List of LWG Groups

About Me

My name is Martin Graves and I am a co-leader with Sheryl Graves, John and Shelley Hudson

Contact Info

214-717-2452, mgraves84@outlook.com

Group Info

• Day: Monday's
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 5

About Me

My name is Pam Murowchick and I have been a Life with God leader since the fall of 2023. I am planning on starting a Life with God group around September 2024. Should you be interested in joining a Life with God group locally, please reach out.

Contact Info

pam@vcc.church

Group Info

• Day: Tuesday's
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 1

About Me

My name is Tammy Rajabi and I have been a Life with God leader since the fall of 2023. I am planning on starting a Life with God group around January 2024. Should you be interested in joining a Life with God group, either here locally or online, please reach out.

Contact Info

tammy@rockhills.com

Group Info

• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 1

About Me

I am the Lead Pastor at Journey Community Church in Allen, Texas. Six years ago we began our first Life With God group. This formational process has become the core of our desire to help people discover a more formational approach to their faith. We have begun utilizing Life With God studies as the core of our Community Group system. Having been in vocational ministry for over 25 years, I am excited to finally be able to offer a discipleship process that truly invites people to discover a life-changing encounter with God.

Contact Info

info@peopleonajourney.com

Group Info

• Day: Wednesday's
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 4

About Me

My name is Teresa Perkinson and I am a pastor's wife and small group leader. I lead 2 small groups with a focus on spiritual discipline and formation. I have completed LWG training and am leading a group currently. Please reach out if you are interested in joining a future group.

Contact Info

tjpazz@gmail.com

Group Info

• Day: Wednesday's
• Schedule: Weekly
• Time: 9:00 am MST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 4

About Me

I currently serve as the Children’s Ministry Director at Rockhills Church and have been going through LWG for the past four semesters. I live in San Antonio, Texas with my husband, Bay and our three dogs, Penny, Ruger and Benelli. We have three grown children, Brenden, and his wife Emily, who live in Lubbock, Ryan who is back home in San Antonio after graduating from Texas Tech, and Alyssa who is attending Texas State in San Marcos.

Contact Info

tammy@rockhills.com

Group Info

• Day: Tuesday's
• Time: 6:30 pm CST
• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 1

About Me

My name is Roger Parks and I'm a lay leader at our church (First United Methodist) in Crown Point IN. I've facilitated several book and Bible studies with a group of 15-20 individuals over the past 4 years. I'm a retired psychologist and am currently serving as a spiritual director who sees individuals in-person and virtually via Zoom. My ministry is named Heart Renewal Ministries and can be found at https://www.heartrenewalministries.com.

Contact Info

cell: 219-671-4654; rparks@heartrenewalministries.com

Group Info

• Day: Wednesday's
• Schedule: Once per week (two sections)
• Time: 6:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 1

About Me

I am Stacey Laho. I have been engaged in grief ministry care for many years and in 2020 co-authored grief material to facilitate small groups through churches. Out of my heart for the hurting I entered the spiritual direction two year course offered through Sustainable Faith to receive my certificate as a spiritual director. After completing it, I was led to pursue Life with God training to help others have the relationship with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that they long for. I myself have experienced the insufficiencies of a fill in the blank Bible study format, longing for deeper connection to Jesus and to people I love. I desire to share with others the deeper places with God that exist through knowing him and knowing oneself. I believe Life with God offers the structure to guide individuals in community to begin the journey of doing just that and to live a more abundant, fulfilling relational life with God and others. The ways God has overseen my walk continues to amaze me and grow my faith.

Contact Info

lahostacey@gmail.com

Group Info

• Day: Thursday's
• Time: 1:00 pm EST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 2

About Me

I am a trained spiritual director, having received my certificate in 2017, with a heart for all Christians to come into a deeper, more intimate relationship with God. And this is why I am also a trained Life With God leader. Life With God is an amazing, one-of-a-kind program that is truly life changing! I love to see the lives of my participants transform as they travel through each semester experiencing God's word and His loving presence! I offer my class online because I want to reach all who have come to that place in their spiritual walk where they want more but can't seem to find it in their own church. If you are a woman with such a desire, please consider signing up! The beginning date and day of the week are TBD even though the group shows that we are meeting on Wednesdays.

Contact Info

btoft57@gmail.com

Group Info

• Day: Wednesday's
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 2

About Me

I have been a Life with God leader since 2011. Should you be interested in joining a Life with God group, either here locally or online, please reach out.

Contact Info

carolannrduffin@gmail.com

Group Info

• Schedule: Weekly
• Time: 12:00 pm CST
• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 1

About Me

I became a trained Life with God leader in 2016 and have led groups through all six semesters. We meet in a home in Flower Mound, TX. If you have completed Semesters 1 & 2, you live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and are looking for an in-person group, please email me.

Contact Info

shelley.hudson@outlook.com

Group Info

• Day: Monday's
• Schedule: Once every week
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 5

About Me

My name is Peggy Arendsee and I am a spiritual director, trained by Sustainable Faith. I have been a believer for over 60 years, married for 47 years, raised and homeschooled six children, lived in 11 states, and ministered alongside my husband who served as an Air Force pilot, a pastor, and an Air Guard Chaplain. We are retired and enjoying 14 grandchildren. I have loved God all my life, but only in the last five years did I discover how to know God and myself in the deep intimacy I had always longed for. I am passionate about sharing the spiritual formation concepts that helped me find healing and joy in Jesus. I led a small group of women from my church, Midlothian Bible, through the first two semesters of LWG in 2022-23. If they all commit to semester three in the Fall, there will be six of us, so I would love to open to others who have completed the first two books. I also hope to lead a new group through semesters one and two, beginning in September. Although I will recruit first within my church, I expect there will be room for others, who I would be delighted to include. Stand by for dates and times.

Contact Info

Peggy Arendsee 307-286-8691, peggyarendsee@live.com

Group Info

• Schedule: Weekly, morning or evening--details to be finalized by participants
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 1

About Me

My name is Peggy Arendsee and I am a spiritual director, trained by Sustainable Faith. I have been a believer for over 60 years, married for 47 years, raised and homeschooled six children, lived in 11 states, and ministered alongside my husband who served as an Air Force pilot, a pastor, and an Air Guard Chaplain. We are retired and enjoying 14 grandchildren. I have loved God all my life, but only in the last five years did I discover how to know God and myself in the deep intimacy I had always longed for. I am passionate about sharing the spiritual formation concepts that helped me find healing and joy in Jesus. I led a small group of women from my church, Midlothian Bible, through the first two semesters of LWG in 2022-23. If they all commit to semester three in the Fall, there will only be six of us, so I would love to open to others who have completed the first two books. I also hope to lead a new group through semesters one and two, beginning in September. Although I will recruit first within my church, I expect there will be room for others, who I would be delighted to include. Stand by for dates and times.

Contact Info

Peggy Arendsee 307-286-8691, peggyarendsee@live.com

Group Info

• Day: Thursday's
• Schedule: weekly, schedule to be finalized by participants
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 3

About Me

This 4 week small group study is a great option before entering a Life with God Group. Email me with your interest and I'll send information about the next opportunity.

You can read more about this study here: https://www.graftedlife.org/group-studies/do-you-love-me

Contact Info

carolannrduffin@gmail.com

Group Info

• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Coed

About Me

My name is Dana Franklin and I am an American living in Canada and have led all semesters of LWG in an online group, which was amazing because of the work Jesus did in our lives and the trusing relationships we formed. I've been in ministry for over 30 years, earned a certificate spiritual formation at Talbot Theological Seminary and have worked in the marketplace recently. My desire is for each LWG member to know and experience God's love, grace, truth and forgiveness in deeper ways and to know oneself more clearly and honestly while journeying with others in the context of trusting community.

Contact Info

go.dana.franklin@gmail.com; 604-866-0242

Group Info

• Schedule: 1X per week
• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 1

About Me

My name is Jan Hassler and I trained as a Life With God leader quite a few years ago, but didn't offer a group until 2022. That group is continuing on, so at this point is closed. I hope to offer more in the near future. It is a profound experiential and scripturally grounded study that draws the group close together and each individual member in the group grows in their relationship with Jesus.

Contact Info

Jan@rockhills.com

Group Info

• Day: Thursday's
• Schedule: Thursday
• Time: 6:30 pm CST
• Group Location: Online
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 4

About Me

Our group is currently at capacity, but we anticipate more groups will be beginning this year. If you are in the DFW area and would like to join an in-person group, feel free to reach out!

Contact Info

kelly@graftedlife.org

Group Info

• Day: Sunday's
• Time: 9:00 am CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Women
• Semester: 3

About Me

I became a trained Life with God Leader in 2017. I have lead one group through all six semesters, and this fall will have completed the series again with another group. The LIfe with God material has been very impactful to me as well as to the participants I have led.

Contact Info

sue@suelinkephotography.com

Group Info

• Day: Wednesday's
• Schedule: Fall 2023
• Time: 7:00 pm CST
• Group Location: In-person
• Group Type: Coed
• Semester: 6