Are You Ready?

Next
Step
Are You Ready?
Small Group Opportunities
HOPE Church
Fall 2014
We are so glad you are interested in taking that NEXT STEP in faith!
You may be …
 New to this whole church thing and really just want to get to know
other people ...
 Wanting to grow closer to God with people in the same stage of life
as you ...
 Looking to know God’s plan for your marriage ...
 Figuring out who you are in God’s eyes ...
 Looking to dive deeper into Scripture ...
We think you will find just the right NEXT STEP for you. God does not want
us to do this life alone, instead we are called to meet together (Acts 2:46) and
encourage each other (1 Thessalonians 5:11) in our relationship with God.
So we hope you will browse through this catalog, pray about it and take that
NEXT STEP with Christ!
To register or for more details, email Heather Mandala, HOPE Church’s
Director of Small Groups at [email protected] or telephone her at
856-985-5588.
We encourage you to register as early as possible as groups will fill up and we
need time to order materials.
The Week at a Glance …
SUNDAY:
9am - Middle School Sunday Small Group
Joyce Gutelius, HOPE Church, Room 11
9am - Adult Sunday Small Group
Harry Gutelius, HOPE Church, Room 10
9am - Youth Confirmation Class
HOPE Church, Chapel
10:30am - H7 Membership Sessions
Various leaders, HOPE Church, Chapel
6 - 8pm - Small Groups for Youth
Various leaders, HOPE Church
6:30pm - HOPE’s Singles Bible Study
Randy Petersen, Nona Ostrove’s Voorhees home, 3rd Sunday
MONDAY:
7 - 8:30pm - Monday Evening Bible Study
Marilyn Bills and Nancy Seigle, HOPE Church, Room10
7:30pm - 20Something?
2nd & 4th Monday, Dave and Jackie Falcone’s Pine Hill home
TUESDAY:
9:30 - 11:30am - M.O.P.S. (Mothers of Preschoolers)
1st & 3rd Tuesday, HOPE Church, Activity Space
7pm - Small Group for Men
Various Speakers, HOPE Church
7:30-9:30pm - Small Group for Sunday Family Ministry Volunteers
Christine Graves, HOPE Church, Room 100
WEDNESDAY:
9:30 - 11:30am - Wednesday Morning Women’s Bible Study
Annemarie Reilly, HOPE Church, Worship Space
1-3pm - HOPE’s Prayer Shawl Ministry
Judy Beaven, HOPE Church, Fishbowl
6:30 - 7:30pm - Wednesday Night Parenting Small Group
Christine Graves, HOPE Church, Room 100
7pm - No Worries Wednesday Prayer group
Irene Mintz, HOPE Church, Fishbowl
THURSDAY:
6:30 - 7pm - Thursday Morning Men’s Bible Study
HOPE Church’s Fishbowl
7 - 9:30pm - Chit, Chat & Chocolate
Social time for women, Brynn Gutelius, meets periodically, The Meeting Place.
7:30pm - 33 The Series for Men
7pm - Becoming Myself Small Group for Women
Amanda Cavaliere and Heather Mandala, 1st & 3rd Thursday
Various homes
FRIDAY:
9:30-11:30am - Raising HOPE for Moms
Vicky Olson and Christine Graves, 1st & 3rd Friday at HOPE Church, Room 10 .
7:30pm - Holy Smokes
Pastor Rick Court, one Friday a month (TBA), various backyards/patios
7-8:30pm - Moving Through Grief
Marge Mason, last Friday of the month, The Meeting Place
7-8ishpm - Mommies & Daughters
Amanda Brown, selected Fridays, Amanda’s Voorhees home
SATURDAY:
8:30am - Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study
Angelo Salandra and Carlos Santana, Saturdays, HOPE Church, Room 10
Time TBA - Married Couple Small Group
The Parks and the Kuklises, meeting in various homes and alternating between
Saturday and Sunday
Here’s What We Have for Women ...
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)
MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers, a program designed
to nurture mothers with children from infancy through
kindergarten. MOPS offers instruction and support in a
relaxed atmosphere of caring, sharing, and fun! Our HOPE
MOPS group is chartered with MOPS International, Inc. This non-denominational
organization helps us to nurture every mother by meeting her distinct needs. MOPS
is primarily led by the mothers themselves with the addition of “seasoned, veteran”
moms who are affectionately called “Mentor Moms.”
This group meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 9:30 – 11:30am.
There is a semester fee which covers the cost of childcare.
Go to MeetHope.org/mops to register and pay.
Target Audience - Mothers of infants - Kindergarteners
Wednesday Morning Women’s Bible Study
This six-session, DVD-driven small group Bible study is based on
Pastor Rick Warren’s Everything is Possible with God. The study helps
participants understand, and cooperate in the predictable patterns
and processes God uses to strengthen our faith and develop our
character.
The group meets each Wednesday morning from 9:30 to 11am.
Childcare is available.
Target Audience - Adult Women
HOPE’s Prayer Shawl Ministry
Do you like to knit or crochet? Why not join HOPE’s Prayer
Shawl Ministry? They meet the third Wednesday of every
month from 1 to 3pm in the Fishbowl. This group crafts
blankets for newly baptized youngsters along with prayed-over shawls for shut-ins
and convalescents.
This group is coordinated by Judy Beavan who may be reached at [email protected], please
contact Judy if you would like a prayer shawl.
Target Audience - Women
New! Thursday Small Group for Women
Becoming Myself is a hope-filled book for anyone who
wonders if her life will ever change—if she will ever change.
In Stasi Eldredge’s most intimate book yet, she shares her
own struggles with self-worth, weight, and her past as she
shows readers how God is faithfully unveiling who we truly
are. It's a beautiful paradox. The more of God’s you become,
the more yourself you become—the “self” He had in mind
when he thought of you before the creation of the world.
Led by Heather Mandala and Amanda Cavaliere, this eight-week, DVD-driven study meets every
1st and 3rd Thursday evening at 7pm. This group will meet in various homes. Their first meeting
will be in the Mandala’s home on October 2 at a special time of 7:30pm
Target Audience - Adult Women
Chit, Chat, & Chocolate
Calling All Women! Join in at The Meeting Place,
500 Centennial Boulevard, periodically from 7 to 9:30pm
for Chit, Chat & Chocolate . (Next date TBA.) All women are
welcome! So invite some friends, neighbors and workmates.
Please bring a snack, dessert or drink to share. Questions?
Email Volunteer Coordinator, Brynn Gutelius at
[email protected].
Target Audience - All Women
New! Mommies & Daughters Small Group
This new small group will be based on the Just Mom and Me
Having Tea Bible study. All 2nd - 5th grade daughters and
their moms are invited to the Voorhees home of Amanda
Kuklis on Friday evening from 7 to 8ish. They will meet on
October 10 and 24, November 7 and 21 and December 12.
Email questions to Amanda at [email protected].
Target Audience - Mommies and their daughters in 2nd - 5th grades
Raising HOPE
Raising children is hard! Don’t do it alone. If you have a
child in elementary, middle or high school, then join us in this
ministry that encourages, equips and develops moms through
their next phase of mothering. Moms share breakfast together
and lift each other up with love and support.
This small group is led by Volunteer Coordinator Vicky Olson and Christine Graves and will meet
from 9:30 - 11:30am on October 3 and 17, November 14 and 21, December 12 and January 9 and
30. They gather in Room 10. Email Vicky at [email protected] for more details or
telephone her at 856.796.0236.
Target Audience - Mothers of children 1st grade and up
Here’s What We Have for Men ...
Tuesday Night Small Group for Men
Here’s what the guys are up to … First Tuesday:
fellowship and breaking bread. Second Tuesday: guest
speakers. Third Tuesday: service projects. Fourth
Tuesday: presentation or devotional with fellowship and
planning future events. Pastor Jeff joins the guys and leads our discussions on the
months with a Fifth Tuesday.
This group meets each Tuesday at 7pm. Dinner nights, 6pm
Target Group - Men
Thursday Morning Men’s Bible Study
This is an ongoing weekly group of men who
explore their faith through Bible study and
other resources. They are currently studying the
book of Colossians. The format is conversational
and casual.
This group meets Thursdays from 6:30 – 7:30am. They meet in
HOPE’s Fishbowl.
Target Audience - Men
33 The Series
In this volume of 33 The Series, we’ll look at all new
material that will challenge and equip men to go
below the surface, to look deep into our hearts and
explore some areas that are all too easy to ignore but
are critical in our journey toward authentic manhood. These six sessions will
provide a framework and a process that will help men understand what lies behind
the manhood traps and beneath the heart idols that can distract them from the
truth and the power of the Gospel.
This group meets in the Worship Space each Thursday evening at 7:30pm beginning October 16.
Target Group - Men
Holy Smokes!
Holy Smokes is a monthly Bible study for men that
meets one Friday each month at 7:30pm. The guys
gather around a fire, smoke cigars, swap stories from their week, encourage and
support one another, read some Bible and pray. This is an informal group of men
who believe being conformed to His image takes a lifetime; and also believe they
are on a journey together to become more like Jesus, one step at a time.
The group meets in a different member’s backyard and/or patio. The next two meetings will be
Fridays, October 24 and November 21 at 8pm. For locations, or if you have any questions, email
HOPE Pastor Rick Court at [email protected].
Target audience: Adult Men.
Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study
This gathering of men meet each Saturday from
8:30 until 10am. This group is building a study around
the book by C. S. Lewis entitled, Mere Christianity.
They are examining some of the issues men are
grappling in handling the pressures of everyday life.
This group is led by Angelo Salandra. It meets each Saturday at 8:30am in Room 10.
Target audience: Men
Here’s What We Have for Everyone ...
H7 HOPE Membership
H7 is a component-based series of sessions that will fit
your busy schedule. All sessions meet Sundays at 10:30am
in HOPE’s Chapel and may be taken in any order. H7
sessions are offered three times a year. For more details,
email Carol Boynton at [email protected].
Here are our next few classes:
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October 5—Session 2 - God’s Story of Redemption Led by Pastor Rick Court & Dave Evans
October 12—Session 3 - Your Story of Faith and Growth Led by Tom and Lorita Boyle
October 19—Session 4 - The Story of the Early Church Led by Randy Petersen
Calling All Middle Schoolers!
It’s Josh by Gosh! Join us in Room 11 at 9am each Sunday. That’s
when we’ll learn all about Joshua and how he followed in Moses’
footsteps to get into the Promised Land. We’ll have a lesson, food
and different activities which coincide with the stories each week.
All 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students and their friends are invited!
Bring a friend!
Led by Joyce Gutelius, this small group meets each Sunday in Room 11 at
9am.
Target Audience: 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students and same-age friends.
Sunday Morning Adult Small Group
Our Sunday Morning Adult Small Group has started back
up with the Book of Acts and it’s not too late to join! The 28
chapters of this wonderful account of the start of the
Christian church is the subject matter for the study this year,
and all are invited to take part.
Led by Harry Gutelius, this small group meets each Sunday in Room 10 at 9am.
Target Audience - Adults
Small Groups for Youth
Middle School and High School guys and girls are invited
to join in gender specific small groups each Sunday evening
from 6 to 8pm. The groups meet at HOPE Church.
Target Audience - Youth
HOPE Singles
This group conducts Bible studies and usually meets
during the year on the third Sunday evening of each month
at 6:30pm. Email Randy Petersen with questions at
[email protected].
Led by Randy Petersen and hosted by Nona Ostrove in her home in Voorhees on the third
Sunday of every month at 6:30pm.
Target Audience - Single Adults
New Monday Evening Bible Study
Pathways, Passions and Gifts
God speaks to each of us uniquely. Some will hear Him while
performing acts of service. Some need study, silence or solitude and
others may hear Him best in nature or through music or poetry.
We all have specific pathways, passions and gifts where we hear
God’s voice the clearest and are called to serve.
Led by Marilyn Bills and Nancy Seigle this group meets in Room 10 each Monday evening from
7 to 8:30pm.
Target Audience - Adults
20Something?
Our 20something Small Group meets at the Falcones’ house on
the second and fourth Monday of every month. Any post-high
school to 20something year olds are welcome to join the group at
any time. The group is currently studying the book Christian by Andy Stanley.
Email questions to Pastor Dave at [email protected]
This group is hosted by Jackie and Dave Falcone in their home in Pine Hill. They meet at 7:30pm.
Target Audience - Young men and women post high school to mid-twenties
Sunday Morning Family Ministry Volunteers!
Thank you so much for all you give on Sunday mornings. We
want to make sure that you are being fed too! Join Director of
Family Ministry, Christine Graves for a Bible study on the
first and third Tuesdays of every month where we can grow
together in Christ.
This group meets from 7:30 to 9pm in Room 100.
Target Audience: Sunday Morning Family Ministry Volunteers
Wednesday Night Parenting Small Group
The Hurried Family video study explores the symptoms of
a hurried family and provides counsel for restoring calmness
and giving the gift of rest to others. Spend the next few
weeks going through this fun and interactive small group
study with friends or neighbors. The principles discussed
will empower you and your family with practical, stresssaving skills and confidence as you head toward
sanity, peace and family harmony.
This group meets from 6:30 to 7:30pm in Room 100.
Target Audience: Parents
Cost: $20 to help offset materials expense
NOTE: Anonymous sponsorships are available for any unable to pay.
Married Couples Small Group
In this eight-session, small-group Bible study, Christian, by Andy
Stanley, participants examine the characteristics Jesus used to define those who follow him and the implications they have for
believers today. According to Andy Stanley, the words used to
describe Christians today often bear no resemblance to what Jesus
wanted his followers to be known for. Couples looking to grow
together and with others in Christ, this small group is for you!
This group will be led by the Parks and the Kuklises and meet in individual homes. This group will
alternate their meetings between Saturdays and Sundays.
Target audience: Adult couples
Confirmation Class
Weekly confirmation class is open to all students in 7th and
8th grades who have not yet been confirmed. This year’s
Confirmation will take place Sunday, January 4, 2015. Classes are held weekly in
the Chapel at 9am. Email questions to Youth Pastor Dave Falcone at
[email protected].
Life Groups
One of the best ways for women to go deeper in your
relationship with Jesus, is to do so with one or two others. If
you are ready to take that next step and have someone you
already “do life with,” then we would love to encourage you to
make it official.
Talk to Heather Mandala, HOPE’s Director of Small Groups about forming a life group where you
can work together to apply God’s word to your life.
Target Audience - Women
No Worries Wednesdays
Ever wonder where the Prayer Requests go? “No Worries
Wednesday” is when/where/how Prayer Requests are lifted. A
prayer team leader facilitates the 30-minute prayer session on
Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Fishbowl. All are welcome!
Prayer requests may be dropped in the Prayer Box located in the church’s lobby or
Prayer Board located in the Worship Space or by emailing Volunteer Coordinator
Irene Mintz at [email protected].
Target Audience - Everyone
More Community Groups
Looking for a way to connect? Wanting to dive
deeper into your faith? Then Community Groups
may be perfect for you. These groups are
geographically based so you won’t have to travel far!
Email HOPE Pastor Steve Hoadley at [email protected] for details.
Moving Through Grief
This peer-led grief support group meets the
last Friday of every month from 7 to 8:30pm
beginning at The Meeting Place, located at
the corner of the HOPE Church campus.
Volunteer coordinator Marge Mason leads
the group, with the help of other volunteers,
offering conversation and compassion to
those struggling with the death of a loved
one. In addition to her own personal experience, Marge brings knowledge regarding the grief process gleaned from a number
of workshops and other resources. While not formally trained as bereavement
counselors, the group creates an on-going, safe environment for all to share their
individual stories and rebuild their lives embracing their “new” normal. For more
information, email Marge at [email protected] or telephone her at
856.767.5177 or 609.828.9109.
Target Audience - Adults
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SUNDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
8-9pm The Meeting Place
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MONDAYS Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
7-10pm The Meeting Place
WEDNESDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous for Women
6 to 7pm (AA) - The Meeting Place
THURSDAYS Overeaters Anonymous (OA)
9:30am to 11:30am HOPE Church, Room 11
FRIDAYS Moving Through Grief
(Last of each month) The Meeting Place
7-8:30pm
SATURDAYS Al-Anon
11am to 12:30pm HOPE Church, Chapel
For more information concerning HOPE’s Next Step Small Group
Ministry, email Director of Small Groups, Heather Mandala at
[email protected].