Life Groups-University Campus

Darcy & Denise Swafford

What we love about Biblical Community is that a deep bond begins to develop with the people in the small group. Because of these bonds, you have each other for times of fellowship, in times of sorrow, when accountability is needed, and for growing spiritually.

Darcy loves to golf when he has the time and the money; Denise loves to shop when she has the time and the money.

Dave & Pam Vet

Biblical Community: Vital for growth, authenticity, accountability, and encouragement.

Hobbies/Interests: Outdoor pursuits-camping, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, bicycling, motorcycling, fishing, hunting. All things family. In addition, Pam enjoys stamping and scrap booking.

Dave & Stephanie Neis

We will  be married for 15 years this November.  We have three children: Zachary 13, Shayla 9 and Julia 7.  Dave loves sports, Stephanie enjoys baking, we love amusement parks and vacations.  In this season of our lives we enjoy spending much of our time involved in our children's activities and in their school.

We love Biblical community because we believe it's by God's design that we come together as believers and "do" life together.  In Biblical community, we can hold each other accountable as we grow in our relationships with God, support, encourage and pray for each other through the challenges of life, and also celebrate in each others joys.  

David & Carolyn Gordon

We love that God has called us to experience life together. Through biblical community we can begin to peel away the surface and truly become real, honest, and exposed to others in a loving and caring environment. We can encourage one another, become accountable in our walk with God, and support one another through joys and trials. We are excited to live out the principles God calls us to.

Hobbies and interests:

David enjoys golfing, surfing, running, softball, and cooking. Carolyn enjoys the beach, traveling, and working in non profit. Together, we love our date nights, picnics on the beach, and spending time with family and friends.

David & Claire Beilein

We love the biblical communities that we have been a part of through the various ministries of Summit Church because we believe that it is essential to the health of not only our marriage but our individual daily lives. We are called to not live this life alone, and the biblical community found in small groups allows us to have community with other people in similar stages of life that we can be transparent with, be accountable to, and generally enjoy each others company.

As a couple, we love to be active, having met in college and played on various intramural sports teams together. This is something that we continue today. Currently, we are working on training for our first trialthon and our first half marathon. We love to travel, and We are also new homeowners, so DIY has become a new hobby! David loves football and is a huge Buffalo Bills fan, Claire loves music, and as for sports, she roots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!

David & Julie Gold

Ed & Wendy Hall

Biblical community is crucial in our growth as believers.  It is a safe place to share our struggles, pray for one another, dig deeper into the weekly message, and see how it applies to our own lives. 

For us, we did not truly connect with others in our church until we joined our first community group.  It can be so easy for us to feel invisible and disconnected in a large church.  In order for us grow in our faith we must connect and share our lives with fellow believers.

Interests/hobbies:  Spending time with family, listening & playing music, home projects, cats

Geoff & Whitney Cross

We have a 2 children ages 5 and 2.

Geoff works in the banking industry while Whitney is a stay-at-home mom.

Geoff enjoys biking, running, swimming and working at hands-on projects.

Whitney enjoys reading, cooking, decorating and working out.

We love biblical community because of the open relationships that encourage us in our walk.  We are looking for couples to hold us accountable and to offer the same in return.  We feel that this is God's will for everyone's life.  Personally, our families and frankly our lives, just work better when we're living in community with others.
 

Jake & Erica Irwin

We love the opportunity to do life with people who share the same passion for Christ and that we can share accountability with.

Hobbies and interests consist of sports, raising our two young children, spending time with family and friends and growing our relationship with Christ.

We will be moving mid October to the Timber Lake Community (off Three Oaks Pkwy)

Jeff & Gina Holiman

We are excited to live, love, and learn with a small group of Christians where we can dig deep into God's word and dig deep into each other's lives so that we can unleash the Holy Spirit to work in us and through us to accomplish His perfect will!

We love quiet time at home, whether it be devouring a good book, a puzzle, or a board game.  Life is so busy sometimes, we really try to enjoy our "down time"!  Gina is a 1st grade teacher, and Jeff manages the Mortgage Operations of Pulte Homes' South Florida Division.
 

John & Elicia Kellenberger

Biblical community is so important to us because it allows us to have Christ-centered relationships where we can sharpen one other, love one another, pray for one another and support each other as we “do life” and grow in our faith and friendships.

Our hobbies & interests are hiking, biking, jet-skiing, football, basketball, music, espresso, snow-skiing.

We have two children: Jenna (17) & Tyler (14)

Jonathan Wheeler

What I love about Biblical community is that it’s an opportunity to live in authentic-Christ-centered-relationships, which open the door for growing deeper intimately, collectively, and missionally with God.

Biblical community and its importance has been seen from the relationship Jesus shared with his Father and the Holy Spirit, as well as the relationships with his disciples, and the relationship they shared with each other and their communities.

Biblical community remains as an entryway for yourself and others in seeing the purpose of living together regardless of your past, age, race, or sex. If you’ve experienced biblical community before you know the importance of being surrounded by such. If you have not, we deeply encourage you to come and experience such Truth and life! We’re all in this together!

God Bless,

JW

Some things that I enjoy doing are running, going to the coffee shop, reading, traveling, and sharing in community with people.
 

Jose & Renee Malachowski

We have four children- Auria-13, Lauren- 9, Caleb- 7, and Jordyn- 4

We enjoy sharing life with others, developing real friendships, offering support and love for each other.

Hobbies-Family time, Summit church youth ministry, beach and outdoor fun, walking, fish aquariums.

Josh & Vicki Chandler

Biblical community is having a Gospel centered life and inviting our family and the families of others to share in that life as we experience God.
 

Judd & Katy Wright

Katy and I are new to Southwest Florida.  We live in Stoneybrook with our chocolate lab Amos Moses.  Katy works at Mission of Hope Haiti and I am the worship pastor at Summit Church.

Katy and I love biblical community.  We have seen its life changing potential firsthand. 

Kevin & Jacque McMichael

We have been at Summit 5 years and are so excited about the biblical community focus. We have been involved in small groups for many years and understand the importance of them in our walk with Christ. We look forward to experiencing a new level of community with the groups that will be focusing on how God has instructed us to live this out and truly being committed to God's word and each other.

We have 4 children ages 20,18,17 and 15 so our hobbies are spending quality time with them attempting to live out our love for God and others in a way that makes them want to pursue a life sold out for Him. Kevin has an accounting and financial planning firm and  loves the outdoors, hunting, fishing, sports and growing things in our garden. Jacque works in Kevin's office and enjoys cooking, entertaining, reading and gardening.

Kyle & Lisa Balcerzak

We really love serving together as a family. We enjoy bike rides, the beach, running, movies and family vacations.

For us Biblical Community is... opening our lives and connecting with others who have the same desire to grow closer to Christ.

Mark & Candice Siverling

We trained to be small group leaders because we believe that brothers and sisters in Christ can challenge, sharpen, and encourage each other through intimate community.  This is the real-life fulfillment of the fellowship we begin on Sundays.  We love music, walking, and foster and adoption ministries.  We are 26 and 30, married for five years, and have one baby on the way (in addition to our two current foster kids).

Mike & Mary Morrison

We love Biblical community because we have the privilege to travel alongside God's people on our journeys together. We meet knew friends, share our life stories, our commonalities, & above all, grow in God's image.

Our hobbies: Mike enjoys family, wildlife photography & scuba diving. Mary enjoys family, Pilates & swimming.

Nate & Ashley Johnson

We love living in biblical community every day because it encourages us to know, love, and cherish our relationship with Jesus while it also challenges us to keep him at the at the core of our life by abiding daily in Him.

Hobbies/Interest:  Hanging out with friends!

Orlando & Pam Cabrera

We love the friendships that are developed and the opportunity to see Truth transform our lives.

We enjoy running, biking, working out, and reading.

Robbie & Kelly Powell

We love how living in Biblical community gives us the opportunity to support and encourage each other as we all strive to learn and grow in our faith.

Our family includes Hannah (age 9) and Cameron (age 6).

Scott & Naomi Hansen

Scott and Naomi Hansen have been married for 16 years and have been involved in small groups focusing on Married couples for about 14 years. 

We are located in Stonybrook of Estero and meet on Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm.   We have two girls ages 4 and 9.

Scott & Terri Rush

Terri and I enjoy biblical community, from the range of friendship to accountability. One anothering in a large church is crucial to the Kingdom, and a personal walk with Christ. 

I am an outdoorsman, hunting and fishing.  Terri enjoys gardening and grand parenting.