2026 Spring Connect Groups
Find Your People This Spring 🌱
Spring is a great time to grow — and one of the best ways to grow in your faith is in community. Our Spring Connect Groups begin the week of March 22 and wrap up the week of June 13th. They are a great opportunity to build relationships, study God’s Word and encourage one another through life.
If you’re looking for a place to belong, this is a great next step. Whether you’re new to Olivet or have been here for years, there’s a group for you. Ready to get connected?
SUNDAYS:
Group Name: Sunday Seekers/After Service Study
Meeting Day: Sunday
Time: 10:45 AM
Meeting Frequency: Weekly
Location: Olivet Church Fireplace Room
Leader Names: Bruce & Jordan
Description/Study Topic: This group will dive deeper into each week’s message teaching. This will help followers of Jesus, to connect and process together what God’s Word is teaching them to live it out.
Restart date: March 22, 2026
Group Name: Porch Study
Meeting Day: Sunday
Meeting Time: 5:00 PM
Meeting Frequency: Bi-Weekly
Location: Private home
Leader Names: Ken and Kathy Porch
Description: A continuation of a study on Revelation by David Jeremiah through his study guide and book Escape the Coming Night. In this updated edition of Escape the Coming Night, Dr. Jeremiah walks through the perfect Scriptures for these uncertain times, exploring The Book of Revelation in a practical way. For those who have wanted to know more about Book of Revelation but didn’t know how to get started.
Restart date: March 22, 2026
MONDAYS:
Group Name: Girls’ Night Out
Meeting Day: Monday
Meeting Time: 6:30 PM
Meeting Frequency: Weekly
Location: Private home
Facilitator Name: Deb Bonselaar and Tara Salter
Description/Study Topic: Utilizing the book, Keep it Shut, by Karen Ehman. We will explore how powerful words are and that they have consequences. Have you ever said something you wished you could take back? Are you ever unsure when to hold your tongue and when to speak out? Far more than a “how not to gossip” this study challenges women to dig deep into what the Bible says about the way we use our words- both in person and online, and when we should just keep our lips zipped.
Startup date: March 30, 2026
TUESDAYS:
Group Name: Women’s Bible Study
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Meeting Time: 9:30 AM
Meeting Frequency: Weekly
Location: Olivet Church Fireplace Room
Leader Name: Rosanne Cervone
Description/Study Topic: This small group will be continuing to study the Gospel According to John, wrapping up Chapter 12 and completing with Chapters 13-21. Join us for a spiritual understanding of our souls.
Restart date: April 7, 2026
Group Name: Coffee with the Church
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Meeting Time: 7:00 PM
Meeting Frequency: Weekly
Location: Olivet Church Fellowship Hall
Leader Name: Bruce Ricards
Description/Study Topic: This group will begin a book study on John Bevere’s Driven by Eternity. In Driven by Eternity, best-selling author John Bevere uses an eye-opening allegory and extensive Scripture to unveil how our daily choices shape our eternal existence. Life beyond the final breath is much more than a destination. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Discover your God-given destiny and make your life count both today and forever.
Restart date: March 24, 2026
THURSDAYS:
Group Name: Stitching Sisters
Meeting Day: Thursday
Meeting Time: 2:00 PM
Meeting Frequency: Weekly
Location: Olivet Church Fireplace Room
Leader Name: Barbara Bennett
Description/Study Topic: This group meets to stitch and be in fellowship together with a devotional thought for the week.
Group Name: Care Share
Meeting Day: Thursday
Meeting Time: 6:00 PM
Meeting Frequency: Bi-Weekly
Location: Private Home
Leader Name: Sam Gubbine
Description/Study Topic: This Lifeguide series study through the book of Proverbs is the Bible's how-to manual. The proverbs teach us how to be successful and prosperous in our work, our dealings with family and friends, and our relationship with God. The direction and guidance they give us is practical, concrete, reasonable and fruitful. By reading Proverbs we discover the vital importance of learning to live wisely.
Restart date: March 26, 2026
FRIDAYS:
Group Name: Care Share
Meeting Day: Friday
Meeting Time: 5:00 PM
Meeting Frequency: Bi-Weekly
Location: Private home
Leader Name: Vivien Bates
Description/Study Topic:
SATURDAYS:
Group Name: Men's Breakfast
Meeting Day: Saturday
Meeting Time: 8:00 AM
Meeting Frequency: Quarterly every 3rd Sat
Location: Olivet Church Fellowship Hall
Leader Name: Bruce Ricards
Description/Study Topic: This group will meet for breakfast (once a quarter) and will focus on fellowship as men in Christ as well as hearing the Word and be challenged to bring their lives in line with Biblical principles, encourage and exhort one another, and pray for one another.
Restart date: May 16, 2026
Group Name: Dine & Discuss
Meeting Day: Saturday
Meeting Time: 5:30pm
Meeting Frequency Bi-weekly
Location: Private Home
Leader Names: Eric & Deb Bonselaar
Description/Study Topic: This is a continuing study. Apologetics (1 Peter 1:16-21) Back to the Basics: Why do we believe what we believe? Proof that the Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents written by eyewitnesses during the lifetime of other eyewitnesses that record supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies and claim the writings are divine rather than human in origin.
Restart date: March 28, 2026