Wednesday Nights
WEEKLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT GATHERINGS AT 6:30PM, EACH FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS
If it is your desire to be a part of an intimate environment to have a meal, unwind and connect with God and others, our Wednesday Nights are for you! This gathering consists of an affordable meal followed by Bible Studies and activities for the whole family.
5:00PM – Doors Open
5:30PM – Meal is Served
6:15PM-6:30PM – Kids and Students to their MidWeek Programming
6:30PM – Wednesday Night Bible Studies
7:30PM – Campus Programming Concludes
We hope you will join us as we walk together to become all God dreams us to be!
South Campus Midweek
Sign up for Wednesday Night Meal
If you are planning on attending, please sign up online to reserve plates for you and your family by 4 pm on Mondays.
Select between the options Menu of the Week or Pizza, and please let us know how many are coming.
You can select the options individually or select the Family Pack for $25.
1. Use option 1 for payment online. PLEASE NOTE THAT E-CHECK OR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS NEED TO BE DONE WEEKLY. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT OPTION.
2. Use option 2 for in-person/cash payment. THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR WEEKLY OR PERMANENT REGISTRATION.
$6 Adult
$6 Child
$3 Pizza (Adult/ Child)
$25 max per family
Sign up for Women's Bible Study
Seamless – In 7 sessions, Seamless covers the people, places, and promises of the Bible, tying them together into the greater story of Scripture. Whether you’ve grown up hearing Bible stories or you’re exploring Scripture for the first time, the full story of the Bible can be overwhelming.
Experience the Bible as a whole as you gain clarity and confidence in your understanding of Scripture. Discover a biblical context that reshapes and brings to life stories from the Old and New Testaments.
April 12 – May 24
Cost $22
Room: B-201
REGISTRATION LINK COMING SOON
Good Boundaries & Goodbyes – Relationships are wonderful … until they’re not. Is it unloving or selfish to set a boundary? And what does the Bible instruct us to do when a relationship is no longer safe or sustainable? Lysa TerKeurst deeply understands these hard questions in the midst of relational struggles. But after thousands of hours of counseling intensives and extensive theological research that transformed the way she defines healthy relationships, Lysa is now more committed than ever to loving people well without losing the best of who she is. She wants to help you do the same. In these pages, Lysa will help you:
- Understand the five factors to remember when implementing healthy boundaries.
- Determine the appropriate amount of personal and emotional access someone has to you.
- Stop being misled and emotionally paralyzed by wrongly interpreted or weaponized scriptures.
- Overcome the frustrating cycle of ineffective boundary-setting with realistic scripts and practical strategies to help you communicate, keep and implement healthier patterns.
- Be equipped to say goodbye without guilt when a relationship has shifted from difficult to destructive and is no longer sustainable.
- Receive therapeutic wisdom you can trust directly from Lysa’s Christian counselor Jim Cress, who weighs in throughout the book.
January 25, February 8, February 22, March 29, April 12, April 27
Cost: $24
Room: TBD
Men's Bible Study
The Book of Judges – 6:30 PM
In this series, pastor and author J.D. Greear wades into the book of Judges to shine a light onto the muddy waters of human rebellion. The stories and truths within are not just archaic tales with no relevance for us today. Rather, J.D. works through each chapter unpacking the truth of God’s grace in the midst of human wickedness, and shows how only the divine can redeem the fallen.
*No registration necessary.
Contact Jeff Chadwick at (804) 878-6614 or jeff@missioncenters.org for more info.
Room 212 (The Box)
COED Study: The Take Away
The Book of Mark – Serving Others as You Walk with the Master Servant
Room 105
Cost: Free
No Registration Required
Young Single Ministry Bible Study
Meets in the ABIDE Room
Cost: Free
No registration required
ESL - English as a Second Language
2022-2023 ESL Classes
September 14, 2022, thru May 10, 2023
Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
Wednesdays
AM: 9:30a – 11:00a
PM: 6:30p – 8:00p
For more information, please contact Debra Jordan at debrajordan@gmail.com or Dercy Lage at dercy_lage@yahoo.com
North Campus Midweek
Sign up for Wednesday Night Meal
Join us at Wednesday Evening Meals at Café First!
If you are planning on attending, please sign up online to reserve plates for you and your family by 4 pm on Mondays.
Select between the options Menu of the Week or Pizza, and please let us know how many are coming.
You can select the options individually or select the Family Pack for $25.
When registering:
1. Use option 1 for payment online. PLEASE NOTE THAT E-CHECK OR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS NEED TO BE DONE WEEKLY. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT OPTION.
2. Use option 2 for in-person/cash payment. THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR WEEKLY OR PERMANENT REGISTRATION.
$6 Adult
$6 Child
$3 Pizza (Adult/ Child)
$25 max per family
Serving begins at 5:30 until 6:15 pm
Sign up for Women's Bible Study
Anxious – There are many reasons to worry. And one Reason not to. We live in a broken, sad, scary place. We don’t need to watch the natural disasters and political unrest in the news to know what our bodies already know. Our bodies get sick. Our minds are fragile. The mortality rate for humans is astonishingly high. There’s plenty to worry about, and the world is full of faulty solutions for our anxieties.
But true peace comes when we learn to hold God’s Word up to what worries us. There, we learn we can’t fix ourselves; we can’t protect ourselves. Instead, the Bible tells us we can rest, knowing that Jesus walked into the broken, sad, scary places to rescue us and love us. He is the One who fixes. His is the only protection that matters.
Join Scarlet Hiltibidal in this 8-session study to learn how we can practically take hold of the perfect peace that is only available through God as we dive deeply into His Word, embrace the practice of prayer, and live authentically in the support of our communities of faith.
March 1 – April 19
Room TBD
Cost $18
COED Study: The Take Away
Who is Jesus Christ? Is he enough for salvation? How should our relationship with Him affect our daily lives? Paul’s letter to the Colossians answers these and many other questions. The Colossian church was being attacked by a heresy that challenged the deity and the sufficiency of Christ. Paul challenged this teaching by revealing the supremacy of Christ. Colossians teaches that our relationship with God should affect every aspect of our lives including thoughts, conversations, friendships, family, and work.
Cost: Free
No registration required
Staff
Matt Poe
Groups Pastor
matt@thewoodlandsfirst.org
Abby Stuckle
Associate Groups Pastor
abby@thewoodlandsfirst.org
Brandie Patsis
Groups Administrative Assistant
brandie@thewoodlandsfirst.org
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
– Acts 2:42-47
