Ministry Groups

Our Home Groups are small gatherings of 10-15 people who meet together weekly in a home. These groups will run for a season of 8 -12 weeks, multiple times over the course of a year. Our Leadership Team is committed to praying and seeking the Lord in regard to the timing and content for each season of Home Groups. Generally, the first week will be centered around a shared meal and fellowship together; the remaining weeks will be focused on discussion questions based on the Sunday sermon series, alongside time spent in prayer and fellowship.

Our Home Groups are a key aspect of our church community. According to Acts 2:46, the early Church met both in large gatherings, in the temple courts, and in small gatherings, from house to house. We love our Sunday service, and believe our Home Groups provide an opportunity to develop closer and deeper relationships within our church family. The groups enable us to support and encourage one another with prayer and counsel in a smaller and more intimate setting. They also provide a safe space to ask questions and discuss issues regarding our faith, and to find accountability as we grow in our relationship with God.

There are no Home Groups running currently. Our next season will open mid to end of 2025. 

Our purpose is to glorify our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, as we minister to one another in His wisdom, love and grace.  We believe whole-heartedly in the apostle Paul's words in Ephesians 2:10 — For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Over the calendar year, we  regularly organise a variety of social events where we can get to know one another, encourage each another and serve God by serving our families, church and wider community. In addition, we offer seasonal Bible studies which provides the opportunity to study God's Word together, pray for one another as well as building friendships

We have a team of women available to walk alongside you when life is hard, when you need encouragement and support, or someone to talk to or if you want to grow in an area of your faith.

Our purpose is to build Godly relationships within the men of Calvary Auckland and our wider community, through prayer, instruction, encouragement, trust, friendship and accountability. We believe in the words of Proverbs 27:17 —As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. We want to support each other as we seek to be faithful and loving husbands, fathers, brothers, sons and future Christian leaders.

We regularly share breakfast together, where a teaching or testimony will bring day-to-day perspectives on our walk and encourage a deep and personally committed relationship with Jesus Christ. At other times, we get together to prayer as men, fellowship  over some sports or serve our community together, each time seeking to encourage one another. 

As a group of young adults (ages 18-29), we desire to grow in our relationship with the Lord and with one another through spending time in God's Word, prayer, and the sharing of one another's lives. We strive to be a community of people who listen to, support and serve one another. We firmly believe that much of our personal growth comes from relationships, firstly with Jesus and secondly with our neighbours.