HALIFAX CHURCH
GROUPS

FOLLOWING THE ANCIENT WAY

TOGETHER

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WHAT DO GROUPS LOOK LIKE?

Groups & Home Churches are the answer to the question: “How do I grow at Halifax Church?” These are small gatherings of people in living rooms all across HRM, who go on a journey together to learn and practice being with God, becoming like Jesus, and living a life of active love by the Holy Spirit.

FIND A GROUP

Our Approach

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    Weekly/bi-weekly

    Groups meet together once every one/two weeks, depending on the group, and each gathering typically lasts around 90 minutes.

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    Jesus-shaped discussion

    A time of learning and discussion around a chosen topic/curriculum, snacks, and prayer. Get a closer peek here.

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    Missional Practice

    Throughout the year, groups will select from a number of missional opportunities to participate in across the city.

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    seasonal on/off ramps

    This creates room for changes, because, life.

FORM OR FIND A GROUP
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Already gathered the homies? Great.

After filling out the form below, one of our team members will reach out to schedule a coffee so that we can equip and support you so that you can have a successful launch.

FORM A GROUP

NEED A LITTLE ASSIST? NO PROBLEM.

We have a number of groups meeting in different places around the city that you can get connected to.

FIND A GROUP
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Groups FAQ

  • Don’t start alone. Who do you already hang out with? Ask them to start a group with you. We will give you amazing curriculum (no prep required) that leads to life change - add a glass of root beer, and snacks/pizza and you’re 90% of the way to the best night of your week.

  • We will make sure that doesn’t happen. The best way to start is to gather together a few friends (or nine or ten) and start a group with them - that way your crew is guaranteed to be full of life from day one.

    If you do start your group from scratch, and you want new people to join, one of our pastors/leaders will work with you to carefully add people who we think you’ll vibe with. Promise.

  • Hopefully you’ll have two or more friends who are willing to shoulder some of the socializing and organizing with you.

    Plus, we make it easy! The Discipleship pathway that groups journey on together includes some pretty rad curriculum. We’ve done the hard work to make sure they are all impactful and don’t require prep or for you to be a spiritual superstar. Hosting a group is meant for everyday ordinary people living full and busy lives.

  • A little bit, that’s up to you!

    Each gathering is built around this simple structure:

    Gather + Eat (30 minutes)
    Pray (5 minutes)
    Discuss (10 minutes)
    Learn (20 minutes)
    Share (20 minutes)
    Pray (5 minutes)

    This totals 90 minutes of impactful time that should be significant relationally, intellectually, spiritually, and personally. Whether you eat pizza, order tacos, make a charcuterie board, or watch Ted Lasso together when you’re done is all up to you!

  • Thankfully, no! Only if you want to. Our hope is always that your group has so much fun, and experiences so much transformative life-change with Jesus, that you start asking the question: why wouldn’t we want to keep meeting?

    But we get it. Life can get busy, and circumstances can change. In that case, we would love to work with you to transfer leadership of that group to someone else.

  • Not necessarily.

    We would love it if groups that have space for new people make themselves open to welcome others, however we won’t ever force it. If your crew is full, then it’s full.

    *A full crew typically has 8-12 people in it.

Here are a few discipleship courses our groups actively participate in:

• Alpha
• Practicing The Way
• The Lectio Course
• The Marriage Course
• The Missional Life

Along with access to the entire RightNow Media library.

RightNow Media

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