Life Group Leader Guide
Welcome life group leaders!
This guide is a resource for you as you pray and consider how you lead your group towards being with Jesus, becoming more like Jesus, and doing what Jesus did, together!
Updated 10/05/25
Dinner / Fellowship
(Briefly welcome the group & pray before eating.)
We share dinner together as an act of fellowship. Throughout the gospels, we see Jesus constantly interacting with people over a meal. The act of eating is so universal that eating together both fills a practical need and helps us open up again to community together. As we eat and share, let’s intentionally reflect on God’s presence in our lives. Encourage people to share, not report.
Optional: you can have the elements of communion to take communion together to start or end the meal.
We share dinner together as an act of fellowship. Throughout the gospels, we see Jesus constantly interacting with people over a meal. The act of eating is so universal that eating together both fills a practical need and helps us open up again to community together. As we eat and share, let’s intentionally reflect on God’s presence in our lives. Encourage people to share, not report.
- What is something you’re thankful for?
- How have you encountered God this past week?
Optional: you can have the elements of communion to take communion together to start or end the meal.
Announcements
- Bring your gently used jackets and coats to the church this month for those in our city trying to stay warm.
- Wholehearted is coming October 25th.
- Mark your calendars!
- Kids ministry for this event is in need of a few more volunteers sign up to serve a morning or evening slot and get a discounted ticket!
- Baptisms will be happening October 26th! sign up on the events page.
If you need more vision/information for any specific event, you can find it on the event page on our website.
Discussion
Topic: Being Salt & Light
Leading Scripture: Matthew 5:13–16
Questions:
Leading Scripture: Matthew 5:13–16
Questions:
- What part of this passage stands out to you?
- What do you think Jesus meant when He called His followers “the salt of the earth”?
- What does it mean to be a “city on a hill”?
- How can fear, shame, or comfort cause us to dim our light?
- Who is God highlighting to you to be salt and light to?
Weekly Practice
Here is a practice you can do with your group and encourage your group to use throughout the week.
VISION:
VISION:
- By inviting Jesus into daily life, believers become conduits of His love and truth, naturally leading others to explore and follow Him.
End With Prayer Together
Consider this time as an opportunity to minister to each other through prayer. Follow the spirit's leading.
A leader should close out the night with a final prayer over the group as a whole and thank everyone for coming.
A leader should close out the night with a final prayer over the group as a whole and thank everyone for coming.