Life Group Ministry
Life Groups at Anacortes 1st Assembly of God are simply groups of people that meet at host homes periodically during the month. They are typically centered on the group's shared interests, be it a topic for study, demographic similarity, or common background or experiences. They are open to church members, visitors, and guests.
The purpose of Life Groups is to foster greater (quantity) and deeper (quality) relationships within the church, to equip people for ministry, and to enable the growth of the church as a whole, of its members individually, and of its role and influence on the community.
All Life Groups have four principles in common: Love, Prayer, Equipping, and Unity. See below for the illustration and guiding Scripture verses.
Current Life Groups
The Naomi Club:
A Life Group for ladies who have lost husbands through death or divorce. Led by Laverne Briggs. Meets afternoons on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month.
TNL:
A Life Group for young adults (20's and 30's). Where are you on your journey of faith? Are you looking for deeper relationships with God and others? Learn to live on purpose! Take your life to THE NEXT LEVEL. Led by Pastor Jim & Crystal Terry and Jed & Jade Barth. Meets on 1st & 3rd Sunday evenings.
The Extended Family:
A multicultural and interdenominational group that meets for Bible study, prayer, and fellowship, and to support one another as family. Led by Tom & Jean Goolsby. Meets every Friday evening in Oak Harbor.
'Tweeners:
A Life Group focused on fellowship for boomers, busters, and X'ers. Ages 30's to 60's, single or married, are invited to join us for fun, encouragement, and teaching. Led by Dave & Sharon Crumbo. Meets on 1st & 3rd Sunday evenings.
Prayer Power:
Learn to pray effectively and intercede for others. Develop a powerful prayer life and help shape what the Lord has planned for our church and our community. Led by Ruth Rogers. Meets on the 3rd Thursday evening each month. [On the first Thursday of each month, we join others at the Church for All-Church Prayer.]
Soul Cafe':
A ladies ministry where spirit, soul, and body are fed. Led by Crystal Terry and Ruth Rogers. Meets each Tuesday, mornings or evenings, your choice.
Soulside:
Life Groups for teens. Real. Relational.
Relevant.
Led by Pastor Andy & Angie Pursley and Joey & Amanda Guerrero. Meets
every Wednesday evening.
Unity
Psalm 133:1 (NKJV) – Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity.
John 17:21 (NLT) – My prayer for all of them is that they will be
one, just as you and I are one, Father-- that just as you are in me
and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe
you sent me.
Equip
Ephesians 4:12-13 (NLT) – …to equip God's people to do his work
and build up the church, the body of Christ, until we come to such
unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature
and full grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of
Christ.
Prayer
Isaiah 56:7b (NKJV) – For My house shall be called a house of
prayer for all nations.
Ephesians 6:18 (NLT) – Pray at all times and on every occasion in
the power of the Holy Spirit. Stay alert and be persistent in your
prayers for all Christians everywhere.
Love
1 Cor 13:1-3, 13 (NKJV) – Though I speak with the tongues of men
and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a
clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all
faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it
profits me nothing.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of
these is love.
