We’re inviting everyone at Local Church to join us in a communal fast this Thursday, September 24. Together, we’ll seek God and pray through three movements from Romans 12: surrender ourselves, serve one another, and love others.
Find our prayer guide HERE.
Our hope is that through prayer and fasting God would form us into a church that is increasingly dependent on Him and equipped to impact the city of St. Pete for Jesus. As we surrender ourselves to God, serve one another, and love our neighbors, we’re asking God to use us to bring the hope of the gospel to our city.
You Know How to Gather. What About Scatter?
We believe that work, whether paid or unpaid, permanent or seasonal, was crafted by God in the garden with an invitation to co-labor alongside him. We believe God has made each of us with unique skills, abilities, and callings. Our elders want to walk alongside the church, offering care and encouragement in our daily lives.
That’s why we’re launching a survey called Scatter. It was developed by Made to Flourish, the organization we partner with for our pastoral residency. They are a non-profit that inspires and equips church leaders and Christians to live out their faith in the places they spend most of their time. Their mission is to Close the Sunday to Monday Gap.
This 25-question survey asks where you spend your time, your skills, and how you connect faith to your daily work. And when we say “work,” we mean all forms—employment, retirement, volunteering, caregiving, homemaking, parenting, studying, or seeking work. God values all contributions, measuring success not by compensation but by faithfulness to your calling.
The questions are designed to help us better understand how to serve, equip, and encourage you as a worker. It also invites honest feedback about how we, as a church, can support you.
Click HERE to take the survey.
By filling this out, you’re helping us affirm and commission you into the places God has called you.
If you are 18 – 24 years old, join us for our Summer Bible Study on Thursdays at 6 PM!
Starting Thursday, June 4th, we will meet in the multi-purpose room at the church building and walk through the book of 1 Timothy together. This will be a great opportunity to learn practical truths from God’s word that you can live out in your everyday life and meet other people in your season of life.
This study will be led by Pastor Trevor and is for anyone ages 18-24. Please register HERE to let us know you’ll be joining!
Join us for a Women’s Bible Study as we gather for a 7 week, in-depth study on the Attributes of God utilizing content from Daily Grace Co. There are TWO OFFERINGS for this Women’s Bible Study (Morning or Evening), September 14th-October 27th. Childcare/Children’s Program is offered for the Tuesday morning study only.
Our EVENING STUDY meets Monday’s from 6:45pm-8:15pm.
Our MORNING STUDY meets Tuesday’s from 9:30am-11am.
Participation requires cost of the bible study materials that will be purchased ahead of time. You will pay upon registration. Please register by August 31st.
Register HERE for our EVENING STUDY.
Register HERE for our MORNING STUDY.
This is just one of the many ways that we can be disciples who make disciples–reading the word together, holding each other accountable in the faith, and building community with one another.
House Groups typically meet in homes two to three times a month across the county, where we spend time together, often sharing food, discussing the Scriptures, praying, and looking for opportunities to serve one another and the city. They are vital to the health of Local Church St. Pete – providing space for connection, care and conversation around God’s Word and more.
We recently had a conversation with Kristin Van Fossen and Camille Hunter who each lead a House Group with their husbands. They shared their own experience with House Group, discussed why it matters, what they would say to someone who’s “on the fence” about joining a House Group and ways God has been at work in their House Groups.
You can visit our Local Church St. Pete podcast to stream this conversation, HERE.
We pray it encourages you to visit a House Group to know and be known by others.
Click HERE to find the list of groups, or email [email protected].
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, and this year it falls on February 18th. We’ll gather at the building for a morning prayer meeting at 7a as we enter this season together.
Lent reminds us of our mortality — that we are dust, and to dust we will return. It invites us to slow down, reflect, and recognize both the preciousness and the brevity of life. Ash Wednesday calls us to repentance, to turn from self-reliance, and to grow in our dependence on God’s grace.
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The “elephant in the room” = an important and obvious topic, which everyone present is aware of, but isn’t discussed because it’s considered to be uncomfortable to talk about.
Join us for Elephant in The Room – a two-part Sunday PM class (with Q + A to follow) September 14th AND September 21st at 5p. In this class we’ll explore the biblical view of sex, highlighting God’s purpose and design of sex. We’ll also discuss our culture’s distortion of sex, the issues with pornography and speak about the grace available for the fight. Maybe you feel trapped, taken advantage of or confused. Maybe you’ve never explored what the Bible has to say about sex and God’s purpose for it.
For more info and to RSVP click HERE.
Whether you are brand new to the observance of Lent or you have practiced it for years, our hope is that this guide can bring significance and joy to the Easter season. We will use this guide in our House Group gatherings beginning the week of February 22nd. It’s also a helpful resource for your own personal time of devotion or family devotions.
We had the opportunity to hear an amazing LOCAL Story of discipleship from Wendy and Annabelle.
What began with a simple “yes” to God became a relationship rooted in Scripture, prayer, encouragement, and pointing one another back to Jesus. Wendy began discipling Annabelle as she was growing in her faith, and along the way, their discipleship grew into a sweet friendship. From studying God’s Word together to celebrating Annabelle’s baptism, God has used their relationship to strengthen and encourage them both.
Their story is a beautiful reminder that we aren’t meant to follow Jesus alone. Discipleship happens through relationships—one person saying yes to investing in another, and trusting God to work through it.
Our prayer is that this story would encourage all of us to consider the question, “Who might God be inviting you to say yes to?” You don’t have to have all the answers. You simply have to be willing to take the next step!
You can listen to the full story on our podcast
HERE.
Jesus invites us into an apprenticeship, a fully integrated way of life that leaves nothing out. But what does that look like in the everyday? How do we actually live it out? Join us for Apprentice of Jesus, a series in the book of Matthew that explores those questions and more.
Since Jesus’ invitation to “follow him” includes watching his life up close, sitting under his teaching, and learning to walk in his ways – that’s exactly what we’ll do together.
Gathering // 8a, 9:30a + 11a (Livestreaming our 11a gathering)
Listen to the latest Talk on our podcast HERE.