So, what are Growth Groups?

Growth Groups at St Michael’s are small groups existing to help every member grow in godliness by prayerfully reading and applying God’s Word, investing in Christian fellowship and creatively working together to bless those beyond their group.

There are many groups that meet on various weekdays and nights to study the Bible, pray, share, and care for one another, with the aim of growing in trusting Jesus and living for him. For more information, or to let us know you’d like to join one of these groups, please contact us.

2025 Growth Group Program:

Vision: To see more disciples of Jesus shining as lights in our city

Term 1

Welcome study (outlining purpose & programme)
Sharing Hope – everyday evangelism training (5 studies)
Jonah & the dangers of Orthodoxy (4 studies)*
Prayer week (resource provided)
March 28-29th we are joining with churches across the region for ‘Hope for the Illawarra’. It’s personal evangelism on a mass scale. We’re praying God would fill WIN stadium 3 times over, with people we bring. Term 1 in GG is helping us make the most of this opportunity.

Term 2

Prayer week (resource provided)
Mark 9-16 (8 weeks)* – The first half of Mark looks at Jesus’ identity. The second half focuses on his purpose. His work secures & shapes us. A gospel is also an easy entry to Growth Group for those you brought to Hope for the Illawarra.
Blessing others (As a group, determine how you will engage our community with sacrificial love, or Evangelise the lost with the gospel of Christ)

Term 3

Praying the Psalms part 1 (4 weeks)* – Deepening our prayer-life together with the one book of the Bible directed to God.
Blessing others
Reality Bites (4 weeks) – A focus for us as a church is the reach the marginalised, this series from Anglicare gives Biblical grounding & practical equipping.
Prayer week

Term 4

1 Peter (8 weeks) – Looking more deeply at what will be preached on earlier in the year – what it is to be Christ’s disciples, ‘strangers in this world’. Returning allows us to have that part of God’s word to dwell richer.
Year reflection – How God has grown you in Christ’s image individually & a group
Blessing others at Christmas