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 |
| Prayer | Elim | David Judd | Mon 10:00am |
| Young Adults Indoor Soccer | Elim Gym | Joanne Rigby | Mon 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Ormiston Rise | Botany | Lloyd & Jamey Ratnaraja | Mon 7.00pm |
| International Support | Elim | David Lee | Mon 7:30pm |
| Men’s Ministry | Elim Chapel | George Patterson | Mon 7:30pm |
| Women’s Bible Study | Dannemora | Tanya Oxford | Mon 7:00pm |
| Young Adults | Howick | Jeremy Jacob | Mon 7:30pm |
| Deborah’s Daughters – Women | Online | Vicki Erskine | Mon 7:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s Prayer | Elim Manurewa | Sheila Govender | Tues 10:00am |
| Adults 40 + | Pakuranga | Hector & Vilma Pearson | Tues 7:30pm |
| Mixed 40-50’s Bible | Cockle Bay | Billy George | Tues 7:30pm |
| Rock Climbing | Botany | Dexter Cheng | Tues 6.30pm |
| Alpha | Online | Stuart Oxford | Tues 7.00pm |
| Youth Alpha | Online | Stuart Oxford | Tues 7.00pm |
| Mandarin Alpha | Online | Stuart Oxford | Tues 7.15pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women 50+ | Botany | Heather Small | Wed 10:00am |
| Voltage Mixed | Elim Botany | Joanne Rigby | Wed 3:30pm |
| Afrikaans | Highland Park | Johan & Val van Niekerk | Wed 7:00pm |
| iBelong Women | Bucklands Beach | Alrika Pretorius | Wed 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Bible Study – Women | Bucklands Beach | Alrika Pretorius | Wed 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Barista Coffee Making | Botany | Hye Won Kim | Wed 7:00pm |
| Adults 50+ | Howick | Richard & Denise Devine | Wed 7:15pm |
| Faith Collaborators | Flat Bush | Delia Thumbadoo | Wed 7:15pm |
| Bible Study | Online | Heather Small | Wed 7:30pm |
| 40+ / Retired | Northpark | Kelvin & Glenda Mills | Wed 7:30pm |
| Prayer | Online | Sheila Govender | Wed 7:00pm |
| Phophetic Ministry | Online | Bill Pollock | Wed 7:00pm |
| Facilitators Training Course | Totara Heights | Dean Openshaw | Wed 7.15pm |
| Afrikaans | Bucklands Beach | Pieter van Tonder | Wed 6.30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim Women | Different locations | Neena Maxwell | Thurs 10:00am |
| Mums & Bubs | Golflands | Mariske Delport | Thurs 10:00am |
| Seniors | Elim Chapel | Christine Gray | Thurs 10:00am |
| Pilates – Exercising for Health | Botany | Gwin Ball | Thurs 12:45pm |
| Korean Translation | Online | Lynne Park | Thurs 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Business | McDonalds Botany | Tim Symons | Thurs 7:00am (Fortnightly) |
| All Ages | Flat Bush | Nalan & Michelle Jayapalen | Thurs 7:00pm |
| Mixed 30+ | Howick | Kon & Donna Konrote | Thurs 7:00pm |
| Couples | Flat Bush | Mark & Shayne Naidoo | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Couples | Bucklands Beach | Pieter van Tonder | Thurs 6:30pm |
| Worship & Prayer | Golflands | Elaine Bohm | Thurs 7pm |
| Couples 30 – 45+ | Flat Bush | Sam & Jules Lotu-Iiga | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Bible Study | Cockle Bay | Ruby Widyana & Wayne Lee | Thurs 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| In-depth Bible Study | Online | Simon Greening | Thurs 7:30pm |
| Young Adults Volleyball | Elim Gym | Joanne Rigby | Mon 7:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Barista Coffee Making | Botany | Julie Lee | Thurs 10:00am |
| Elim Women | Eastern Beach | Cariad Milmine & Gwin Ball | Thurs 10.00am |
| Elim Women | Sommerville | Mickey Calvert | Thurs 10.00am |
| Couples 25+ | Flat Bush | Matt & Amelie Warner | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Young Adults 20-25 | Botany | Emily Taylor & Theo Kathagen | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Young Adults 20-25 | Botany | Jeremy Jacob | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Young Adults 20-25 | Botany | Christian Edwin & Hannah Tong-Ho | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Young Adults 20-25 | Botany | Isaac Proctor & Katherine Pearson | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Young Adults 20-25 | Sunnyhills | Kish Proctor | Thurs 7.00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Families | Howick | Laura & Kirby Vosloo | Fri 6:00pm |
| Oxygen | Different Locations | Zac Harris | Fri 7:00pm |
| Families | Botany | Gillian Bertram & Jennie Schulze | Fri 7:30pm |
| Adults | Flat Bush | Leonard Swarnadhipathi | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Botany Downs | Chris Bethwaite | Fri 7:30pm |
| Korean Couples & Kids | Howick | Hye Won & Rael Kim | Fri 7:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Families with Older Teenagers | Whitford | Victor & Chay Carter | Fri 7:30pm |
| Mixed 40+ | Half Moon Bay | Nick & Evelyn Liew | Fri 8:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Walking | Outdoors | Colin & Satya Webster | Sat 3:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Surfing | Different Beaches | Zac Harris | Sat/Mon Depending on weather |
| Ladies Support | Botany | Adele Chase | Sat 9:30am |
| Single Mums Parenting Support | Howick | Tracy-Ann Kimber | Sat 10:00am (Fortnightly) |
| Young Families | Flat Bush | Daniel Tsai & Silas Siew | Sat 10:00am (Fortnightly) |
| Young Families | Beachlands | Ron & Dini Lal | Sat 3:00pm |
| Adults 40-60’s | Different Cafes | Dave & Irene Ingham | Sat 10:00am (First Sat) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Families | Botany | Nelson Chong & Zoe Tan | Sun 2:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Families | Botany | Chris & Suzy Just | Sun 2:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Families | New Market | Viki & Ruth Vignarajah | Mon 7:30pm |
| Families | New Lynn (West) | Kugatheesan Gnanavadivel | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Mt Roskill (Central) | Jeyanathan Muthukumaru | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Pakuranga (South) | Angeline Johnson | Fri 7:30pm |
| Families | Mt Wellington (East) | Ruth Solomon | Fri 7:30pm |
| Seniors | Elim Chapel | Victor & Lydia Ragupathy | Sat 10:00am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Prayer | Online | Grace Huang Ellmers | Sun 8:00pm |
| Ladies | Bucklands Beach | Janice Wu | Sat 7:00pm |
| Mothers | Bucklands Beach | Janice Wu | Wed 10:00am |
| Mixed | Elim Chapel | April Jiang | Wed 12:30pm |
| Mixed over 30’s (Cantonese) | Botany Downs | Katie Chan | Wed 7:45pm |
| Ladies | Golflands | Wendy Wei | Thurs 10:00am |
| Men | Golflands | Norman Huang & David Wei | Sat 7:30pm |
| Families | Golflands | Ruth Li | Sat 4:00pm |
City Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Bible Study Fellowship Men | Greenlane, Botany, North Shore | Roger Carnachan | |
| Sri Lankan Community | Newmarket | Sheran & Shreeni | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| English Conversation Team | Church cafe | Diane Taylor | 9:45-11:00am |
| West Mandarin | Online | Kingcy Jin | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Mike & Merida’s Home Group | Various Homes | Mike & Merida | 7:30-9:15pm |
| Mandarin Worship | Online | Ray Xu | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Outerlimits | Southern Suburbs | Shaun & Claire Galbraith | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Elim Music Preschool Team | Church auditorium | Jayde Galbraith | 10:00-11:15am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Northern Life | North Shore | Daniel & Ivana | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Dairy Flat Mandarin | Dairy Flat | Jacky Shih | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Elim City Worship Team | Elim City Auditorium | Daniel Bell | 7:00-9:00pm |
| NorthShore Mandarin | Online | Nicole Wang | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Prayer for Nations | Church Upstairs | Ron Gibson | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Mandarin PreSchool Families | Online | Jason & Maggie | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim Music Preschool Team (Vaccine Pass Required) | Church auditorium | Jayde Galbraith | 10:00-11:15am |
| Young Adult Gals | Auckland Central | Jamie & Alice | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Urban Mums | Church cafe | Liz Griffiths / Sue Carnachan | 10:45-11:30am |
| Mandarin Bible Study | Online | Rosa Chen | 10:00-11:30am |
| East Dwellers (Vaccine Pass Required) | Stonefields | Ruth Downes | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Online Bible Study | Online | Steve Curtis | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Urban Families | Online | Jayde Galbraith & Diane Taylor | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| L3 Group – Live, Love, Laugh | Church cafe | Nathaniel & Winnie | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Young Couples | Papakura, Mt Wellington, One Tree Hill | Soomin & CJ | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Colossians Study | Mt Albert | Shekinah & Jacob | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Urban Life | Church cafe | David & Linda | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Mandarin Families East | Online | Felix & Christine | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Jeremy & Robin’s Group | Central Suburbs | Jeremy & Robin | 5:00-7:00pm |
| Mandarin Generational | Online | Jesse Deng | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Central Families | Mount Albert | Ramah & Dale | 4:00-6:00pm |
| Saturday Sprouts | Church upstairs | Rothman Kam | 10:30-12:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mandarin Sweet Circle | Online | Adele Lin | 7:30-9:00pm |
Manurewa Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Bible Study – The Lighthouse | Clendon Park | Gary & Eseta Cossil | Tues 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Alpha | Online | Jake Stowers | Wed 7pm |
| Mixed | Manurewa | Luke Andrade | Wed 7pm |
| Womens – Go For Christ | Randwick Park | Pauline Jones | Wed 6:30pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Men’s Connect | Manurewa | Tu Pouwhare | Thur 7pm |
| Elim Women | Online | Taliuta Lei | Thur 10am |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Seniors – Evergreens | Manurewa | Clive and Sybil Rinquest | Sat 12pm (Monthly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Men’s Coffee | TBC | Clive Rinquest | Sat (Monthly) |
| Fitness Group – F.I.T | Different Locations | Leanne Nicholas | Sat |
| Healing Rooms | Online | Pragasi Naicker | Sat 10am (Fortnightly) |
| Womens – His Daughters | Online | Alages Andre | Sat 10am (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults Hangout | Different Locations | Luke Andrade | Sat |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Growth Track | Online | Jake Stowers | Sun 12:30pm |
Online Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Women’s | Online | Vicki Erskine | Monday 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Alpha | Online (via Botany campus) | Stuart Oxford | 7pm |
| Youth Alpha | Online (via Botany campus) | Stuart Oxford | 7pm |
| Mandarin Alpha | Online (via Botany campus) | Stuart Oxford | 7:15pm |
| West Mandarin | Online (City) | Kingcy Jin | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Mandarin Worship | Online (City) | Ray Xu | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| NorthShore Mandarin | Online (City) | Nicole Wang | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Mandarin PreSchool Families | Online (City) | Jason & Maggie | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Urban Families | Online (City) | Jayde Galbraith & Diane Taylor | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Mandarin Bible Study | Online (City) | Rosa Chen | 10:00-11:30am |
| Online Bible Study | Online (City) | Steve Curtis | 7:30-9:30pm |
| Adult Bible Study | Online | Adrian Daniel | 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mandarin Families East | Online (City) | Felix & Christine | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Mandarin Generational | Online (City) | Jesse Deng | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mandarin Sweet Circle | Online (City) | Adele Lin | 7:30-9:00pm |
Papakura Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mums & Bubs | Papakura | Sigourney Emily | 10:00-12:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults | Church | Samuel Alyssa | 7:30-9:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Teen Small Group (15-19 Years old) | Opaheke | Andrew T | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Young Guys Study (20-30s) | Takanini | Aaron M | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Valiant Man | Papakura | Andrew Y | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Small Business Owners | Pahuruhure | James & Angela | 7:00-9:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Ladies 18+ (Apologetics) | Drury | Steph T | 7:30-9:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Alpha Course (Online) | Online | Online | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| **Worship & Production | Church | Nyla & Axton | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Ladies 25-35 Central | Central Papakura | Kathleen & Sigourney | 7:30-9:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Prayer through Scripture | Rosehill | Heidi | 7:15-8:30pm |
| Women 25+ | Papakura | Chantelle | 6:15-8:15pm |
| Elim Music | Church | Georgia | 10:00am-11:30am |
| Valiant Man | Papakura | Andrew Y | 7:00-9:00pm |
** Need to complete Growth Track first
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Adults | Flat Bush | Wesley & Daisy | 7:00-8:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Afrikaans Speaking | Karaka | Christo & Ann | 6:30-9:00pm |
| Alpha Marriage Course | Online | Mark & Debbie | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Guys Adventure & Social (20-30s) | Papakura | Paul | 6:00-8:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Oxygen Youth Small Groups (x4) | Church | JP | 7:00-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Young Families (with kids under 5 years) | Drury | Nathan & Leigh | 9:00-11:00am (Fortnightly) |
| Health & Adventure (meet at church to go out) | Church | Mike M | 9:30am-12:30pm (Fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Intermediates Junior Leadership Program (JLP) | Church | Samuel & Georgia | 12:30-1:30pm (Fortnightly) |
Whangārei Campus
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Mums & Bubs | Papakura | Sigourney Emily | 10:00-12:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Young Adults | Church | Samuel Alyssa | 7:30-9:00pm (Fortnightly) |
| Teen Small Group (15-19 Years old) | Opaheke | Andrew T | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Young Guys Study (20-30s) | Takanini | Aaron M | 7:30-9:00pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Missions | Parihaka | Mark Lambert / Mark Nicholls | 1st Tues of the month |
| Young Adults (Mixed) | TBC | Jordan McIntyre | Tues 6:30pm |
| Mens – Bible Study | Online | Matt Dodd | Tues, 7pm |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Men’s Group | Kamo | Dan Roose | Tues 7:30pm – Fortnightly |
| Coffee Connect | Tikipunga | Pat Bethell | Last Wed of the month in the morning |
| Women | Tikipunga | Adecia | Wed, 7pm |
| Mixed | Maunu | Jim & Beth Wright | Wed, 7pm |
| Mixed | One Tree Point | Mike & Jenny Stacey | Wed, dinner (2nd & 4th Wed) |
| Freedom In Christ Course | Church | Paul Shepherd | Wed, 7pm (10 weeks) |
| Mixed – Bible Study | Mangapai | Cliff Ryan | Wed, 7pm (fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Elim Music | Church | Sue Hadfield | Thurs, 9am – 10.30am |
| Mixed | Kauri | Hugh & Lorraine Messenger | Thurs, 7.30pm |
| Mixed | Kamo | Wayne & Leanne Bray | Thurs, 7.30pm |
| Mixed | Springs Flat | Martyn & Lana Cottle | Thurs, 7.30pm |
| Womens | Tikipunga | Lisa Vigille | Thurs, 6.30pm (fortnightly) |
| Womens Cancer Journey | Various Homes/Cafes | Dena Fisher | Thurs, 10am (fortnightly) |
| Womens Hebrew Studies | Church | Lin Schoonderwoerd | Thurs, 1pm-3pm (fortnightly) |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Womens | Morningside | Christine Frost | Fri, 9.30am |
| Youth Yr 9-13 | Church/Various Homes | Jaden Hatch | Fri, 7pm |
| Voltage Yr 7-8 | Church | Jaden Hatch | Fri, 6pm |
| Korean – Families/Mixed | Kensington/Various Homes | James & Andy Kang | Fri evening fortnightly |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Fitness – Mixed | Various Whangarei Locations | TBC | Sat, 6am |
| Elim Riders (Motorcycles) | Various Locations | Wayne Bray | Flexible |
| Type of Group | Location | Leader(s) | Day & Time |
| Growth Track | Church | Matt Dodd | Sunday 11am |
| Men’s Group | Kamo | Brendon Tong | Sun 7pm |