St. Joseph Community Groups

Doing life together

Community Groups are a huge part of Living Hope Church. This is where we build community by doing life together and impact our cities in practical ways.

Our Community Groups stand on 5 pillars which are:

  1. Create genuine friendship
  2. Form Gospel-centered and missional community
  3. Lively prayer together
  4. Express and experience the Spirit-filled life
  5. Reach out to the world and other Christians through love and social action

Below are the four Community Groups that meet on a weekly basis in St. Joseph:


David & Joella Schultz

Mondays at 6:30 PM

David & Joella Schultz

David and Joella lead one of our Wednesday night Community Groups. They have 2 kids and love to host people at their home. David is an elder at Living Hope. Our group meets 6:30 PM on Mondays at 14320 Parish Dr St. Joseph, MO 64505 Google Maps

Mike & McKenzie Sandusky

Mondays at 6:30 PM

Mike & McKenzie Sandusky

Mike and McKenzie have been married for 2 years.  Mike is one of the leader’s of Living Hope and McKenzie works part time as a booking assistant. They enjoy hosting parties and inviting people to their home. McKenzie enjoys worship and led worship at the Maryville location of Living Hope for a little over a [...]

Mark & Karen Kerford

Tuesdays at 6:30 PM

Mark & Karen Kerford

Mark is an electronics assembly technician for Altec Industries in St. Joseph.  Karen, in her third year of retirement from the St. Joseph school district after 33 years as a special education teacher, is wondering how she ever had time to work.  One of her many activities is volunteering at the Spotted Dog consignment store 2 days [...]

Mike and Eileen Worthington

Wednesdays at 6:30 PM

Mike and Eileen Worthington

Mike and Eileen lead a Wednesday night Community Group along with Kenny and Jola Fisher.   Our group meets 6:30 PM on Wednesdays at 6103 Mustang Lane, Country Club, MO Google Maps

Jeff & Adi Waggoner

Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Jeff & Adi Waggoner

This Group is on a break right now, but will be resuming in May! Jeff and Adi (pronounced like the number 80, not “add e”) have been married for five years. They have a four year old son named Cash and another newborn son named Cruz. They enjoy having people over to their home to [...]

Casey and Shena Speer

Saturdays at 5:00pm

Casey and Shena Speer

Casey and Shena have been married 4 years and have a son together. They love people and enjoy serving others at Living Hope however they can. Casey helps to lead our grounds team and is involved in men’s discipleship. Shena is one of our Kid’s Work leaders and helps to plan events for Living Hope. [...]