Find lasting community: ROOTED is a 10-week small group experience designed to connect you to God, the church, and your purpose. Together, in a group of people from all walks of life, you’ll explore the Bible, engage in prayer and serve experiences, share stories, and practice rhythms essential to a healthy spiritual life.

    • Meets our critical need for a pathway for disciple making.

    • It’s rhythmic (practicing daily/weekly discipleship life patterns), and experiential. Not just about gaining more knowledge, but about practicing & reaping fruits…together,

    • It’s has a low floor, in other words has room for even seekers who are not yet Christian, while challenging even long term Christians to implement discipleship meaningfully in a rich setting of community.

    • ROOTED is proven to:

      • Build Deep Community (90% of groups continue on as life groups),

      • Transforming life patterns toward discipleship (e.g. 82% increase giving patterns)

      • Result in increased serving (70% increase, in both church and with local partners).

    • ROOTED is rooted, in global Christianity (i.e. Kenya), so not a product of superficial bubble of N.American Christianity. It’s been honed for this setting, having a track record of 15 years, with hundreds of churches and thousands of groups.

    • As a foundational step toward a discipleship pathway. For new and existing groups, it becomes the cornerstone in a larger superstructure for groups to take next steps together.

    • NOTE: it is high commitment based (see Rooted Covenant below). Larger commitment, larger rewards.

    • For participants: experience ROOTED

    • For staff who experienced pilot in fall 2024: practice coordinating, mentoring, and empowering ROOTED group leaders.

    • For leaders who experienced 2nd pilot in spring 2025: practice leading/co-leading a group

    • For church:

      • Provide consistent, meaningful experience of ROOTED,

      • Continue to build up cohort of leaders & co-leaders for church wide launch in Sep.2025

    • For staff & participants: afterwards, evaluate, tweak, and plan for follow up seasons

    • 10 weeks: weekly groups, starting mid Sept (9.14-20), ending in mid Nov (11.16-22)

    • Proposed days/times (not confirmed)

    • Little Neck Campus (English Ministry):

      • Sundays: 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM; @Little Neck (EM office)

      • Wednesdays: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM; @Little Neck (EM office)

      • Fridays: 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM; @Little Neck (EM office)

    • Mineola Campus (English Ministry):

      • TBD

    • Young Adults:

      • TBD