{"id":250,"date":"2025-12-19T01:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracerivercity.church\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:46:19","slug":"life-groups-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/life-groups-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_pb_section_parallax\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span class=\"et-pb-parallax-background et-pb-parallax-background-module--divi-section-0\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/gracerivercity.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/about-us-landscape.webp)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"et_pb_background_mask\"><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--module--divi-row--5138c454-be54-4233-bd3b-f8e6a8747976\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough preset--module--divi-column--73121f80-a3ef-4484-8763-c3f18e3c56d2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-heading--ddeb8c09-9078-4424-bc15-2efb6572e28e\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Life Groups<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough preset--module--divi-column--73121f80-a3ef-4484-8763-c3f18e3c56d2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-image--1cc6152f-565c-4c4d-b0c9-cf8c9576c341\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gracerivercity.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/home-groups.png\" alt=\"home groups\" title=\"home groups\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gracerivercity.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/home-groups.png 500w, https:\/\/gracerivercity.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/home-groups-480x323.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-252\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row preset--module--divi-row--048d8e79-b07f-439b-bd57-f41c14f0a56b\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--2c55a9c4-feed-423b-9edb-ae0b5b365cac\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Life groups are the name we give to small groups of believers and their friends\/family who meet during the week in homes in various parts of the city to fellowship and worship together. They focus on people, rather than programs and allow for intimacy, accountability and are a place of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>They can run from several weeks to several years depending on the needs of the group. Some groups form around an Alpha course or similar teaching resource, others function as a fellowship and support group for believers with common needs or goals.<\/p>\n<p>Those leading the groups serve under the guidance of the local church leadership and endeavour to integrate their work with the life of the local church.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_icon_0 et_pb_icon et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_icon_wrap\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\uf128<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Want To Know More?<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"\/#contact\" data-icon=\"$\">Reach Out Today To Join A Life Group!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gracerivercity.church\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}