SJR Community Groups

Beyond our Sunday Evening Church service, there are a variety of opportunities to gather together with our parish community during the week - to support one another and grow in our faith, and to welcome others

For all of the following groups, please contact us and identify the group you want to find out more about. You can also speak directly to one of the leaders named in each group on Sunday evening.

• Sunday Night "Galatians" Bible Study: Leaders: Ven. Sean Love, and others. We meet every Sunday night, beginning September 14th, 2025 in the Chapel from 8-9pm, to study the Bible passage that was just preached. Because Galatians is so important in understanding the Christian faith, this study will be a great opportunity to debrief the sermon, go deeper in the sermon text, and ask questions. This group is open to all, and will run for the 12 weeks of the Galatians series.

• Monday Night Family Ministry: Leaders: Krista, Penny & Rosanna. We meet every other Monday night, beginning Monday September 22, 2025, at Trinity Lutheran Church from 6-8pm, for games in the gym, a themed potluck meal and a 30 minute teaching geared for all ages. We finish the evening together with a simple Compline service and lots of singing. This group is open to all families with kids and youth. 

• Tuesday Morning Women’s Bible Study: Leader: Krista Carter. We meet every other Tuesday, beginning September 9th, via Zoom from 10-11am, to study the Bible and pray for one another. Our study follows our Sunday sermon series. This group is open to all women. 

• Tuesday Evening Community Group Bible Study: Leaders: Ven. Sean & Penny Love. We meet every Tuesday night from 7-9pm at the Love’s house (near No. 1 Rd. & Blundell) to review the sermon from last Sunday and study the upcoming sermon text. We conclude our time together with prayer for one another in the last 30 minutes. We have tea and treats most weeks and occasionally share a meal together before the study. All are welcome!

• Wednesday Evening Community Group Bible Study: Leaders: Chris & Reagen Wright. We gather every Wednesday from 6-8 pm at the Wright's home (Steveston Hwy near No. 1 Rd.) to study the Bible together (reviewing the sermon from Sunday & studying the upcoming sermon text), to pray with and for one another, to build friendships, and to support each other in our lives and faith as we continue our journey as disciples of Christ. A safe place to ask questions, to be known, and to grow. Tea & coffee and snacks are part of our time together, along with occasional shared meals. All are welcome!

• Thursday Morning Men's Bible Study: Leader: Rev. Guy Bellerby. We have a rotation of men leading a study of the upcoming sermon text each week. This group is open to all men, meeting weekly Thursday mornings from 8-9am, via Zoom.

• Thursday ESL Women's Bible Study: Leader: Tracey Larter. We meet weekly online via Skype, from 7:30-9pm, working through a series of questions to help engage in the upcoming sermon text taking extra time to define words for those who are ESL or new to the faith. There is time each week devoted to catching up with one another and praying for one another. We meet on Skype so this group is only able accommodate a few more women at this time.

• Daytime Small Group: Facilitator: Sarah Fleming. Our group of word nerds meets once a week in a home (with varying location, host, and day and time). We love studying Scripture together! We use a systematic approach to our study, and do not follow a study guide. We do like our weekly studies to follow the readings the sermon is based on that week. This group resumes meeting regularly mid-January, and is able to include a few more people at this time. 

• Trios: Trios are groups of three, meeting to pray, read the Bible, and support one another. Trios typically meet weekly or bi-weekly. Some trios have been meeting for years. Some trios are new this year. Some trios are actually quartets! If you are interested in forming a new Trio, please contact: Ven. Sean Love.

• SJR Youth Group: meets most Sunday evenings each month (each week except for monthly Holy Communion, when the youth will stay in for the entire service). Please contact William & Genesis Chen for more information. 

• Arts Group: Coordinators: Chris Wright & Krista Carter. Meets 5-6 times a year for a variety of events. Arts Group is open to anyone with an interest in any form of arts (you don't need to be an artist), and features: discussion & teaching on the intersection of beauty & Christ, art & faith; opportunities to share created art; and Arts events that we make known to enjoy and participate in as we attend together. This group is open to all. 

• SJR Lectures: Roughly every month we gather together for a potluck supper and then an hour-long lecture on some topic that helps us understand how to integrate the gospel better into our lives and world.