Life Groups
Small groups foster authenticity, vulnerability, trust, belonging, and accountability. While they are practical, small groups also promote personal spiritual growth.
Life Groups
We find that life is always better when lived in community.
Life Groups fosters community and helps our church grow smaller.
Mitchell & Katie Jones
We've been part of the Southside family for years — Mitchell since 2004 and Katie since 2013 — and Life Groups have been a cornerstone of our journey here.
Life Group is an important part of our church experience. It has allowed us to form deep connections in a small group outside of the larger body. We share our highs and lows, carry each other's burdens, and simply enjoy each other's company in a way that Sunday mornings alone can't always provide.
What drew us in was simple: community with like-minded people who love God, and the chance for our kids to grow up in faith alongside others with positive influences around them. What's kept us is even more meaningful — a group of people who show up week after week, sharing prayer requests and genuinely praying for one another through life's challenges.
Life Groups create a space to share and connect with other members of the body that worshipping together in a large group on Sunday morning typically doesn't provide. It's where we've grown deeper in our faith, built real friendships, and learned to hold each other accountable.
If you're on the fence about joining a Life Group, our advice is simple: just do it.
Pat & Betsy Powell
When we moved to Lexington in 2008 and began attending Southside, we were excited to learn that there were small groups. By quickly joining a home church group, we integrated much faster than we would have had we sat on the sidelines.
Our home church has deepened our understanding of the Bible by listening to the perspectives of mature Christians and watching them live out spiritual truths. During our weekly meetings, our discussions are frank and honest. We feel free to question and closely examine our beliefs. Our group is open-minded and eager to learn and continue growing more like Jesus.
We are all relatively close in age, and we’ve walked through empty nests, illness, aging parents, death, marriages, divorce, grandchildren, and all of the trials that come along with being a human being. Life is richer knowing you have a close group of people that you can trust with your celebration and with your pain.
We know without a doubt, if we need help and support, we have a team to lean on. God intended us to have a community of like-minded believers to go through life with. We do this on a daily basis. We laugh. We cry. We pray. We study. We love. We debate.
We can also throw together a great potluck on the spur of the moment while we watch UK basketball. We would encourage anyone who attends Southside to join a life group and grow your community.
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