Last fall the Mars Hill Ballard Community Groups met each Sunday for about three months for some leadership training (Fall Bootcamp).  One of the many great takeaways from the training was making goals for everyone in our groups to pray for the salvation of the non-Christians in our circle of influence and for our groups [...]

My friend Mike invited me to check out Mars Hill Church in February 2005, and I joined the Gospel Class a few of months later. Some people from the class invited me to a community group, and I asked Mike to join me – he was also new to Mars Hill and had also never [...]

At the beginning of the summer my community group, which consists primarily of college students, was dwindling in size (as is typical for a group of this demographic). The night following the completion of the Doctrine series, there were only four of us who were able to meet for community group. That night, as the [...]

Fremont & Wallingford

We hear it at Mars Hill Church every week: “get plugged in,” “find a community group,” “God calls us to fellowship.” This summer, the community groups in the Fremont and Wallingford area decided to bring the community group to Seattle by hosting weekly barbecues at Gas Works Park. The goal was not [...]

Group led by George Suriya
So what does it look like to be missional in your community? What does it mean to know the culture around you? Well, we prayed about it. Inspired by Pastor Mark’s prayer series, we took a prayer walk around the Phinney Ridge neighborhood where our community group meets. We prayed over [...]