October 19, 2025
MIXUP IN LESSON GUIDE
Somehow two of our lessons had the wrong dates in our Life Group Discussion Guide. That being said, the original plan for today was for groups to cover Esther. Instead the guides had Acts 1, which was scheduled to be the lesson for next Sunday due to Go Sunday. Scott’s message will have a missions focus, but will not be the same passage as the Life Group lesson due to when the messages and the lessons were planned.
If your group taught Acts 1 on Sunday, that is totally fine since it stayed in order with the guide. You will cover Esther on October 26th.
If you taught Esther on Sunday, that is fine as well. You will simply remind your group that you will discuss Acts 1 on October 26th.
Everything be back to normal on November 2nd when we officially start the Sermon on the Mount series. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. I did not realize the mistake myself until this week.
CARDS TO SEND GROUP MEMBERS
If you would like to send a quick note to someone who has been missing from your Life Group, we now have postcards for you! You can find these inside the Life Group Leader Resource Closet next to room C211 upstairs.
Even if you have already texted or called a missing group member, it’s still great to receive something with a little bit of personal touch in the mail letting you know that you’ve been missed. Feel free to grab some today and start writing some people you haven’t seen lately!
BREAKFAST FOR COLLEGE & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
Would your Life Group consider providing breakfast for our College & Young Adult ministry (CYAM)? This is a new way that your Life Group can make a difference in our CYAM. Our goal is to find one Life Group per month that would be willing to provide breakfast for our 9a Life Group. We only need three groups to cover the rest of 2025.
I will reaching out to some of you about scheduling a time where one of our leaders and a couple of our Breakfast Club team members (our young adult-led team that organizes breakfast every week for everyone) can visit your group and share about our CYAM ministry and how you make a difference in it.
Thank you again for all the ways you continue to show love to our college and young adult ministry at Stevens Street!
CARE CENTER NEEDS
In an effort to create another opportunity for you and your Life Group to serve together, we have created a list of monthly needs for our Care Center. Instead of saying that general donations are needed, we felt it was best to designate a specific need for each month so it is simple for people to know how they can contribute. We hope you find this is an easy way to encourage your group to impact the world together.
The need for October is: Coats and gloves.
All items can be placed in the Care Center donation box next to the Fellowship Hall.
Click on a date to view that week’s lesson and commentary.
Dates to Remember
October 29th - Fall Fun Fest; no Wednesday PM Life Groups
November 26th - Church closed, no Wednesday PM Life Groups
December 10th - Last night for Wednesday PM Life Groups until January 7th
December 17th - Lottie Moon auction, no Wednesday PM Life Groups
December 24th & 31st - No Wednesday PM Life Groups