Where Women in Church Planting Gather & Connect In Community

Find gospel-rooted feedback and support for the challenges you face, no more feeling isolated.

Registration for 2025 Alongside Groups is Open

Alongside Group Dynamics

An Alongside Group is a supportive community where you can feel seen and known and can process your challenges in the light of the gospel so you feel resilient and less alone.

These groups are limted to four to six women are hosted by trained, empathetic Parakaleo facilitators who are further down the road of planting and have the heart to bring women along. Groups offer an opportunity to experience connection and personal change in ways that do not occur on our own.

In these 1.5-hour bi-weekly meetings over 6 months (12 sessions total), you’ll walk away with new relationships with women who understand your unique context and participate in peer coaching giving and receiving empathy, feedback, and gospel perspective with the hope that all involved will grow together in gospel-based resilience to navigate the current issues you face.

Cost: $300

*50% discounted rate available

What To Expect

Virtual Alongside Groups are offered throughout the year

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Local Network Groups

If you are planting with a network, check out our list of network partners and reach out to see if a local Alongside Group is offered near you.

Northeast Ohio

The Ohio Presbytery (PCA)
In Person
Lisa Wallover
lisawallover@gmail.com

Asia Pacific

Virtual
Wendy Mugridge
mugridge7@bigpond.com

St. Cloud, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network & Renew Polk
In Person
Luchrysta Caswell luchrysta@ccpclakeland.org

Tampa/St. Petersburg,
Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Angie Woodall
angwoodall@gmail.com

Colorado

Western Church Planting Network
Virtual
Amanda Garcia
Garciafam.pr@gmail.com

North Atlanta, Georgia

In Person/Virtual
Kristy Caston - Atlanta
kristydcaston@gmail.com

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tennessee Vally Presbytery (PCA)
In Person/Virtual
Mary Lu Strawbridge
ml.straw@gmail.com

Mid-South Church
Planting Network

In Person
Marianna Shaw
mbreazeale@gmail.com

Japan

Virtual
Utako Grateley
utakog@hotmail.co.uk

Mailand, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Lucy Aitcheson
lucy.aitcheson@gmail.com

Baltimore, MD

In Person
Maria Garriott 
mariagarriott@gmail.com

Metro Atlanta, GA

In Person/Virtual
Megan Johnson
megan@newcitychurchatl.org

Great Commission
Collective

Virtual
Marie Newell
marie@gccollective.org

Lakeland, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Ashley Bennett
ashmbennett@me.com

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