Small Groups

What is a Small Group?

It is church. A regular gathering of up to 20 or so folk in homes, instead of the church buildings, who want to worship God, grow in Jesus and each other, find a ministry and be involved in mission - and are therefore open to folk joining them. (We also have several Fellowship Groups who have chosen, for a while, to be closed to new members – our definition of the difference between Small Groups and Fellowship Groups) Clergy are not needed for the groups. The life of the group and worship is defined by the group under the sole leadership of Jesus as they wait on Him.

Small Groups will form a major component of the life of St Jude’s across Plymouth as they evolve. While we are a parish church, we recognise we are also a city church, and we want to make provision for folk to have close fellowship in their own local area as we grow.

Planning for Small Groups

Across January and Febuary 2010 we ran a series called RNLI Small Group Church, and then in April we launched some material for our current groups to explore how they may evolve to fulfil the varied need of their group to be Rescuing, Nurturing, Loving and Including.

How do I join a Small Group?

The whole of our Small Group set up is evolving across the summer of 2010. The best thing is to come into one of our services and ask folk what is available. You can also get a feel for the character each of our group’s by having a look through our Small Group Portal.