Begun by John Welsey in 1775, a covenant service is a practice that continues in churches and Christian communities today, often near the beginning of the New Year. On December 31, we will gather at one service time in each venue to worship and focus on renewing our convenant to God as we approach the new year with repentance, confession, and hope as a church family.

The season of Advent leading up to Christmas encourages us to focus on what the Bible means when it says the Word became flesh - God’s presence was made manifest among us. As God reached down to enter our lives on earth through His son Jesus, He revealed His Father’s core identity of hope, peace, joy, and love through each personal encounter and word He spoke.

During these Sundays in November, we’ll learn from the story in Luke 17 when Jesus heals ten men of leprosy. We’ll also take an opportunity to rally together in response to God’s call to care for the orphaned and vulnerable. And finally, we'll celebrate Jesus as our King and look into what it really means to live in absolute surrender to God as Lord and King.

During this five-week discipleship series, our Life Groups will be uniting around how to live a God-centered and generous life through our time, resources, and prayers.

We will cover stages of life including marriage, parenting, aging, and grand parenting. Not every person will directly fall into a category, but this presents the opportunity to walk alongside one another as generation prays for generation.

What could Asbury look like if we became a church of groups, not simply a church with groups? Discover more about the power of groups in the life of a disciple and how living faithfully in community is what real life together is all about.