Fall 2025 Growth Groups | Registration Opens September 21!
Important Details:
- Choose from in-person or virtual groups, listed below
- Registration is open September 21 – October 12, but many classes will fill sooner
- Most Growth Groups begin the week of October 5 and last 8 – 10 weeks
- After you register:
- You will receive a confirmation email
- Your Growth Group leader will contact you with more details, including how to purchase your book and your group’s start date
- Class size is limited, so register today!
- Scroll down to see course offerings and to register
Why should you join a Growth Group? Semester Growth Groups are a source of support and friendship. They are a place to connect with other adults who may share similar passions, interests, and life issues. When people from various generations, cultures, and backgrounds gather together, the connection often forms genuine relationships. Growth Groups meet together to study a specific book or subject, pray, laugh, and serve to impact their church and communities. Growth Groups are a great way to get closer to God, care for one another, and meet new people. A variety of groups are offered to reflect changing needs and interests.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Who can participate? Growth Groups are open to everyone
- When and Where do they meet? Growth Groups meet at various times and days each week. Browse the most recent Growth Group Catalog to see which groups fit your schedule and interests. Growth Groups meet in various locations around the communities we serve. They may meet in-home, at one of our churches, and sometimes other places like restaurants or parks or even online
- How do I join a Growth Group? Growth Groups are semester-based and are currently held two semesters each year: Fall and Spring. During open registration, you can sign up either Online or during Worship
- What does it cost? Most Growth Groups study a book together. In the Fall, all Growth Groups study the same material which also corresponds with the Fall Message Series. Fall course books are provided by BRC free of charge. Spring course books usually cost around $6-$20
FALL 2025 COURSES
MON1 The Full Armor of God: Defending Your Life from Satan’s Schemes by Larry Richards
Mondays @ 1:00pm at BRC Mt. Zion
Leader: Cathy Mark
Unique among books on warfare and deliverance, this easy-to-follow handbook draws riches from the Bible, while also offering tactical guidance for conquering the demons of fear and doubt that assail believers. Framing his teaching on Paul’s armor of God passage in Ephesians 6, Richards uncovers strategies of Satan and analyzes the armor piece by piece to reveal how God provides protection from every attack of the enemy. Hands-on exercises at the end of each section, plus in-depth, analytical appendixes, help readers identify and stand against powers of evil–and experience true freedom.
MON2 1 & 2 Peter and Jude by Carolyn Nystrom
Mondays @ 1:00pm Kintz Home, Richland Center
Leader: Pam Kintz
We’re going on a quest to uncover Scripture and its meaning across history. Filmed on location in Israel and throughout the Middle East, the Faith Lessons DVD series is an adventure in biblical learning. You will discover why Jesus turned the world upside down with His compelling call to follow Him. Teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan brings together history, culture, and geography to illuminate the Gospels. DVD lessons supported by an interactive Discovery Guide will let you walk with Jesus through the days of His ministry on this earth and transform your reading of the Gospels.
MON3 Slaying the Giants in Your Life by Dr. David Jeremiah
Mondays @ 6:00pm at the Nice Home, Boscobel
Leaders: Phil & Julie Henneman
The Bible warns us of “giants in the land,” and whether they’re literal like Goliath or figurative like fear, loneliness, and temptation, their goal is the same: to crush God’s people. Beloved Bible teacher and pastor Dr. David Jeremiah shows you how to stand up to these bullies and win—with God’s help! Whichever giant is intimidating you, the message of Slaying the Giants in Your Life is that God has the strength to bring you victory. You never walk alone and never have to live defeated. Learn to fight fear, destroy discouragement, win against worry, and disarm your doubts.
TUE1 A Case for Grace by Lee Strobel
Tuesdays @ 9:30am Online
Leaders: Diane Foreyt & Nancy Key
Join investigative journalist and bestselling author Lee Strobel as he embarks on his life-changing quest to solve the riddle of grace. Along the way, you’ll find the undeniable evidence of grace in the true stories of racists, addicts, and even murderers who have found new hope and purpose–all through the redemptive power of God’s amazing grace. Lee offers an accessible explanation of the theology of God’s grace, shown through the incredible, dramatic, can’t-put-it-down stories of people whose lives were changed by the gift of grace–true accounts of radical transformation and renewal. -Virtual group-
TUE2 The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Tuesdays @ 6:00pm at the Knoble Home, Boscobel
Leaders: Doug & Cindy Knoble
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.
TUE3 Defined: Who God Says You Are by Stephen Kendrick
Tuesdays @ 6:00pm at the Atkinson Home, Boscobel
Leader: Tracy Atkinson
At this very moment, what you believe about your own purpose and value affects almost every area of your life—including how you think and feel, the way you react to circumstances, and how you approach God and your relationships. But what is guiding your core beliefs? Are they healthy and founded upon solid truth? Or are they constantly shifting with the opinions of others or your own emotions? This study is based upon powerful insights from Ephesians and is seasoned with personal stories and practical wisdom. Let the One who knows you best be the One who guides your heart the most.
FRI1 Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God by Mark Batterson
Fridays @ 6:30am at BRC Boscobel
Leaders: Todd Fischer & Bill Bartlett
Most of us have no idea where we’re going most of the time. Perfect. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure. Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit–An Geadh-Glas, or “the Wild Goose.’” The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life. –Men–only group–