Leaders

This week will be a small group Bible study on 1 John. Leaders and students will share and discuss their reading of 1 John the past couple of weeks! During program, there will be a short devotional reflection about baptism as we announce baptism registration opening.

Lifeline is not meeting at Campuses this Sunday! Our students and volunteers are taking the week schedule their own gathering and hangout as a chance to break away from the familiar space of our buildings and do something special together as a group.

This week, we focus on reading the Bible in a way that lets it change us. By looking at a hard teaching out of Philippians 2, we will see how the commands of the Bible are always perfectly fulfilled in Christ. We’ll walk through the ways we can allow the Bible move us toward being more like Jesus and how our “work” is really God working through us.

As we begin our January Series called “Bible Study”, we start with a big question: What can the Bible do? What is the Bible supposed to do in the life of a believer? Why is it so important that we read it to grow? Students will be reminded of the power of God’s Word and encouraged to build a habit of reading it!

As we close out 2025 we’re going to look at three reasons Jesus came to earth. First, Jesus came to speak. Not only share words of wisdom, but to speak the very words of God, words which God expects us to follow! Second, Jesus came to show that there was nothing too humiliating for him to come close to us. He was willing to show how low he was willing to get – he wanted to show us how unashamed he was by his love for us. And lastly, Jesus came to save. Whether it’s dishonesty, envy, gossip, or addiction, we have all fallen short of the glory of God – that's just the reality of being human. We needed saving AND God needed to become man to save us by cleansing us from our sin.

Tonight Students will get an opportunity to share about their life with their leader and have the opportunity to be prayed over as they enter into the Christmas season and a new year! Students will be encouraged about how Jesus is the answer to everything that they cry out about and how they can go to him in every season of their life.

This week is our “Prayer Night”. We will be walking through various different times of prayer and spiritual practices. When we slow down and turn our attention to people and things outside of ourselves, we are better able to see God’s glory and praise him through our time of prayer.

Many people may feel a desire deep within them to change the world around them for the Gospel, but how do we actually do that in our everyday lives? This week, we explore the power of living as a follower of Christ in a world that goes its own way. Students will be reminded of the reality that their obedience to Christ and refusal to be influenced by culture can be their most powerful testimony!

In this discussion night, we will be hearing from our residents on how to share the Good News with the way we talk to others. Often, “sharing the Gospel” can seem so intimidating and make others uncomfortable, but what if it doesn’t need to be that way? Sharing the Gospel is less about quoting scripture and more about making the Truth of Jesus Christ good news to an individual's circumstance.

We’ll be focusing “just on today”. In 4 different practices, we’ll look at the past, present, and future of today. The intention is to show students that today has plenty to offer and focusing one day at a time can be powerful for our walk with Christ.