Jesus Himself chose to teach His own disciples in a small group of twelve men who followed Him and learned from Him as He conducted His three-year public ministry. After Jesus ascended into Heaven, believers met together in homes as well as in the temple courts. In Acts 2:42-47, we are told that the believers “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, and to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” …”Every day they continued to meet together” and they “broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people…”

Today, as a member of one of St. Michael’s small groups, led by a trained and experienced small group facilitator, you can expect to find the fellowship, caring, learning, doing, and prayer that Jesus modeled with His disciples—and that His Church originally experienced. Among eight or ten or twelve others, you can have a “safe place” to ask questions, to be cared for and to care for others, to study the Bible and learn to apply the Truths of Scripture to your life, to find a ministry or mission that will use the spiritual gifts that God the Holy Spirit gives to each believer, and to pray for your needs and for the needs of others.