A
congregation, pressed by the pace of life, must be creative in its efforts to
spend time together. Small groups are a flexible method for accomplishing
this end.
HEART (Home,
Encouragement, Accountability, Relationships, Teaching) groups are small groups
that meet during the week with the goal of connecting people in more
accountable relationships for the purpose of growing in Christlikeness,
fulfilling the one another passages of scripture, and doing the work of the
ministry.
HEART Groups are an essential
ingredient to congregational life at New Hope. Each group meets at a time and
location that is most suitable for its members in the following locations:
Gahanna, Johnstown, New Albany, Newark, Pataskala, and Westerville North
and Westerville South.