Bridge Groups

Looking to connect with a group of believers to grow together in Christ through community? Then join a Bridge Group! Our groups are meeting together regularly to share their lives with each other and support one another on their walk with Christ. 

Here is a list of our current Bridge Groups for the fall of 2021:
Sunday 9:30 am @ Beaverton - Contact: Marie Thurlow
Sunday 9:30 am @ Midland - Contact: Jeff Legge or John Naumovitz
Sunday 6:00 pm @ Midland - Contact: Mark or Tammy Naffie
Sunday 6:00 pm @ Midland - Contact: Bill or Robin Greiner
Tuesday 6:30 pm @ Freeland - Contact: Erin Deal
Tuesday 7:00 pm @ Beaverton - Contact: Joel or Shelly Wiseman
Wednesday 10:00 am @ Beaverton - Contact: Loretta Holm
Thursday 11:30 am @ Cultivate/Midland Mall - Contact: Melissa Chesney

Looking for more information about Bridge Groups? Want to know what a Bridge Group is? Check out these videos to learn more!

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Meet Our Bridge Group Director!

Debra was born and raised in Huntington, Indiana.  She graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Environmental Economics.  She and her husband, Pete, moved to Midland, MI in 1976 shortly after they were married.  They have 3 adult children, 2 children that “married in” and 7 grandchildren.  She remembers the first Sunday they walked into East Ashman Church of God (Former name of Eagle Ridge) in June 1976.  “We knew immediately that this was our church family from the warm greeting by Maxine Walters to the morning prayer in which Pastor Gil Stafford prayed for us by name and we had never met the man.” 

Deb was part of the teaching and training leadership team with Bible Study Fellowship International since it started in Midland in 1982 until recently.  She was called to become the Bridge Group Director in 2013 (formerly called Adult Christian Education).   “It has been exciting to be in the frontline of the shift to becoming a disciple making church, to equipping the people to do ministry, be disciples, as it says in Ephesians 4:11-12 and Matthew 28:18-20.”
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Favorite movie:  Probably anything that starts with the word ‘Disney’.
Favorite meal:  Chicken Cacciatore prepared by my own special chief.
Favorite activities:  Since COVID, discovering and walking the wonderful trails all around Midland County.  We try to get out several times a week.
Favorite nickname:  Grammy