First Free Growth Groups

Q&A with Dave Abel

What is a growth group? For me, it is a small group of men (or women) meeting together for the purpose of making healthy followers of Christ.

Where do you meet? My group meets Sunday evenings at First Free. It’s a central place to meet and the guys are available that night.

What do you do in growth group? We study the word of God, pray for each other, encourage each other to keep following Jesus, and of course - EAT! We celebrate birthdays-I make them blow out candles and we sing Happy Birthday ! I know that I’m a little crazy, but it’s fun. We rejoice when someone has something exciting happening in their lives and we mourn when someone experiences loss. We pray over those that are struggling. We have had our growth group time in a hospital lobby, when one of our members was having some health problems. We have had the opportunity to serve outside the church. We have served at Sonshine Community Ministries, Champion Christian School. We have given funds to help send kids to Pine Valley camp and have helped an older gentlemen in McKeesport clean his home.

We grow ourselves deep into God’s word, so that we can then go wide and serve others.

If you would like more information on how you can get connected to an Adult Growth Group at First Free, please contact Pastor Kirk Albrecht!