Everyone is made for a home.
The Gospel makes us family, and families gather around tables in homes. Home Groups aren’t a program we run — they are how God’s family lives: followers of Jesus, living and resting in the grace of the Gospel, learning to walk like Him together.
Fun, food, and laughter are essential. As trust grows, we share honestly from our lives and learn to point each other to Jesus. From there, we love and serve.
If you’re new or a larger room feels like the right first step, community events and meet-ups are a good place to start.
What are Home Groups about?
From its beginning, the Church embodied a devotion to the four values our Home Groups pursue (Acts 2:42-47).
Rather than keeping us inward, these devotions send us outward with love overflowing — forming disciples who can’t help but love as they are loved: sharing Jesus with their neighbors, serving the needy, and making disciples.
1. Looking to Jesus in Scripture
God loves first in Christ. This Gospel fuels right living.
Scriptures shows a Father who loves first. He changes us by His free and powerful grace through trusting in Jesus: what He has done, is doing, and will do. The Gospel put us ‘in Christ‘ where through faith, we are free from sin, know who we are, and have power to walk by the Spirit just as Jesus did. The Gospel alone powers the other three devotions.
2. Learning to Love Deeply
When we build deep relationships, community grows.
Shared commitment to loving like spiritual family is where deep formation happens. This looks like vulnerable presence and tangible care; sharing life — not just events. We help each other move, celebrate wins, grieve losses, and walk through both the mundane and sacred. This is where the Gospel puts on flesh: in our relationships.
3. Breaking Bread at the Table
We feed friendship at the table, as Jesus did.
Regular meals and communion are where Jesus shows up as the bread breaks, and transformation happens in the laughter and lingering. The table is where barriers fall and stories are told. We practice hospitality, and an unhurried presence with each other.
4. Being with God in Prayer and Worship
We meet with our Father in structure and freedom.
We seek God’s face and expect His Spirit to move. We want to see Jesus, be loved by the Father, and be filled by the Spirit as we love Him back. God is a person to be known, not just heard of. Transformation happens not through information about God, but by experiencing life with Him.
Join a Home Group
Browse our open Home Groups.
Join a community gathering in homes around meals, scripture, and prayer — where real discipleship happens in everyday life together.
If you’re new or prefer to connect with a larger group of people first, browse our community events and meet-ups.
Good things take time.
We invite you to commit before it’s convenient, and to stay longer than you might be comfortable. Real community requires sacrifice, and trust grows at the speed of relationship.
After You Visit
We recommend attending at least six times, or visiting other Home Groups until you find the right one. Please reach out to our Groups + Connections Pastor if you have questions or are having trouble finding a Home Group.
See What Jesus is Doing
This is our favorite part: sharing all the amazing ways Jesus is showing up in people’s lives.
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Home Group Leadership
Home Group leaders play a vital shepherding role at Reach: Followers first, they depend on God in guiding others’ identity and discipleship, walking with them through life’s questions, and teaching them to make disciples.
The next step toward Home Group leadership can be different for every person. If you’re new to Reach, or to following Jesus, joining an existing group is a great place to begin.
To begin a conversation about what Home Group leadership could look like for you, talk to your group’s leader or reach out to Stephen Garcia, our Groups + Connections Pastor.
FAQs
If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, please reach out to our team directly.
Meet Stephen Garcia
Reach is the home that raised me in the faith since my sophomore year at Northwest University in 2013. Jesus has used this family to transform my life — a place where the Gospel takes center stage. I long to see Reach become not just a dwelling for God's presence, but a home where the lost, lonely, cynical, and hurt experience righteousness, peace and joy in Christ. Reach will be a home for all. God’s grace has brought us this far, and his grace will finish the work. I also make passable latte art, build websites on the side, and love hosting friends for food and fellowship.
You’re Invited
Whether you’ve been following Jesus for decades, or identify with words like “curious” or “skeptical” when it comes to faith or church, we want you to know there is a place for you here.
