Life Group Leaders
About the Program
Life Groups are all about relationship, connection and spiritual growth. We are passionate about providing undergraduate students with the opportunity to be spiritually nurtured in intentional communities focused on intimacy with God and spiritual formation, and Life Groups are a vital part of creating that space.
Leading Life Groups
Life Groups are small groups of undergraduate students who meet together for prayer, Bible study and fellowship. We welcome our employees, alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of our local churches to consider leading a group. Groups may also be co-led with an upper-classman student if the leader desires.
Frequently Asked Questions
Life Groups are for our undergraduate students. Our groups are all female, all male or coed. Groups can also be designated by grade level.
You tell us! Life Group leaders tell us when they are available to lead a group. Groups meet weekly for 60 to 90 minutes at the time of your choosing. Participants will select the group they wish to participate in based on the details that leaders provide.
Fall groups are eight weeks and spring groups are six weeks long.
Groups are encouraged to use one of three curriculum options recommended by the Office of Spiritual Life that parallel other themes that are being explored in chapel. Curriculum options will change every semester.
No. We welcome our alumni, family members of George Fox employees and students, and members of local churches to consider leading a group. However, if you are not currently a George Fox employee, your application will include a few additional questions that our employees have already addressed in their employment application process.
We will gather all of our leaders together for a 90-minute leader meeting before the start of the new semester. We will share ideas, pray together and give you some pointers for how to handle some things that may come up. Whether you are new to leading a group or are a seasoned small-group leader, this is an important time for us to get focused on what God might have in store.
The sign-up form will be open the first couple of weeks of the semester, right up to the week that life groups begin. You will hear back from the Office of Spiritual Life shortly after you submit the form, indicating next steps in the process. If you have additional questions, please contact our office at 503-554-2320.