WHY HAVE LIFE GROUPS We believe that a small group is part of Gods plan to help believers grow to know Him more deeply. We seethe involvement and community that a small group can provide as a strong supplement during the week to our time of meeting together for worship on Sunday morning. Throughout scripture God has always called not just individuals to know Him but groups of people to Himself. Some would say that Jesus Himself started the first small group. In Mark 3:14 we read, And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach When Jesus was first calling His disciples, He did not call them to spend time with Him individually only but rather to come to know Him in the context of a group. This passage also reflects the twofold purpose Jesus has in calling these disciples and putting them in a small group with Himself. One that they might be with Him and two that He might send them out to preach. We desire that all of our Life Groups at Uptown be committed to this same twofold objective of growing to know Christ together in the small group as well as being committed to going out and being a loving neighbor and helping witness in the community.
