Spring 2025 Growth Groups | Registration Opens February 2!
Important Details:
- Choose from in-person or virtual groups, listed below
- Registration is open February 2 – March 23, but some classes will fill sooner
- Most Growth Groups begin the week of February 16 and last 8 – 12 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!
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
SPRING 2025 COURSES
MON1 Where Do We Go from Here? by Dr. David Jeremiah
Mondays @ 1:00pm at BRC Mt. Zion
Leader: Cathy Mark
Today’s headlines shout of modern plagues, social tensions, economic crises, and rampant depression. Many are asking, “What day is it on God’s prophetic calendar?” Dr. David Jeremiah answers this question by opening up the Word of God to reveal what it has to say about the days in which we are living, offering hope to believers, including ten prophetic issues that are as current as the morning news. Even as the world collapses, the Lord is building His Church!
MON2 The Death & Resurrection of the Messiah by Ray Vander Laan
Mondays @ 6:00pm at the Bev Nice Home, Boscobel
Leaders: Phil & Julie Henneman
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.
TUE1 The Coming Golden Age: 31 Ways to be Kingdom Ready by Dr. David Jeremiah
Tuesdays @ 9:30am Virtual
Leaders: Diane Foreyt & Nancy Key
Most days peace feels elusive, and our hope feels light-years away. And it is almost impossible to set our minds on God’s coming reign. But what if the return of the King and His Kingdom is exactly what we need to find our peace and ground our hope today? His coming victorious reign is what gives us the strength we need now. This book unfolds the Second Coming of Christ and His millennium reign here on earth with stunning clarity while also showing how the correct interpretation of these pivotal events changes how we live here and now.
TUE2 The Full Armor of God: Defending Your Life from Satan’s Schemes by Larry Richards
Tuesdays @ 6:00pm at the Knoble Home, Boscobel
Leaders: Doug & Cindy Knoble
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.
WED1 Full: Food, Jesus, and the Battle for Satisfaction by Asheritah Ciuciu
Wednesdays @ 6:00pm Virtual
Leader: Tracy Atkinson
Whether you feel defeated by your lack of self-control or overwhelmed by thoughts and longings for food, the answer to our food fixation does not lie in the $500 billion global diet industry. This is not a diet book and it’s not a healthy eating plan. Because at the core, our problem is not really what we eat. It’s why we seek fullness in something that will never satisfy. You’ll discover the joy of living free from food fixation so you can experience deeper satisfaction in Christ, gain a renewed sense of purpose, and yes, even enjoy good food (without regret).
THU1 Building Love Together in Blended Families by Gary Chapman & Ron L Deal
Thursdays @ 6:00pm at BRC Boscobel
Leader: Honni Fargen
Blended families face unique challenges, and sadly, good intentions aren’t always enough. With so many complex relationships involved, all the normal rules for family life change, even how you apply something as simple as the five love languages. That’s why Gary Chapman, the bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages and national expert on stepfamilies, Ron Deal, join together in this book to teach you how the five love languages can help your blended family. You’re going to face many challenges, but with the right strategies and smart work, your family can be stronger and healthier together.
THU2 Mark: The Messiah in Action by Dr. David Jeremiah
Thursdays @ 6:15pm at the Kintz Home, Richland Center
Leader: Pam Kintz
your life full of noticeable changes and actions? James, the half-brother of Jesus, wasn’t impressed with talk. He knew that a life of faith was all about actions that revealed a difference in a person’s life. For him, it was not that works save the Christian, but that they mark the Christian. He boldly deals with practical issues of faith not bound by culture or place and shows the importance of living a genuine life of faith. -Virtual group-
FRI1 My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Fridays @ 6:30am at BRC Boscobel
Leader: Stan Pegram
Chambers was a teacher and preacher whose messages cut to the heart of the gospel. His wife transcribed his sermons and compiled them into books, the most popular being My Utmost for His Highest. The title is taken from one of his sermons: “Shut out every consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only—My Utmost for His Highest.” This daily devotional has inspired countless people to drink deeply from the biblical truths that Chambers so passionately championed -Men-only group–