personalities

I encourage all of you who can to join a small group or form your own groups for bible study this Lent. Inactive groups, please re-activate your small groups! I thank groups that meet weekly throughout the year. God bless us and keep us in his love!
Father Jose