DISCIPLE-MAKING

OPPORTUNITIES

Do you seek to experience community, connection, and growth?

Parkside offers several groups — including EQ Classes, Life Groups, and Bible Studies — that meet on and off-campus throughout the year for every age and stage of life. It is our hope that you can find people to do life with together. No need to be an attendee at Parkside to participate in our Disciple-Making groups.

EQ Hour Classes

SUNDAY EQ HOUR | SPRING 2024

  • In building a loving, exceptionally healthy, multiplying disciple…a core piece of our vision is to EQuip you as a Christ-follower to live out that mission. One of the core proficiencies we are striving to equip you in…is your Biblical literacy. This means dramatically increasing our knowledge of the Word of God, allowing the love of God to propel us, and living out a life of obedience to the commands of God.

    With that mission in mind…we’re introducing: EQ Hour.

    The purpose of the EQ Hour is: To intentionally equip each disciple, significantly increasing their “Spiritual EQ” in 3 ways. By…

    • Mending ~ Restoring
    • Establishing ~ Laying a Foundation
    • Preparing ~ Training

  • Our EQ Hour classes will begin on March 24, 2024.

    8:45 am | Light Breakfast will be served
    9:15 am | Nursery & EQ Kids (Pre-K thru 5th grade) begins
    9:15 am | Adult EQ classes begin

    Students (6th-12th grades) are encouraged to serve in the Nursery, Parkside Kids, or join an EQ class.

  • We have two class offerings for our EQ Hour. Click the class name for a description.

    The Gospel and the World - presented by Dr. Phil Petersen (12-week class - ongoing class from our winter series)

    Art of Neighboring - presented by Pastor Jason Folkerts and Katy Eisfeld (new spring class offering)

Men’s Discipleship Group (D4)

    • Study Materials: Discipleship Essentials by Greg Ogden

    • Time: Wednesday evenings 6:30-8:00 PM, resumes January 3, long-term commitment

    • Location: Parkside Church, Randy Burg’s Office

    • Facilitators: Steven Silva and Randy Burg

    • Participants: Adult Men. Max: 6

  • Do you desire to learn the ways of Jesus and become more like him? This small group is designed to coach you through developing a life plan with objectives that align with the ways of Jesus.

Men in the Word

    • Study Materials: Your own Bible

    • Time: Saturday mornings (2x/month) at 7:00 AM; beginning March 16

    • Location: Caribou, 77 West Hwy 5, Waconia

    • Facilitator: Greg Bergman

    • Participants: Adult Men

  • Proverbs 27:17: Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

    Men – it’s time to man-up, grow new relationships with other men, and grow together in our relationship with Jesus. We will plan to connect with each other, pray for each other, and have a short Bible discussion time to discuss one chapter of the Gospel of John. Meeting before work begins every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays to preserve family time.

St. Boni Family Life Group

    • Study Materials: A new study will be chosen in January 2024

    • Time: Thursday evenings, 5:30-7:30 PM, meeting every other Thursday with a potluck dinner; Resumes January 11

    • Location: St. Bonifacius

    • Facilitators: John & Jaynee Hyttsen and Todd & Rebecca Barnes

    • Participants: All are welcome, family friendly. Childcare available, if needed.

  • We will share a meal together, enjoy a time of fellowship, prayer, watching, and discussing a short video series called - With by Skye Jethani. This study considers the question, “What does life with God look like?”.

Connect!

    • Study Materials: Your own Bible

    • Time: Friday evenings (bi-weekly), 6-8 pm with a light dinner, resumes January 12th

    • Location: Steven & Bianca Silva’s Home in St. Bonifacius

    • Facilitator: Steven & Bianca Silva

    • Participants: All are welcome, family friendly! Max 8 adults.

  • Would you like a great way to spend your Friday evening? Welcome to our home to connect with others, share in a meal, pray for each other, and read through a scripture passage or biblically-based book to guide our conversation.

Pizza, Pray, & Play

    • Time: Meets from 5:30-7:30 pm on select Sundays: January 14, February 18, March 17 & April 14

    • Location: Waconia

    • Facilitator: Jonathan & Katy Eisfeld

    • Participants: All are welcome!

  • Are you new to Parkside Church? Do you have children who would like to connect with other kids? This group is an excellent way to meet others, get to know Parkside Church, and have a great evening of family fellowship. We will either have a potluck meal or all pitch in for pizza, share and pray together, and then play board games.

Cologne Family Life Group

    • Study Materials: The Bible, exact study to be determined as a group

    • Time: Monday evenings, 5:30-7:30 PM (lingering welcomed), potluck style dinner

    • Meeting 2x/month

    • Location: Cologne

    • Facilitator: Aaron & Ashley Edmund

    • Participants: All are welcome, family friendly, love intergenerational groups! Looking into childcare options, if needed.

  • Need something to look forward to on Mondays? Come share a meal and develop deeper relationships through a collaborative group Bible study chosen from RightNow Media.

Worry-Free Living

    • Study Materials: Your own Bible

    • Time: Bi-weekly Thursday evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM, resumes January 11

    • Location: Jim & Shelley Nichols’ home in Minnetrista

    • Facilitator: Steve Witmer

    • Participants: All adults welcome. Please arrange your own childcare. Max: 20

  • Do you find yourself being anxious, dwelling on things that trouble you? God’s word has a lot to say about how to have an abundant, worry-free life. Join us the first and third Thursday evenings of each month as we focus on a single passage of scripture, looking at how to remember and apply the command or promise to our busy lives.

Letters From John

    • Study Materials: Your own Bible

    • Time: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM, resumes January 16

    • Location: Bob & Jan Needham’s home in Waconia

    • Facilitator: Phil Petersen

    • Participants: All adults welcome. Please arrange your own childcare. Max: 16

  • Welcome to our Life Group where we will grow in our understanding of God’s Word and how God is at work in our lives. Our study will include a short video teaching by Tony Evans, as well as discussion and prayer together.

Looking for Women’s Life Groups? Click Here.
Questions? Contact Katy Eisfeld at katy@parksidemn.org.