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Find your people and grow in your faith by joining a college small group! This is an awesome chance to build real friendships, be encouraged, and discover how God can work in your life! Our small groups are hosted by families who call New Heights home! Sign up for a night that works for you and one of our leaders will reach out to you!!
Sunday Nights
Sundays @ 6:00pm
Parker & Molly Stamps
We both grew up in Arkansas and attended the u of a. Molly graduated in 2022 and Parker graduated in 2020. We both love NWA. Parker works at Givingtons as an operations systems manager and Molly works at PepsiCo as a category management analyst. We love serving in college ministry and started leading a community group this past year.
We lead a college community group because we want to create a space for college students to grow and learn more about Jesus. We also see so much value in being in community with other believers!!
Josh & Taylor Boccacio
We are originally from Missouri (Taylor) and Texas (Josh) and met our senior years of college at the UofA. Josh now works for Walmart as a civil engineer and Taylor is the studio manager for a local tea towel company, Gingiber. Arkansas has been home for 10+ years and we love it so much. New Heights is a huge part of that. From being students in School of Ministry lead by Kevin Rusack to launching a Deeper community group, we have been continuously poured into by this body of believers. And now we are excited to co-lead a college bible study with some of our great friends, the Stamps!
Sundays @ 7:00pm
Andrew & Abby Bennett
We have been married for 4 years. Andrew is from Little Rock, AR and Abby is from McKinney, TX. We met while at the UofA. We now live in Tontitown with our 2 Aussie dogs :). I work as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Andrew works for a local glass & door company. Andrew is on the parking team with New Heights and we also help in children’s time to time! We lead a community group because we have a heart to see college students know Jesus and be set up to walk deeply with Him in college and for life! We both had positive discipleship experiences in college and want to in turn be that for the students. We are excited for what God will continue to do in New Heights college ministry!
Tuesday Nights
Tuesdays @ 6:30pm
Andrew & Anna Heffington
We have been married for 7 years and just welcomed a little guy named Ellis in March 2025. Andrew is originally from North Little Rock, Arkansas and works as a Construction Management consultant. Anna is originally from Mountain Home, AR and works as a Project Manager for an Advertising agency. We met at the university of Arkansas where we both grew closer to the Lord. We feel lead to be a part of college ministry and are excited for this semester!
Wednesday Nights
Wednesdays @ 6:00pm
Matt & Jessica Brown
Our main job is raising (and homeschooling) our crew of 4 kiddos. We also run an international nonprofit, write creatively, and do occasional work in the medical field. We host because we love being around college aged people, and we also want to help others realize their identity in Christ.
Wednesdays @ 6:30pm
Jesse & Hannah
We’re parents to two amazing kids (and counting!). We each began following Jesus during college, and ever since, we’ve been amazed by the goodness and richness of a life with Him. For over a decade, we’ve been serving in college ministry, both locally and around the world, and we’re not slowing down anytime soon. We believe college is one of the most defining seasons in life, and we’re passionate about walking alongside students—pointing them toward the most abundant life possible.
Wednesdays @ 6:30pm
Noah & Sam Scott
We moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Fayetteville last year where we felt poured into by our own church community. Noah does defense contracting while Sam is a stay at home mom to Levi and Ronan. We both went to college at the U of A and feel a desire to serve college students based off our own experience at the university. We want students to feel poured into at all phases of their life no matter what they are going through similarly to the way Jesus and his disciples poured into the early Christian churches. Living life with one another and going over the Bible together is what we believe is the best way to do that. What better way to do that than in a formative and foundational phase of life like college?
Thursday Nights
Thursdays @ 6:30pmThursdays @ 6:30pm
Matt & Rachel Gerner
Hi! Matt teaches Chemistry at the U of A and Rachel teaches English Language Learners at NWACC. We live on Kessler Mountain, near the Fayetteville Traverse trail. Come join our group for cute kids, good food, chilling on a massive deck, and real talk about following Christ.
Thursdays @ 7:00pm
John & Jessica Arivett
We’re from Central Arkansas - Russellville area specifically. We’ve been married 9 years and we have 3 kids. John works in logistics/transportation, and Jessica is a marriage & family health counselor. We’ve always served in the church in various capacities. Jessica currently sings on the worship team. Going back to our college days and since then we’ve just always felt the call to pour back into college students the way some of our mentors did for us while we were in college. Co-leading with Rachel & Heath has been an incredible experience: diving deep into the word, and watching relationships strengthen in our groups has been amazing to witness and be an a part of.
Heath & Rachel Gordon
We’re originally from Arkansas, but we spent several years in Colorado before moving back in 2019. Now we live on the south side of Fayetteville—just about five minutes from Baum—raising our two kids: Theo and Eloise. Here’s what you need to know about us: we didn’t come back for a job. We came to Fayetteville because we felt God compelling us to pour into college students at New Heights. We know what it’s like to carry big questions about God and life, but not know where to ask them. To long for something real and wonder if it even exists. Have you ever felt like faith was something you had to fake? Is it possible no one’s ever actually walked with you through your doubts? We lead a college community group not because we have all the answers, but because we know what it’s like to be searching. And we believe Jesus, the very Word of God, meets people exactly there.
Thursdays @ 7:00pm
Simon & Allegra Pierce
Both of us moved here to attend the U of A. Simon enjoys helping people learn more about the Bible, wrestling with our 2 boys, spending time with Allegra. and bowfishing. Allegra did event planning and I worked for local venues before becoming a mom and now stays at home with Owen (5) and Finley (3).
Simon: I lead a community group because a man named Tom led one for me when I was 18. It changed my life and I want others to have that opportunity.
Allegra: College was a challenging time for my faith but God brought me kind and safe people to shelter me along the way. My hope is that my home and family can be a safe space for students during their own faith journey