Home groups are an essential element of Zolder50, providing much of the primary foundation for a living and growing church. A home group is often the best place—and sometimes the only place—where true community is lived out, and where we can fulfill the New Command "to love each other as Jesus loves us".
Home groups are not just Bible Studies, discussion groups, prayer ministries, evangelism programs, or regularly scheduled church meetings. Home groups are the heartbeat and life of our neighborhood churches. In fact, we view home groups as seeds to new neighborhood churches.
Home groups are a place for Christ followers to grow in maturity in Christ. The overall purpose of our home groups is to experience life together as God intended it (holistic spirituality). With this in mind, home groups operate with three primary goals that reinforce the overall dream of Zolder50.
Growing together spiritually – (Knowing Jesus)
Growing together relationally – (Becoming like Jesus)
Uniting to serve others – (Making Jesus known)
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Young Couples and Families in Oost
Young couples, families, marriage, raising children, picnics in the park, dinners, swimming, Bible study and prayer (but not necessarily always about marriage and child-rearing!)
Contact: Marco Pauws (mpauws@gmail.com)
Meet: Tuesday @ 19:30
Language: Nederlands (ook een beetje English)
Location: Asp Home (stadsdeel Oost)
Jonge Professionelen
We meet every for dinner, socializing with other young Dutch professionals and a bible study/conversation about faith. Besides that we try to share life together on a day to day basis. 'Jonge Professionelen' is our name. We deliberately chose a Dutch name, because we are a Dutch-speaking community. As said, during our meetings we generally speak Dutch, but this doesn't mean Dutch has to be your native language. We are very open to people who speak Dutch as a second language and want to join or community.
Contact: Kor Grit (kor.grit@gmail.com)
Location: Usually we meet at in the city center, at the Oude Schans.
Young Professionals
Marc la Porte (marc.a.laporte@gmail.com)
Language: English, but the majority of the group also speaks Dutch
Meet: Tuesday @ 19:30.
Location: Alternate between two locations. Nicolaas Ruychaverstraat 60 and Eerste Helmersstraat 80
Readers & Writers
We want to affect society through literature! We will get together for meals and discuss what we've read recently, share what we've been writing, give input to each other and sharpen one another's skills. For writers, book enthusiasts, journalists, story-tellers, bloggers, poets, authors, etc.
Contact: Sean Filidis (seanfilidis@gmail.com) or Sokol Hakrama (sokol4ever@hotmail.com)
Language: English
Meet: N/A
Location: Filidis' Apartment (Oudezijds Voorburgwal 63)
Social Justice
Eating dinners together, discussing topics surrounding themes of Social Justice to raise our own awareness of issues in the world and discovering how to respond to these issues with the heart of God, volunteering for Stichting HiP, watching documentaries, going on adventures together and potentially organizing awareness through campaigns and fund-raisers.
Contact: Neil and Kate MacRae (nkmacrae@gmail.com) or Mirjam Brozius (mirjambrozius@hotmail.com) or Naomi Triggs (naomi.triggs@gmail.com)
Langauge: English
Meet: Tuesday @ 19:00, includes dinner.
Location: Wilhelminastraat 9 (Bell MacRae).
Social Justice50
Our focus is on a deeper understanding of social justice locally, nationally and globally. In addition, we hope to practically help those in need locally through service projects as well as desire to pursue helping those in poverty in the third world, specifically in Africa.
Contact: Linda Kitchen (linda.kitchen@gcmweb.org)
Language: English
Meet: Tuesdays @ 19.30
Location: De Baarsjes (part of Amsterdam West, as of May 2010)- Crynssenstraat 19-2 (Linda's apartment)
Music Community
We are all musicians and/or music lovers. We are actively involved in building relationships and participating in the singer/songwriter community in the city and at the Amsterdam conservatory (AHK). Throughout the week, you will find us attending concerts as well as performing ourselves in various ways in and around Amsterdam. We also participate in and coordinate seminars and workshops on songwriting as well as learning how to run the business side of being an independent musician
Leslie Phillips (leslie.phillips@gcmweb.org) and Anthony Dunstan (tonydcomposer@gmail.com)
Language: We speak 87% English and 13% Dutch :)
Meet: Wednesday @ 19:30
Location: Eerste Helmersstraat 80HS
Healing/Recovery
Contact: Patricia Flynn (patricia.flynn@mac.com)
Meet: Wednesday @ 19:30
Location: Herengracht 88
Students
Contact: Jan Willem
Art Community
Contact: Thomas Scherzer (scherzer@gmail.com) and Sergei Teresuk (steresuk@gmail.com)