Thanks for all you do to care for the congregation of Blue Grass Church. Groups are a vital part of our discipleship process as we explore who God is and who we are in light of who God is.
On this page you'll find resources to help you out as you take up your place in the life of the Body of Christ.
From information about how to reserve meeting space and request childcare to questions that will help you get the conversation started, we want this to be a place that serves to encourage and empower you in your ministry.
On this page you'll find resources to help you out as you take up your place in the life of the Body of Christ.
From information about how to reserve meeting space and request childcare to questions that will help you get the conversation started, we want this to be a place that serves to encourage and empower you in your ministry.
LEADER RESOURCES
Starting The Conversation
December 4th, 2023
Our groups provide an incredible opportunity to dive deeper into what God's doing in us. It's one thing to engage ideas in the abstract, but we want to dive deeper and discuss how God is engaging those ideas in our lives. How are we being changed? How is God using us to change others? This is where the rubber meets the road in our journey of discipleship. Click HERE to download some questions you ...
Group Facilitator Packet
December 4th, 2023
We've compiled a group leader packet with a wealth of information on everything from reserving meeting space, finding childcare, and choosing a study.You can download that packet HERE at any time.If you ever have any questions or need logistical assistance for your group, don't hesitate to reach out to our Disciple Team!......
STUDY TOGETHER
Daily Devotional - February 24-March 1
February 19th, 2025
February 24-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 158, Week 8, Day 1: It comes down to a decision of faith that God places in our hearts. Will we choose money or Him? Mon...
Daily Devotional - February 17-22
February 12th, 2025
February 17-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Luke 10:36-37, “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 139, Week 7, Day 1: Jesus’ portrayal of a Samaritan in a positive light would have come as ...
Daily Devotional - February 17-22
February 12th, 2025
February 17-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Luke 10:36-37, “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 139, Week 7, Day 1: Jesus’ portrayal of a Samaritan in a positive light would have come as ...
Daily Devotional - February 10-15
February 5th, 2025
February 10-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.John 20:21, Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 112-113, Week 6, Day 1: We are called to share God’s love by participating in the ministry of Jesus in the world and in His Church. Jesus says we are to continue the work He started and do what God is calling us ...
Daily Devotional - February 3-8
January 29th, 2025
February 3-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.1 John 5:19, We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.Observe what it is saying. Rooted, page 88, Week 5, Day 1: The Scriptures teach that the whole world is under the rule of a powerful, supernatural being called Satan, who is an absolute enemy of God, His creation, and His people. He is ...
Daily Devotional - January 27-February 1
January 22nd, 2025
January 27-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 57:1-3, Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 2 I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me. 3 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me—God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.Observe wha...
Daily Devotional - January 20-25
January 15th, 2025
January 20-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.John 1:1,14,18, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in c...
Daily Devotional - January 13-19
January 10th, 2025
January 13-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 8:1, 3-4, Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your gloryin the heavens. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?Observe what it is saying. Rooted, pag...
Daily Devotional - January 6-12
January 10th, 2025
January 6-A Taste of RootedWrite out the Scripture.Psalm 1:1-3, Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does n...
Daily Devotional - November 25-December 1
November 20th, 2024
November 25-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Peter 3:1-2, Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.Observe what it is saying. These are the concludin...
Daily Devotional - November 18-24
November 13th, 2024
November 18-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.2 Samuel 9:1-3, David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” “At your service,” he replied. 3 The king asked, “Is there no one s...
Daily Devotional - November 11-17
November 6th, 2024
November 11-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:16-18, Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.Observe what it is ...
Daily Devotional - November 4-10
October 30th, 2024
November 4-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.James 1:1, James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: GreetingsObserve what it is saying. James could have said, brother of Jesus Christ. He refused to let his half-brother status be his prominent identification. Instead, he identified and viewed himself as a servant of God an...
Daily Devotional - October 28-November 3
October 23rd, 2024
October 28-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:15-17, The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all ...
Daily Devotional - October 21-27
October 16th, 2024
October 21-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Colossians 1:1-3, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, Observe what it is saying. In writi...
Daily Devotional - October 14-20
October 9th, 2024
October 14-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:11-12, Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the ...
Daily Devotional - October 7-13
October 2nd, 2024
October 7-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.Ephesians 2:1-2, As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.Observe what it is saying. Paul speaks to the Ephesian believers (and to us) reminding them ...
Daily Devotional - September 30-October 6
September 25th, 2024
September 30-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:13, When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”Observe what it is saying. Elijah is on Mt. Sinai, where Moses had his encounter with God. There seem to be special places where God has a tendency to show ...
Daily Devotional - September 23-29
September 18th, 2024
September 23-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 19:1-2, Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.â€Observe what it is saying. We continue ....
Daily Devotional - September 16-22
September 11th, 2024
September 16-Great Chapters of the BibleWrite out the Scripture.1 Kings 18:30, Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.†They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. Observe what it is saying. Last week’s episode saw the prophets of Baal fail at getting their god’s attention. Despite their shouting and many antics, there was no response fr....