Breakthrough Groups
Don’t be trapped into thinking you’re the only one experiencing your current feelings, that no one understands, or that circumstances will never change! Bay Life's Breakthrough Support Groups provide safe, confidential, and caring environments where you can feel comfortable and safe talking about your struggles and growing toward wholeness.
Registration for fall groups is now open. Breakthrough groups will meet at various times and locations at Bay Life Church (see specific listing for details).
THESE GROUPS ARE FOR ADULTS ONLY. Childcare is NOT available on Thursday nights for Breakthrough. In addition, we request that you do not leave anyone under the age of 18 unattended on Bay Life's campus while you are participating in any group.
Visit Breakthrough at Group Link on Sunday, August 24, 2025 to learn about our fall groups and seminars. You will have a chance to talk to leaders in person and find out more about each group or event.
Summer 2025 Groups
Registration for fall groups is open. A complete listing of open groups and classes offered at Bay Life Church can be found at baylife.org/groups. Many of our groups and classes fill up and close. If you don't find what you are looking for, please check back as new groups and classes continue to open. Groups listed here with a registration link are open, even if they have already started. If you have questions, feel free to email Genevieve LoCicero,
Every Thought Captive: Renewing Our Mind
Sundays, June 1-29, 2025 | 10:30am-noon | Led by Genevieve LoCicero | No Cost
Are your thoughts leading you toward transformation or conformity?
Are they building you up or tearing you down?
Are they drawing you closer to God or pulling you away?
In Every Thought Captive, you will explore a topic crucial for your spiritual growth: the battle for your mind. In Romans 12:2, we read these words: Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Just like molten glass, our lives are constantly being shaped and molded by the thoughts we think.
Join pastor and bestselling author Kyle Idleman for a five-session journey where you will learn to actively and intentionally challenge your thoughts. This isn’t a study on the power of positive thinking—or how you have the power to change your life—but about learning how God made your brain. He will transform your life as you learn to take every thought captive and submit it to the truth of his Word.
This group will consist of five weekly session which will last approximately 75 minutes each. Each week we will watch a 20 minute video and, using a handout, we will discuss how we can apply each week's lesson to our own life.
Resilient
Sundays, June 1-29, 2025 | 9-10:15am | Led by Genevieve LoCicero | Workbook: $10
We will join bestselling author John Eldredge on the path toward genuine recovery and resilience, as demonstrated by Jesus himself. This five-part video series will cover the following topics:
Recovering from the trauma of recent world events and tapping into the "supernatural graces" that God promises
Learning to be patient with yourself—genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality
Creating a plan—because resilience and victory aren't going to come with a swipe on a home screen
Discovering deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ, who lives within us.
This group consists of five weekly sessions. We watch a 20-minute video and, using a participant workbook, discuss how we can apply the principles presented to our own lives.
REGISTER HERE
About the Group Leaders
As coordinator for the Breakthrough Support Group Ministry, Genevieve LoCicero and her team have facilitated a variety of groups. She has a heart to reach people that are hurting in all different areas. Her willingness to offer help and hope gently yet persistently through Breakthrough speaks well of her heart for the troubles of others. Breakthrough services are guided by Romans 12:1-2 which exhorts us to renew our minds. By doing so, we are able to live in a way that is pleasing to the Lord. Renewing our mind impacts emotions which in turn impacts behaviors and results in a life changed.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:1-2
For more information about any of our Breakthrough groups and events, contact Genevieve LoCicero,
Meeting Locations
Sunday and some Thursday Breakthrough groups will meet in the Counseling Center located at 140 Yarborough Road, Brandon, FL 33510. Thursday night groups may also meet in the Student Center or the rooms behind the Student Center of Bay Life Church, 1017 Kingsway Road, Brandon, FL 33510. Your registration email will have additional details.