Sunday Bible Study

On Sunday mornings, we encourage you to join us at 9:00 a.m. for an opportunity to study God's Word in one of our Sunday Morning Bible Study groups that meet on the Gateway campus. Groups are available for the entire family, with options for all ages.

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

To learn about classes for children and youth, please follow these links:

Preschool Classes (Newborns - K5)
Children's Classes (Grades 1-6)
Youth Class (Grades 7-12)

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS FOR ADULTS

We offer three distinct Sunday morning Bible study groups for adults. Each group provides you with an opportunity to study the Word of God, discuss how the Word of God changes our lives, pray together, and fellowship. Each group studies a particular topic, and includes people of all different ages and walks of life in it. These groups all meet in the gym building (the building to right as you look at the front of the campus). The current groups are:

HEBREWS / Gym building - Room 1
Teachers: Jeff Moody and Tom Haberkorn

In one of his letters, C.S. Lewis offered this challenge: "Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things." With God's many blessings and with our long spiritual heritage, it can sometimes be tempting to look at things that should point us to God as what we really need. This is especially true in times of suffering as it shows us what we are putting first. If it is not God, it will not hold. The book of Hebrews teaches us to continually remind ourselves of the majesty of God and the greatness of his salvation for us. We are working through this book in the hopes that God will renew our focus on the first things: God and His will for our lives.

RESPECTABLE SINS / Gym building - Gymnasium
Teachers: Greg Teal and Rick Steen

"Have we become so preoccupied with the major sins of our society that we have lost sight of our need to deal with our own, more subtle sins?"
Our study will be based on the book Respectable Sins by author Jerry Bridges. This study begins by identifying believers as "saints," those set apart from sin, to God, and continues by examining sin itself as we look at how we have minimized sin, how deadly sin is, the remedy for sin, the power of the Holy Spirit, and how to deal with sin. Our study then will explore and discuss specific "respectable sins" or "subtle sins" such as ungodliness, unthankfulness, anxiety and frustration, discontentment, pride, selfishness, impatience and irritability, anger, judgmentalism, sins of the tongue, lack of self-control, envy, jealousy, and worldliness. This study will challenge us at the heart-level, right where we live, and help lead us to change. Being aware of these sins in our lives is necessary, but not sufficient. What we need-propelled by grace-- is heart transformation—life change to be more like our Savior. Join us on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in the gymnasium as we explore this topic together.

SET MY HEART ABLAZE / Gym building - Room 2
Teacher: William Foxx & Ron Burke

Many of us are familiar with the lyrics of the old hymn which says, "O soul are you weary and troubled, no light in the darkness you see. There's light for a look at the Savior, and life more abundant and free. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace.” We will discuss together the devotional book, Set My Heart Ablaze, which is a collection of excerpts from the writings of A. W. Tozer. This study is designed to direct our hearts to do just as the song suggests, to look full into the face of Jesus. We invite you to come join us as we seek to deepen our understanding of what that produces in us, and how effective it makes us in showing Him to the world around us.