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“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

For many years, Dwell’s Helping Hands ministry has worked to share the love of Christ in a practical way, completing home repairs and projects for those in need. Volunteers help with home repairs, maintenance work, yard work, home organization, and other tasks.

Longtime Dwell members Don Dixon and Randy Jones helped start the ministry 20 years ago. Through the years it has served hundreds of p...

By the Dwell Grief Ministry Staff

Probably the most asked questions the Dwell Grief Ministry receives from people who want to help a hurting friend are: “What can I do?,” “What can I say?,” and “What book can I give someone?”

If you are looking for answers to these questions (and many more), the Dwell Grief Ministry is offering a 4-week class starting May 31st called “Helping Others Navigate Grief, Loss & Disappointment.”

This is a super-practical class to h...

This spring, Dwell is offering a new class, looking at the Upper Room Discourse. It starts May 24th and you can register at this link.

Ryan Weingartner will be the teacher, and shares some thoughts about it with us:

What is the class about?

The class covers the content from the last speech Jesus gives to his disciples in John 13-17 just before He's arrested. We will walk verse by verse through the passage, but also see the repeated themes in His speech.

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A thriving Dwell ministry–Pacesetters–is growing even larger, extending its reach into more and more local senior living residences, thanks to a partnership with National Church Residences.

Pacesetters serves seniors, offering Bible studies and fellowship. Its goal is to have a great ministry to seniors through its Thursday morning Bible study, but also to take the love of God into the community. 

Over the last year, Pacesetter volunteers have begun working as chaplains in a couple...

Dwell is launching a new ministry–Embrace Grace–to help young women who find themselves in an unexpected pregnancy. The ministry aims to come alongside these women, offering emotional, practical, and spiritual support.

Embrace Grace is a national organization that trains local churches like Dwell to effectively meet these ladies’ needs, doing it in the name of Christ. Local churches offer an 11 week support program that shares the gospel and, if they receive Christ, their new iden...

Each year 8th grade students involved in Dwell’s Middle School Ministry go through Freshman Transition, allowing them to explore different high school home churches to find the group that’s right for them. This year's process will start April 2nd. Please pray for their discernment about this decision!

It’s a spiritually significant event because it’s a time of life that some students move away from God. A successful transition to a high school group not only h...

Thank you to the 2000+ members who filled out the survey. We have attached the results below. A special thanks to Teresa Lawless for helping compile and analyze this data.

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Dwell’s TNT ministry serves older elementary kids, and offers a great camp each summer. TNT Camp is open to both Dwell kids and guests. You can register at this link.

TNT Director Kyra Brugler answers some questions about this year’s camp, which runs from June 19th-23rd:  

What is TNT Camp?

TNT Camp is a day camp with daily teachings, activities, and sports for our students entering the 4th & 5th Grade (current 3rd and 4th grade students). There wi...

Each year hundreds of students are challenged to deepen their relationship with Christ at Epic–Dwell’s summer camp for high-schoolers. Over the years a few hundred students have come to faith at Epic, and many more have made the decision to walk more closely and consistently with Christ.

One of the most important reasons for this incredible spiritual impact is prayer–asking God to work in the hearts of students to prepare them to receive God’s call to them. To that end, Epic ...

By the Dwell Missions Division

The Missions Division works with our global workers and indigenous partners to plant house churches accessible to everyone in a people group, resulting in changed lives and transformed communities. Currently, Dwell has twelve partners based in ten countries on five continents.

2022 represented a year of amazing quantitative and qualitative growth. Our Global Partners now represent hundreds of national workers who oversee a network totali...