Small Groups
Life in community is part of our design, but meaningful relationships can be hard to find. So no matter what you’re into, create community and share your life by joining a Small Group.
Small Groups are where we can come together and be our real selves, a place where we can find freedom, friends and family. Whether you’re tackling a new season, trying to spice up your life or just wanting to help each other grow, there’s a group for you.
Most run for 8-10 weeks during the school term and exist to help you grow. Just like most things, you won’t know until you try, so fill out a form and join a Small Group today!
Join a Small Group
We believe God wants every person to experience freedom while here on earth, and He designed us to find freedom and healing in relationship with others. So let’s create community, celebrate each other, support one another and come together to find freedom and make a difference. Discover how lives are changed in Small Groups and how you can get involved.
View available Small Groups here
Become a Leader
You don’t need to have it all together to lead a Small Group—you just have to be willing to let God use you. God has an incredible way of using a variety of people to accomplish His goals. We often think it takes a specific type of person to be a great teacher or dynamic leader, but God is far more interested in your availability to Him than your natural abilities. If you’re a first-time leader, join us for Small Group training. We believe God uses Small Groups to change people’s lives, and as a leader, you get to be a part of that.
List of Small Groups
Botany Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Adults Indoor Soccer | Elim Gym | Kish Proctor | Mon 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults 25+ | Ormiston | Lloyd & Jamey Ratnaraja | Mon 7.00pm |
| Men’s Ministry | Elim Chapel | George Patterson | Mon 7:30pm |
| Women Who Rise | Botany | Cheve Cornwell | Mon 7.00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults Discipling Group | East Auckland | Emily Taylor & Josh Rao | Mon 7.00pm fortnightly |
| Women’s Networking Group | Botany | Anna-Marie De Beer | Mon 11:00am |
| Young Adult Guys Basketball | Elim Gym | Sacha Dube & Josh Rao | Mon 7:30pm |
| Contemplative Prayer Group | Bucklands Beach | Paul Crowhurst | Mon 7:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Prayer | Elim Manurewa | Sheila Govender | Tues 10:00am |
| Working Mums | Online | Tash Zyzalo | Tues 7:30pm fortnightly |
| Precepts Bible Study | Cockle Bay | Trudi Stevenson | Tues 7:00pm |
| Elim Women: Small Group | Cockle Bay | Neena Maxwell | Tues 7.00pm fortnightly |
| Elim Women: Small Group | Botany | Lernice Hector | Tues 7.00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Elim Women: Small Group | Botany | Heidi Oberholzer & Elana Froneman | Tues 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Craft Group | Elim Chapel | Christine Angell | Tues 9.30am |
| Young Adult Outreach | Flat Bush | Jeremy Jacob & Isaac Proctor | Tues 7.00 |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Coffeeplus 50+ | Botany | Heather Small | Wed 10:00am |
| Leadership 101: Adults 35+ | Totara Heights | Dean Openshaw | Wed 7:15pm |
| Into the Word Online | Online | Heather Small | Wed 7:30pm |
| Women’s Prayer | Online | Sheila Govender | Wed 7:00pm |
| Family Group | Bucklands Beach | Shannon van Tonder | Wed 6.30pm |
| Little Explorers | Elim Botany | Danielle Joynt | Weds 10:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Seniors | Elim Chapel | Christine Gray | Thurs 10:00am |
| Pilates – Exercising for Health | Botany | Gwin Ball | Thurs 12:45pm |
| Korean Bible Study | Online | Lynne Park | Thurs 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Business | McDonalds Botany | Tim Symons | Thurs 7:00am (Fortnightly) |
| Worship & Prayer | Golflands | Elaine Bohm | Thurs 7pm |
| Bible Study | Cockle Bay | Ruby Widyana & Wayne Lee | Thurs 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults Volleyball | Elim Gym | Theo Kathagen | Thurs 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Retired Men’s Support Group | Botany | Richard Devine | Thurs 10:00am |
| Living Life Together | Botany | Steven Eng & Evan Davies | Thurs 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Parent Support of Neuro-Diverse Children | Elim Botany | Mickey Calvert | Thurs 7:00pm (Monthly) |
| Women’s Bible Study & Fellowship | Howick | Christine de Lange | Thurs 7:00pm |
| Young Adult Girl’s Prayer | Botany | Emily Taylor | Thurs 6:30am |
| Little Families | Botany | Cheve & Jarred Cornwell | Thurs 6:30pm fortnightly |
| The Lord’s Banquet | Whitford | Rene Coetzer & Jenny Suarez | Thurs 6.00pm |
| Young Adults: Discipling Group | Bucklands Beach | Simon & Lisa Greening | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Families with tweens and teens | Bucklands Beach | Gillian & Grant Bertram | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Family Connection | Mangere East | Jessica Martin | Fri 7:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Arise & Shine | Outdoors | Colin & Satya Webster | Sat 9:00am (Fortnightly) |
| Worship in Spirit and in Truth | Elim Botany | Malcolm Young | Sat 1:00pm (Monthly) |
| Young Adult Women | Various Cafes | Saadijah Shabnam & Esther Phillips | Various Times |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Families | New Market | Viki & Ruth Vignarajah | Mon 7:30pm |
| Families | New Lynn (West) | Raj & Veni | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Mt Roskill (Central) | Kugatheesan & Amutha | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Pakuranga (South) | Viki & Ruth Vignarajah | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Mt Wellington (East) | Jeyanathan & Jessie | Fri 7:30pm |
| Seniors | Elim Chapel | Victor & Lydia Ragupathy | Sat 10:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Chosen Women | Bucklands Beach | Janice Wu | Sat 7:00pm |
| Devoted Mother’s Group | Online | Christy Wu | Wed 10:00am |
| Bible Study Group | Elim Chapel | April Jiang | Wed 12:30pm |
| Men | Golflands | Norman Huang & David Wei | Sat 7:30pm |
| Families | Golflands | Ruth Li | Sat 7:00pm |
| Women’s Flag Dancing | Elim Chapel | Christince Shuai | Sat 1:00pm(Fortnightly) |
| Chinese Worship & Prayer | Elim Chapel | Ethan Chen | Sat 1:00pm(Monthly) |
| Korean Group: Reading the Bible Daily | Online | Kyung-a Jeong (Amee) | Daily TBD |
| Adults 30+ (Cantonese) | Botany Downs | Jennifer Ho & Samantha Louie | Weds 7:45pm |
| Women’s Prayer Group | Pakuranga | Amy Liu | TBC |
City Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mandarin Bible Study | Church Cafe | Mandarin Bible Study | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim City Worship Team | Elim City Auditorium | Daniel Bell | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Mandarin PreSchool Families | Online | Jason & Maggie | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Urban Kids Music Preschool Team | Church auditorium | 10:00-11:15am | |
| East Dwellers | Stonefields | Ruth Downes | 7:30-9:30pm |
| North Shore Home Group | Browns Bay | Ben & Kat Chisholm | 6:30-8:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Pt Chev | Mt Albert | Shekinah & Jacob | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Convos & Connect | Church Cafe | Shane Huang | 6:30-8:30pm |
| Mandarin Home Group | Remuera | Michelle & Alex | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Fitness | CityFitness Gym Queen St | Sanjay Chauhan & Gers Tuazon | 7:00-8:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Urban Life | Church cafe | David & Linda | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Jeremy & Robin’s Group | Central Suburbs | Jeremy & Robin | 5:00-7:00pm |
| Saturday Sprouts | Church upstairs | Edison & Jamie, Tommy & Jasmine | 10:30am-12:30pm |
| Badminton | Remuera | Hanna Njo | 9:00-11:00am |
| African Fellowship | Elim City or Online | Tom & Margaret Akoro | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Alpha | Church Upstairs | Saaj & Daphne | 1:00-3:00pm |
| Young Adults Lunch | Central City | Jamie & Sophia | 12:30-2:00pm |
| Boy Band | Church | Floyd Narbey | 1:00-2:00pm |
| L3 Group – Live, Love, Laugh | Mt. Wellington | Daniel & Rozanne | 2.00-4.00pm |
Manurewa Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Rise | Southmall McDonalds | Malvina & Tony Zainey | Mon 4.30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| The Lighthouse | Clendon Park | Gary & Eseta Cossil | Tues 7pm |
| The House of Prayer | Elim Manurewa | Alicia Gataua | Tues 4:30pm |
| Prayer & Intercession | Elim Manurewa | Sheila Govender | Tues 10am |
| Happy Campers | Elim Manurewa | Ria Van Rooyen | Tues 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Soup Kitchen | Elim Manurewa | Raewyn Daniels | Wed 8:30am |
| Midweek Women’s Group | 17b Arthur Rd Hill Park | Laulima Hansen | Wed 7pm |
| Worship Team | Elim Manurewa | Dave Robson | Wed 7pm |
| Study of Ephesians | Elim Manurewa | Jake & Tumby Stowers | 7:00pm |
| Bible Interpretation Group | Elim Manurewa | Jake Stowers | 7:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Men in Christ | Elim Manurewa | Craig Hansen | Thur 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Evergreens | Manurewa | Clive and Sybil Rinquest | Fri 10am |
| Pepeha & Praise | Disclosed upon Contact | Alisi & Jason Dickson |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Menz Coffee | Elim Manurewa | Vasu Subramoney & Collin Pillay | Sat 8:30am |
| Elim Carboot | Elim Manurewa | Malvina & Tony Zainey | Sat 6am |
| Healing Rooms | Online | Pragasi Naicker | Sat 10am |
| Art & Inspiration | Elim Manurewa | Ria Van Rooyen | Sat 10am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| YA Gathering | Elim Manurewa | Rae George | Sun 6pm |
Papakura Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mums & Minis | Papakura | Sigourney S | 10:00-12:00pm |
| Young Adults | Church | Zane & Sam | 7:30-9:00pm fortnightly |
| Guys Bible Study Connection | Church | Riaan | 7:15-9:30pm |
| Youth – Years 9-11 | Church | JP | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Young Adults – Theology | Church | Zane | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Faith & Fellowhship | Mt. Wellington | Tamzin F | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Grace Ambassadors | Rosehill | Heidi B | 7:15-9:00pm |
| Men 18+ | Papakura | Damien | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Fellowship, Support & Grow | Karaka | Brent & Raewyn | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Know and Grow | Opaheke | Mike & Jo G | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Afrikaans Adults/Families | Karaka Harbourside | Vincent & Yovandi | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Women 35+ | Opaheke | Amanda & Kathleen | 7:15-9:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim Music | Church | Diane | 10:00-11:30am |
| Afrikaans Speaking | Karaka | Christo & Ann | 6:30-9:00pm |
| Alpha Course | Online | Joel & Emma Y | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Faith Journaling | Church | Christine | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Worship & Production | Church | Tim B | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Ladies Bible Study | Kingseat | Emily | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Oxygen Youth | Church | JP | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Young Adult Girls | Church | Jess & Samantha | 7:00-9:00pm fortnightly |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Guys Coffee Catchup | Drury | Josh W & Andrew D | 9:00-11:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Intermediates Junior Leadership Program (JLP) | Church | Samuel V | 11:45-12:30pm Fortnightly |
| Families Small Group | Papakura | Fetu’u/Mari & Karl/Ruby | 12:30-2:00pm |
| Youth – Years 11-13 | Church | JP | 11:45am-1:00pm |
Pukekohe Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Leaders Course | Pukekohe | Sam Anderson | 6.30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Pukekohe Connect | Pukekohe | Peter & Kirsten Meier | 7:00pm |
| Pukekohe Connect | Pukekohe | Murray & Katherine Nicklin | 6:30pm |
| Ladies Connect Group | Pukekohe | Sam Anderson | 7:00pm |
| Young Adults – School Leavers | Pukekohe | Scott Anderson | 7:00pm |
| Alpha Marriage Course | Pukekohe | Riaan & Beatrice Roets | 6.30pm |
| Afrikaans South African Women’s Connect | Glenbrook | Cindy Van Zyl | 6.30pm |
| Empty Nesters | Pukekohe | Mark & Katie Devenish | 7.00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| How to start a business/small business | Pukekohe | Sam Anderson/Malcom & Camilla Dixon | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Enrich Woman Connect | Pukekohe | Kate Saunders/Camilla Dixon | 10:00am |
| Seniors | Pukekohe | Warren & Janine Boag | 10:00am |
| Creative Team | Pukekohe | Matt Taylor | 7:00pm |
| Youth Band | Pukekohe | Josh Kumar | 5:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Prayer | Pukekohe | Darryl Booth | 6:00am |
| Pokeno Connect | Pokeno | Paulus & Marizanne Weingartz | 6.30pm |
| Praise & Play Mum’s Group | Pukekohe | Sacha Johnston | 10.30am |
| Oxygen | Pukekohe | Bailey Booth | 7.00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Families | Paerata | Tim & Steph Schanknecht | 10:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Golfing | Franklin | Chris Storm | 2.00pm |
Whangārei Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Freedom in Christ Course | Elim | Mandy Chapman-Smith | 7:00pm fortnightly |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Alpha Marriage | Elim | Mike & Amy de Vetter | 7:30pm |
| Memoir Writing Course | Whareora | Brian & Jenny de Vetter | 7.00pm |
| Women’s Freedom in Christ Course | Elim | Samantha Wakelin | 7:00pm fortnightly |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Bible Study | Onerahi | Elaine Short | 1:30pm |
| Freedom In Christ | Elim | Glenn Adams | 7:00pm |
| Men’s Bible Study | Tikipunga | Tenda Gono & Dan Roose | 7:00pm |
| Mixed Bible Study | One Tree Point | Mike & Jenny Stacey | 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Hebrew Studies | Elim | Lin Schoonderwood & Ngaio McGee | 11.00am (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults | Elim | Kaitlin Cochran | 7.00pm |
| Mixed Bible Study | Kamo | Wayne & Leanne Bray | 7.00pm |
| Women’s Bible Study & Connection | Morningside | Christine Frost | 9.30am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Men’s Small Group | Morningside | Simme Schoonderwood | 12.00pm |
| Oxygen | Elim | Mikaela Singleton | 7.00pm |
| Voltage Charged | Elim | Mikaela Singleton | 4.30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Growth Track | Elim | Matt Dodd | Sunday 9:00am |
West Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Scripture & Snacks | Henderson | Alison & Helen Koller | 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mums & Bubs | Henderson | Epenesa Harwood | 10:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Super Seniors | Henderson | Glenda & Don Twist | 10:00am |
| Worship & Creative | Henderson | Dominique Fourie | 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Oxygen Youth | Henderson | Andy Mellsop | 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim Men | Henderson | Phil Bene | 8:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Adults | Henderson | Connor Redfearn | 1:00pm |