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This past Sunday Dwell celebrated going “back to normal” at its Central Teachings. It’s a great time to thank God for His faithfulness during a tumultuous and sometimes confusing time.

Throughout the pandemic, Dwell has worked to balance the need to be safe with the need for people to hear the Bible and enjoy time together. To that end we’ve seen both college and adult Central Teachings take many forms. When COVID restrictions first hit, Dwell moved to an all-online format. T...

Summer is a great time to take a Dwell class. Doug O'Malley will be teaching a 3 week class, “Paul, the Disciplemaker,” starting July 14th. The class looks at Paul's discipleship ministry and the insights we can glean for our own discipling ministry. You can register for this and other Dwell classes at this link.

Doug shares more with us about this class:

What led you to create it? I'd wanted to keep improving as a discipler, and I figured Paul was a good person t...

Dwell’s Renegade ministry is looking ahead, planning for its summer camp, working to re-connect with families it served pre-COVID, and expanding to new families. 

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Renegade serves kids in low-income urban neighborhoods, working to meet their spiritual needs, as well as some of their families’ physical needs. Before COVID, Renegade offered weekly Bible study meetings at three different locations--the south side, Linden, and “43229,” near Dwe...

By John Montgomery, Dwell Grief Ministry

Over the past 15 years, the Dwell Grief ministry has grown and expanded, offering various workshops and support groups to help people of all ages who are in grief. 

The Good Grief group provides support, comfort and understanding for high school, college, and young adults who have lost a friend or family member. This group meets to discuss the ways in which such loss continues to affect our lives and how to look t...

After holding classes for over a year on Zoom, Dwell is moving back to an in-person format for all its classes, starting with Summer Quarter. You can see what's available and register at this link.

Equipping Division Coordinator Pat Reeder says they initially planned to wait until August to move to in-person classes. But he says recent changes to COVID orders and the high numbers of Dwell members getting vaccinated gave them confidence to make the move sooner.

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After months of praying, searching, and negotiating, Akili Christian High School now has a building of its own, with plans to start classes there this upcoming July.

The new space is in Franklin University’s Phillips Hall downtown. Akili Principal Ari Adkins says the location is ideal for many reasons, and the building itself is already equipped for classes--desks, chairs, and IT equipment--since it used to serve as Metro High School’s space.

Akili has been holding class...

If you drive by Dwell’s Main Campus, you’ll notice something new: 2 large tents side-by-side on the north side of the large parking lot. The tents expand Dwell’s sheltered outdoor space in a cost-effective way, meeting both a short and long-term need.

The 2 tents together provide space for over 300 socially distanced seats and, when COVID guidelines are lifted, space for over 600 people sitting closer together. Operations Division Coordinator Steve Bauer says “We are very excited...

After pausing its Leadership Training Class (LTC) for a year, Dwell has resumed the foundational class, determining it can now be done safely, in-person. Over 200 people are taking the class this spring.

While Dwell has been offering other classes by Zoom, Equipping Division Coordinator Pat Reeder says remote learning just doesn’t work for this critical class. “LTC has a lot of discussion and is also 3 hours long. The sphere leaders determined that conducting LTC over...

Registration is now open for Dwell’s VBS--Vacation Bible School--sharing the love of God with kids preschool through 3rd grade. The format will be modified a bit to accommodate COVID safety, but the focus remains on helping children understand God’s grace and love through crafts, activities, music, and teachings. 

This year’s VBS will be June 21st-25th, from 9:00-11:30 am each day, and will be primarily outside. Claire Howard with VBS says the emphasis is on fun with a purpos...

Registration is now open for TNT Camp, Dwell’s summer camp for kids in 4th and 5th grade, June 21st-25th. The camp offers a week of fun, engaging activities along with great teachings, and the chance to go deeper with meaningful discussion groups.

TNT Director Amy Cooksey says she expects kids will especially welcome the fun week together this summer. “After a long year of COVID we hope camp can bring out some fun, laughter, and time together that all ha...