At Holy Trinity, we believe that life is best lived together. God calls us into his family and has wired us for community and so we grow best with others as we share our lives and encourage each other.

Connect Groups exist to help us:

• Connect more deeply with God and experience his transforming love, freeing us to live life to the full.
• Connect, care and encourage each other.
• Connect to the wider community as we reach out together to share Christ’s love

Check out our groups below and sign up by contacting Robin our Connect Groups Pastor at

robin@trinitybarnstaple.org.uk

Recommended Resources for Connect Groups

Courses:

• The Alpha Course
  https://alpha.org.uk/
• The Bible Course
  https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/the-bible-course/
• The Prayer Course
  https://prayercourse.org/
• The Freedom in Christ Course
  https://www.ficm.org.uk/discipleship-course
• The Good Book Company for study books:
  https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/
• The Marriage Course
  https://themarriagecourse.org/try-a-course-online
• The Recovery Course
  https://www.therecoverycourse.com/
• Fruitfulness on the Frontline
  https://licc.org.uk/ourresources/fruitfulness/
• Pure Gold Course
  https://shop.biblenovels.com/index.php/pre-foundation-courses/13-pure-gold
• Life to the Full Course
  https://llttf.com/home/living-life-to-the-full-series/llttf-wg/

Books:

• Celebration of Discipline (Richard Foster)
• Purpose Driven Life (Rich Warren)
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry (John Mark Comer)
• The Lion Handbook to the Bible
• The Church of England Prayer Book/App

Study Guides:

• 4 Minute Bible Studies
• Life Builder Bible Study Series
• Scripture Union Material: https://content.scriptureunion.org.uk/resources-activities

Devotional Books

• Chose Life (Simon Guillebaud): https://www.simonguillebaud.com/choose-life/
•  UCB Word for you today: https://www.ucb.co.uk/wordforyou
• Daily Bread: https://content.scriptureunion.org.uk/bible-reading-guides
• Encounter God: https://content.scriptureunion.org.uk/bible-reading-guides

Spiritual Growth Check-Up (See Robin)

As an all-age community, we welcome, support and encourage children and families. We sing, eat, create and play games with our 2-11 year olds – all while showing them God’s love and learning about Jesus being light of the world. Bright Lights (Preschool) and Lighthouse (Primary school age) meet in the church hall. In the main church we have a separate room dedicated to parents and babies (0-12 months) All children join us in the main service initially and leave after the first 10-15 minutes for their own groups.

Sunday morning Revival Youth sessions are held in the church hall from 11am. We welcome everyone aged 11-16.  It’s a time to share, ask questions and learn more about Jesus.

Ten10 Friday evenings 6.30 to 8pm in the church hall. Play Games Talk Life. Food and Drink.

For any further information contact our Youth worker, Mike King.
Email: youth@trinitybarnstaple.org.uk

PRAYER is the essence of our lives, both as individuals and as a Christian community. Praying together enables God to be at work among us and through prayer we see his will being done in our lives.

On Sunday mornings we meet at 9.30am to pray for the service; it’s a great way to start our worship and a real privilege to wait on God on behalf of everyone coming to Trinity. We pray not just for ourselves but for the churches across Barnstaple.

On the first Thursday evening of each month we meet for our whole church prayer meeting, alternating between Trinity and Goodleigh Church. We always start with worship and then we break into smaller groups and focus on a range of concerns from our own church life to the wider world. Our prayer meetings are good places to be: they are engaging, relevant and purposeful. Of course, prayer happens in many of our small groups but it’s also important that we set aside specific times to pray as a whole church, and our hope is that people of all ages across Trinity feel welcome to take part.

‘And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.’ Hebrews 10:24

We know we are called to make disciples but for that to happen we need to be disciples ourselves and to grow in our discipleship. This doesn’t happen automatically: change and growth are slow processes, but they can and do happen.

One helpful way to grow is to meet in a Discipleship Triplet. This is a small group (usually of three people of the same gender) that meets for an hour every couple of weeks to help each other grow as disciples.

They don’t need to be long meetings, but they do need to be regular. Meeting over lunch, over coffee or early in the morning would be ideal.

Not everyone finds it easy to talk and share, but change can happen when we find a safe place to discuss our lives and what God is doing in us, and have others pray for us.