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Several years ago, I decided I wanted to do some in-depth Bible studying. At that time, my mother introduced me to some great material that helped me study better individually. I shared this information with my dear friend Bernadette Gutierrez and she mentioned a Community Group at Mountain Christian Church and the Bible study they were doing at that time. During that time period, the group met in members’ homes and Bernadette was hosting when I first checked them out. 

I was also having a lot of questions and searching because of changes in the church I was raised in. Bernadette mentioned that meeting with Pastor Frank might help me with those challenges. We met and his help was invaluable and continues to be so. Shortly after checking out the Community Group, I became a frequent attendee and am now very involved with that group – that was about four years ago. As a result of getting to know the families in that group and my discussions with Frank, I also started coming to Sunday services and became more active in the church. 

Next this led me to joining Pam Cravens’ Women’s Community Bible Study group. The ladies in this group have become sisters in Christ for me and we stay in contact throughout the year (not just during active studies). Our group has grown in the last year and I feel like God has put us all together to support each other in challenging times and times of praise.

The next group I found was the Women’s Discipleship Group and I have now been with them for about two years and found the same sisterhood with them. 

One of the things that the Community Group, also known as the Wednesday Warriors, has done for the last several years is support the Shine winter food boxes. This experience brought my husband and me ways to be more involved in various outreach programs at MCC. One of the things that draws us to MCC is how much the church family supports the local community and we love being part of this. This led to us being involved in the preparations for VBS this year. 

Thanks to all the wonderful people I have met through these three groups I have found the following answers to my prayers:

• the church family that I have been seeking most of my life
• a wonderful way to continue my study of God’s Word (both individually and with my three small groups)
• a wonderful way to be more involved in outreach for our East Mountain Community and the opportunities to “pay it forward”

Our dear Lord and Savior is wonderful and has brought us so many blessings through the wonderful small groups and church family at Mountain Christian Church.

If you'd like more information on the small groups offered at MCC, contact Cruz Talamantes.