“I can’t imagine someone really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”

– C.S. Lewis

Ministry Leaders Groups

Sure. You read it every week. Maybe? Hopefully every day? But how might reading the Bible together with other colleagues who are in ministry settings help enrich your lens, and maybe, how you teach and preach about this text? Like most things at Peterson House, this is simple and all you need to do is sign up and show up. We will gather together in a group of no more than 12 people and see how the Bible can inspire us and the ministry we do committed to the kingdom work in different places.

We want to create space to help tend to the ministry leaders soul care where they can be served/have the text washed over them in order to care for those they have been called to love. We are committed to creating contemplative space for these ministry leaders where alongside others, in unhurried delight, the Sprit of Truth empowers them to serve faithfully.

(Our in person ministry leaders group will include a simple meal.)

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Fall 2025 Groups

We are excited to offer another new content series for this fall. We will be reflecting on nine different texts, seven from the gospel of John and one from Exodus and Revelation, where we hear the phrase, “I Am.” How is God revealing God’s self to us in Scripture? We want to pay attention to how the Spirit directs us when we listen and are attentive together. We would love for you to join us in this exercise of “unhurried delight.”

The groups will begin the week of September 16 and conclude the first week in December. We will have at least one in person group on Tuesdays and two virtual groups on Thursdays. Our Thursday virtual Ministry Leaders group usually meets from 8:30-9:30AM EST.

  • Session 1 the week of 9/16

  • Session 2 the week of 9/23

  • Session 3 the week of 9/30

  • Session 4 the week of 10/14

  • Session 5 the week of 10/21

  • Session 6 the week of 11/4

  • Session 7 the week of 11/11

  • Session 8 the week of 11/18

  • Session 9 the week of 12/2

Fall 2025 UKirk Group

Are you a campus pastor? Looking for something that will center your Spirit? Maybe you have noticed the pattern before where when you have not done this well you are in no condition to disciple students. And you have done so much to prepare for the year. No doubt sweat has been poured in one way or another. Identifying and training leaders. Board work. New nameteags. All kinds of welcome opportunities to invite students to grow in their faith alongside other students at a crucial time in their faith formation. You may even have a program or retreat planned this school year entitled “Sabbath” or “Renewal” or “Be Still” to counterbalance the life defined by the university or college (or maybe their parents or their own self imposed patterns).

You are no different than many other pastors and ministry leaders who attempt to care for others and often struggle to care for your own spirit. You know it is important, but it is often triaged to that space of “if I have time” and you know what happens when it finds its way there. You do not have an unlimited reservoir that will protect your spiritual health. It, like your physical body, needs regular care. You are a better pastor for such intentional time. How about we make this super easy for you? Nothing asked. No homework. Free of cost. Just logon and prepare for some rejuvenation from the breath God. Come close. Isn’t this what God has been doing all along?

This fall we will offer our first ministry leader small group specific for pastors who are serving in a UKirk network ministry. The theme for this series is called, “Near Bethsaida” and comes from what Jesus practiced with his own disciples to retreat/renew/be revived in an uncultivated patch of land on the outskirts of Bethsaida on the northern tip of the Sea of Galilee. We have identified this text in Luke along with 5 other texts in Scripture that give us examples of individuals or groups of people who found themselves in such a place where the Lord could renew their spirits. We may not be able to fly you away to the Amalfi Coast, but we can invite you to honor some time away with colleagues to have a pericope of Scripture read over you and pay attention to what the Spirit is saying/instructing/inviting from you alongside others.

The group will be facilitated by John Rogers (Director of Peterson House and former campus pastor) and Rachel Hebert who also served in a campus ministry role in the past. Both John and Rachel served on the UKirk board. If you are interested in learning more about this group or signing up please email John or click the button below.

There will be 9 sessions. Each session will be 1 hour 15 minutes in length. We do ask that you commit to all or miss no more than 2 sessions.

Suggested meeting dates:

  1. Session 1 on September 18

  2. Session 2 on September 25

  3. Session 3 on October 9

  4. Session 4 on October 16

  5. Session 5 on October 23

  6. Session 6 on November 6

  7. Session 7 on November 13

  8. Session 8 on November 20

  9. Session 9 on December 4

Suggested meeting time: 11:30-12:45 PM EST

We would love to have you as a participant in this first UKirk Square One group. Click below to send us a message and learn more.

Summer 2025 Offering

It's not exactly the center of the Bible, but it's close (that's Psalm 118:8 if you were wondering). And what do you find when you turn to the almost center of the Bible? A very long Psalm that in nearly all 176 verses (171 by most accounts) Scripture is mentioned. At the heart of the Bible we find in noticeable repetition that it is God's word that is holding it all together. We want to spend time reflecting on this lengthy Psalm this summer.

Why “8 verses” you ask? In each of the 22 sections of Psalm 119 (22 sections for the 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet) you have 8 verses in each section. Though it would be fun to do all 22 sections over 22 different sessions, we are just going to give you a taste of Psalm 119 by choosing 6. It's summer by the way!

We will offer both a morning and evening session where both will be virtual. The content for each group will be identical. Unlike our groups in the fall and the spring, these two summer groups will be blended with both ministry leaders and laity. You are welcome to go between the groups as your time permits. Though we would love to see you at all 6 sessions, our summer series is meant to be an easy group to pop in as you can to get a taste of what we offer at Peterson House. So tell others about it and have them join you! Summer in North Carolina is HOT so “unhurried delight” with anything sounds fitting.

  • 8:30-9:30AM EST Group CLICK HERE to join the morning session.

  • 7:30-8:30PM EST Group CLICK HERE to join the evening session.

The 6 sessions will meet on:

  1. Wednesday, June 18

  2. Wednesday, June 25

  3. Wednesday, July 9

  4. Wednesday, July 16

  5. Wednesday, July 23

  6. Wednesday, July 30

Please email John if you would like to learn more.