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Life is best lived in community. Small groups are an opportunity to gather and guide one another through all the intersections of faith and the real world.
At South Shore UMC we provide a small group experience for every age, and have as a goal that everyone connected to our congregation be growing in a small group experience.
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For more information about small group offerings for children (birth through grade 5), click here.
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Fore more information about small group offerings for youth (grades 6 through 12), click here.
Some of our small groups are short-term while others are ongoing. In attentiveness to the Spirit we will further diversify our small group offerings. Descriptions of our present small groups are below. Connect and grow with us at South Shore!
Sunday Morning Discipleship Groups
Our pastor teaches seasonal and special short-term studies on Sunday mornings.
Upcoming Study:
Beginning April 16 @ 9:40hr - Rm 115/116
Click here to register for The Epic of Eden: Psalms Sunday Morning Study.
If you are interested in teaching a Sunday Morning Small Group, please connect with Pastor Sarah.
Click here to email Pastor Sarah for more information about her seasonal and special short-term studies.
Join Rebecca Crotwell and Cindy Bays for an 8wk study of what the Psalms have to do with us today using Sandra Richter's
The Epic of Eden.
Participants are encouraged to obtain a personal copy of this book. Each class will include Scripture reflection and discussion.
Membership Pathway
For those interested in official membership in the church!
Attend Membership 101: Coffee with the Pastor in the Family Room outside the Administrative Suite the Second Sunday of every month. Here you will hear about the purpose and strategy of the church, meet Pastor Sarah in a conversational setting, and get to know other people who have a common interest with you.
Next steps are Membership 201 and 301, which give you an overview of United Methodist Theology and an understanding of your own giftedness to help guide how you can best connect into the body of the Church utilizing those gifts!
For more information on South Shore's Membership Pathway, click here.
Jesus After Dark
Monday Evenings @ 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. off-site @ The Priolos
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. ~ Hebrews 10:24-25
Week-in and week-out, we will work to know each other more and more deeply — sharing our hearts and lives, praying for one another, asking questions, and bearing each other’s burdens. We will be persistent learners of one another. And with everything we learn — good, bad, or otherwise — we will strive to love and serve one another — meeting each other’s needs, encouraging growth, and helping one another thrive.
For more information and directions, click here.
Tuesday Evening Life Group
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. off-site @ The Owsleys
Life is hard, we need people of faith who walk along side of us. Come join us on Thursday evenings for fun, friendship and Bible study. We won’t tell you what you must believe but help you formulate your own beliefs through the reading of Scripture, and using our gifts of reason, experience and tradition. This is a great group for people new to Bible study and those who have been reading the scriptures for many years. Sometimes we also meet for a meal or go out to do mission work in our community.
For more information, click here.
Cafe Faith
*Wednesdays @ Noon in a hybrid format (via Zoom and in-person)
Café Faith is a Wednesday lunchtime Bible study, prayer, and fellowship opportunity, using a combination of book studies and topical studies to seed our weekly conversations. Join us as we enjoy our meal, enjoy our community, and enjoy time spent in the Word with God.
Upcoming Study:
Beginning April 12 @ Noon - hybrid in Rm 106 and via Zoom
To request Zoom credentials to join Cafe Faith, click here.
For a complete listing of Cafe Faith Gatherings, please visit
Join Pastor Sarah for a 6wk study on finding redemption in our mess using Bishop Tom Berlin's, Restored.
Each class will include Scripture reading and group discussion.
Participants are encouraged to obtain a personal copy of the book for this study.
Friday Morning Men’s Group
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in Room 106
Discussions in the Men’s Group are open, focused, and relevant as they explore Scripture and hear from participant's life experiences and passion areas.
For more information, click here.
Faith and Fitness @ South Shore
South Shore Run Club
Friendship - Fitness - Faith - Fun
Weekly Group Sessions ~ Beginning Wednesday, January 25
@ 6:00 p.m.
Get outside your comfort zone where real change happens. We are on a journey from a sedentary lifestyle to one filled with endless possibilities. We are headed down a rich spiritual path as well, developing a deeper relationship with the One who makes the impossible, possible. The One who can take you from where you are to places you have never been!! This is South Shore Run Club!!
Our next 12-week session kicks off the week of January 22. Join us Monday evenings at 6:00 p.m. under The Portico outside the West Entrance Welcome Center. Please bring a chair, your running shoes and a bottle of water. We culminate our 12-week session with a local 5K in the community.
Invite your friends to join you on this amazing journey filled with faith, fitness and friendships!! You don't need to be a member or attendee of South Shore UMC or any other church for that matter. You don't need to be a runner, yet. Folks of all fitness levels are invited. This is a "free and open" run club and we can't wait to spend this time with you!!
Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. ~ (Hebrews 12:1)
For more information, click here.
