The Experience

Beginning September 24 and continuing until December 3, a special night once a week for you and your friends and family to grow. Grab your special people and head to The Experience for a light supper at 6:30pm. Then, there will be a variety of groups for all ages, including child care and youth group. Below are just a few of the Growth Team Groups currently offered.

“The Mind of God” - Have you ever wanted to know what’s going on in God’s mind? “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways…” (Is 55:8) Go on a journey in exploring the heart of God and learning to understand His ways - especially when He seems incomprehensible.

“Frameworks” - Are you ready to build a deeper relationship with God? Are you ready to be grounded in the Word? This is the core growth class of The Experience - learn the Biblical depth of The Experience and put in a strong foundation for a journey with God.

“Recovery” - Are you ready to deal with life’s addictions in an environment of honesty and vulnerability? Are you ready to experience the freedom God has promised? Join The Experience’s Recovery Ministry.

“Women to Women Mentoring Training” - Women’s Ministry is starting a new mentoring program. This will be a training series for those who would like to take part. Mentoring means using the wisdom that comes from life’s experiences to help others who are encountering similar issues. Christian women mentors are role models. Most people learn better when they can see an example of what they are trying to learn.

“Spiritual Disciplines for Men” - Spiritual Disciplines is for any man striving toward a personal walk with Christ. Through exploring these disciplines or habits, we can become stronger, courageous, and firm in our faith, moving farther along in our walk with Christ. Therefore, whether you’re a new adventurer or a veteran on the journey, Spiritual Disciplines will encourage and challenge you to newer heights.

“Book of Acts” - The questions are designed to promote discussion and should help us not only to learn facts but also find practical ways to apply what we are learning to our own lives. There will be a plan to have a simple meal each week. Our first study for this class will be on September 26 and will meet from 6:30 - 8:10 at the Cockrum’s residence.

If there’s anything we can do to help you connect to our growth teams, our classes to help you grow in God, or just to figure out what The Experience is about, let me know! We’d love for you to be a part of our family.

Hello … I’m a member of the spiritual family here at the Experience and would ask that you take a few minutes and read on.  I haven’t always been a follower of Christ … in fact I only believed in a “higher power” … whatever that was.  Growing up I didn’t have much exposure to God but plenty of exposure to what Satan has to offer. 

I have a family history of drug abuse, mental abuse, abandonment and much more that yet has to be dealt with … which I am sure is not surprising to many of you … you see all that and more wherever you go.  I left my seriously broken home when I was at the young impressionable age of 16 … only to carry out some of the terrible dysfunction that had been passed down from my parents and then me to my three kids. 

Please know that I don’t blame anyone for this dysfunction … at least I don’t now.  But merely two years ago I was as broken as I could be.  Being in control is my addiction; codependency combined with Satan’s discouraging words and temptations pushed me into a state of serious depression and anxiety.  I felt I had nowhere to turn, no one to talk to, and no one who would understand.  I didn’t think I was worth anything ‘cause that’s exactly what Satan was whispering in my ear … all the time! 

But by the grace of our wonderful Savior, I am here and all I did was make a choice … I asked Him into my heart; told Him I couldn’t bear the pain any longer … He asked me to let go and give those burdens to Him … I am now 36 years young, have my three wonderful kids and have a husband that only God could bless me with. 

So, I ask you … Do you struggle?  Have addictions? Bear any dysfunction?  God wants you to give those burdens to Him.  The Experience family is a family of radical followers of Christ and would love nothing more than to meet you and introduce you to who God really is!

Heidi