Impact Groups are our small group Bible studies that meet throughout the week. Typically lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, groups gather throughout the community and provide a fantastic opportunity for you to dig deeper into your walk with God and connect with your church-family.
Spring 2019 Impact Groups are now open!
Location: Children's Hunger Fund
Childcare: No
Group Facilitator: Steve Sanders
Description: "Ready to step out of your comfort zone? Rethink Mercy is an initiative of Children’s Hunger Fund and consists of workbook sections essential for biblical mercy ministry. Over the next 10 weeks, we will complete the Rethink Mercy workbook and work in various capacities at the Children’s Hunger Fund Warehouse in San Antonio. After completing the material, we will distribute food packs in the community. Child care is not provided, however, your older children are welcome to join us.
>>Group Material Provided by Children's Hunger Fund<<
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitator: Nelson Cavin
Description: "If you have lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, you’ve probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you have never faced before. If you are in that situation, consider being part of the Grace Care Team Grief Share Program. The Grief Share program consists of 13 sessions focused on facing the challenges of moving forward and rebuilding lives."
>>Group Material<<: workbooks will be available from your group facilitator for $15.
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitator: Ben Sickel
Description: "The Quest for Authentic Manhood is designed to help a man embrace a bolder and more noble concept of manhood. This study leads men along a journey toward real biblical masculinity while fostering deep spiritual, emotional, and personal growth. This study also takes a man inside himself to consider the forces that are shaping — or misshaping — his personal manhood."
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitators: Amy Sickel & Sara Pecina
Description: "Be challenged to think outside the box and see the Bible come to life in this fun and engaging drama class! We will learn how to see things from different perspectives, delve deeper into learning empathy, have fun with improv, and bring Scriptures to life with Bible sketches. We will put on a performance at the end of the semester!"
>>Group Material<<: provided by your group facilitators
Location: Converse
Childcare: No
Group Facilitators: David & Juli Wessies
Description: "At the end of the day, God is less concerned with what we do for Him than who we are in Him. Few figures illustrate that truth better than Jonah. Focused on the prophet rather than his prophecy, the story of Jonah gives us a picture of a man on the run due to his own selfish desires. Climb aboard and settle in as this study reveals how God uses extraordinary circumstances to break our hearts of selfishness, convince us of His tender care, and unite our lives to His glory."
**This Group is Full**
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitators: Connie Leonard & Tara Butterworth
Description: "At any given time, women may be asking, “Does my life really matter?” Maybe you are stuck in a job that is not rewarding. Maybe you're with your kids all day and feel trapped in a routine. Maybe you're going through a divorce and trying to find your identity. Many women are afraid to open up and share their struggles because we look around and think that everyone else has it all together. This Bible study will show women even in the darkest of moments in life, YOUR LIFE REALLY DOES MATTER."
>> This Group is Full<<
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitator: Nacho Pecina
Description: "What are the Core Values of your life? Have you ever thought about what those might be? In this study, we'll go over some core values that are vital to each of our lives. Each week, we will dig deep into Scriptures that are given directly to us from Jesus: to love God and love others, and to go and make disciples. Together, we will discover how the 5 Core Values of Grace Community Church can give you the relationships God wants for you."
Location: Grace Community Church
Childcare: Yes
Group Facilitator: Russell Dick
Description: "In this day and age, children face a far more defective world than the children of previous decades. Everyday they are bombarded with the pressures and influences of drugs, sex, and violence. Often, parents feel helpless when the corrupt principles of this defective world seem to contradict every godly principle they try to instill in their children. But the truth is, God has a plan for effectively raising your children and you can learn it."
Location: Converse
Childcare: Yes (limited)
Group Facilitator: David Nutting
Description: "We often talk as though we know what grace means. But do we really understand it? In this study, we will focus on the transformative power of God's grace. It's an offer to live a changed life, a call to genuine transformation and the courage to see it through. Don't let grace pass you by. When you let it in, it will rock your world, and change your heart."
>> This Group is Full <<
Location: Converse
Childcare: Yes (limited)
Group Facilitator: Donald & Kelli Furrow
Description: "Marriage is fabulously hard. But beneath and behind the inevitable tensions a man and woman “locked in the same submarine” are going to have, the real battle is against the work of the Enemy, who plots and schemes to tear love apart. This study by John and Stasi Eldredge show how couples can win “by fighting for each other, instead of against each other.” As they say, “We live in a great love story, set in the midst of war."
**This Group is full**
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Location: Schertz
Childcare: No
Group Facilitators: Dean and Deb Jeavons
Description: "Comfortable Christianity often means a weak Christianity. In this study on John’s three letters, Dr. Tony Evans challenges Christians who have grown comfortable and complacent in their faith. Fellowship with God is the essence of our faith, and Tony walks through 1, 2 & 3 John to paint a picture of love, obedience, and truth. In a world that hates Jesus, we are called to love Him and His people with a fierce love."
**This group is full**
Study material will be provided by group facilitators.
Location: New Braunfels
Childcare: No
Group Facilitator: Randy & Eva Nunez
Description: "This world looks nothing like the promised perfect kingdom of God. And yet we as God's people must live in it every day. In The Book of 1 Peter, Kyle Idleman walks through the short letter and unpacks the importance of our witness in this world. The world's not as it should be. Until the day that God rights all wrongs, we have a job to do. Let's be about the business of the kingdom."
Location: NE San Antonio
Childcare: No
Group Facilitator: Mitzi Thomas
Description: "Twenty times in the New Testament, Jesus Christ issued a compelling and challenging invitation: "Follow Me." Jesus is not interested in mere fans. He doesn't want enthusiastic admirers. He wants completely committed followers. This one of kind study examines what it means to deny one's self and truly follow Jesus."
Location: Schertz
Childcare: No (childcare is full)
Group Facilitator: Richard & Rachael Primm
Description: "If you long to see God work in miraculous ways in the life of your church, you will love the faith-building, life-giving message found in The Grave Robber. Join pastor and bestselling author Mark Batterson on a seven-week journey as he reveals the incredible power of the seven miraculous signs of Jesus found in the Gospel of John and walks us through the very spots where Jesus chose to reveal himself through these miraculous events."
>>This Group is FULL<<
Location: NE San Antonio
Childcare: No
Group Facilitator: Macie & Shondrea Shaw
Description: "In a world filled with danger, adventure, and wonder, we have at our disposal prayers that can transform the events and issues that matter most to us and to God. Moving Mountains shows you how to experience the power of daily prayer, learn the major types of prayers—including those of intervention, consecration, warfare, and healing—and to discover the intimacy of the cry of the heart prayer, listening prayer, and praying Scripture."
>> This Group is FULL <<
Our Aim
We are a church that is not willing to go along with the status quo. We are not content when people live a life separate from God – when people are confused about their identity in Christ. Everything we do is crafted to invite people into a deeper walk with God and to connect them with those who are on the same path. The primary way this happens is through Impact Groups.
The Team
Leadership and spiritual development is very important to us, here at Grace. Pastors and staff facilitate groups, but mostly groups are lead by various church partners. Being a group facilitator is an excellent way to grow personally and also be a part of someone else’s development. If you would like to explore what it might look like for you to facilitate a group, please reach out to Nate Williams.
