Lifegroups are what we here at Vinelife call our mid-week small groups. They meet throughout the week all over the city and are the heartbeat of our church. As such we’re really keen to see any new people get rooted in a group as soon as possible.
In Lifegroup you can expect to worship, pray and study the bible together, as well as having opportunities to practically serve the community in which your group meets. They also offer you the kind of close-contact pastoral support that you might not get solely through a Sunday celebration. But above all lifegroups are about family; they are about ‘doing life’ with other people and growing together and supporting each other in your walks with God. To find out more about the various groups at Vinelife grab yourself one of our Lifegroup booklets.
Hall groups are run by the Christian Unions and are a great place to meet other Christians in your halls, pray, and, most importantly, to reach out to the halls of residence and show them God’s love. They are perfectly placed in a ripe mission field and will help you to cultivate a desire to see God move in the place where you live; something that will hopefully continue to be outworked throughout your life.
Being a member of a lifegroup helps you to get firmly planted in your church. It’s brilliant to spend time with people of different ages and levels of experience, and it helps with developing closer friendships within your church. It’s so easy to just talk to fellow students, but lifegroups help you to branch out and feel like a fully-fledged member of the church. They are the place to go for support and to look closer at the bible. You shouldn’t have to choose between a lifegroup and a hall group; they’re there for different reasons.
“Through getting to know people in my lifegroup, church really felt more like my family. I would definitely recommend taking the step and joining one!”
