If you would like to share news about your small group, recommend a great study or let others know about your current service project, post your opportunities on the group news page by contacting Deb Wagner by e-mail.

Groups in study

If your small group has enjoyed a recent study, let other groups know by including it on the recommended study list below.  Contact Deb Wagner by e-mail to post your favorites!

For more detailed information on each study, visit Calvary's books and studies page.

Renee Anderson - Freedom and Transparency by Bill Hybels

Carl Blad - The Shack by William Paul Young and A Life Worth Living by Nicky Gumbel

Christine Campbell - Parenting is Heart Work by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller

Kilee Christnagel - I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek

Susan Clement - The Truth Project study

Karen Coggins - The Good Life by Charles Colson

Don Groen - Life Lessons by Max Lucado

Paul and Elaine Gunderson - Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby

Tim and Candis Johnson, April and Nathan Peterson - Crown Financial study, Love is a Decision by Greg Smalley

Dorene McDougall - The Shack by William Paul Young, Beth Moore video studies

Sandy Peterson - Beth Moore series

Gary and Sandy Preston - Max Lucado books, I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek, the Fisherman series published by Random House

Courtney Redelsheimer - The Purpose of Christmas by Rick Warren

Jim and June Schilz - A Life God Rewards by Bruce Wilkenson and David Kopp

Jan Schlender - God's Answers to Life's Difficult Questions by Rick Warren

Carol Skjegstad - Parables of Jesus published by Zondervan

Jon and Kristin Stepan - The Truth Project study

Lisa Tanner - Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow

Jean Thompson - Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver, Life Principles from the Women of the Bible by Barber, Rasnake and Shepherd, life application studies

Joe Thompson - Encounters with God - Scripture Union

Stan Weros - Discovering God's Will by Andy Stanley

Groups in service

Many of Calvary's small groups do service projects together on a regular basis. Get some new ideas for your group by finding out what others are doing:

Many groups have participated in the Kids Against Hunger food pack-out and Feed My Starving Children, which help to feed children all over the world.  Other projects have included:

Anderson - PRISM

Bromander - yard raking

Groen - volunteer weekly at Christ for People, which helps individuals with developmental disabilities

Gunderson - helped with the Redeemer picnic

Johnson/Peterson - ushering

Lundquist -  Plymouth Christian Youth Center, Operation Christmas Child

McDougall - collected shoes for the Hopkins schools, collected baby clothing and diapers, MOPS mentors

Minder - Adopt a Family, Robbinsdale Easter egg hunt

Ohliger - 363 Days (Feeding the Homeless)

Peterson - Christmas mailing to the military

Preston - ushering, Families Moving Forward

Redelsheimer - Hands for the Harvest, which grows food for area food shelves

Schlender - Salem Church State Fair booth, Dragon Fly Project, Habitat for Humanity

Skjegstad - Alpha

Weros - Habitat for Humanity