The Grove Church

After much prayer, we decided to visit this church in Jan/​16. LOVED IT FROM THE START!!! As soon as you walk in the doors you feel a very «Family Style» atmosphere. They offer a wonderful complimentary breakfast buffet & coffee/​tea bar. They have a very fun class for the Elementary grades (which our daughter loves!) They even offer a youth class for the Middle School students so they don’t have to sit in «Big Church» with their parents. The worship music is AMAZING. Very current. I love that the majority of the people that attend are younger, with children. (Yay! Other people OUR age!) The Pastor is great and delivers an encouraging «Topical Style» lesson (which I love) with great references to the Bible (on screen too). He is fun, young, erenergetic and relevant to the younger crowd. He offers an alter call after the service for prayer which I think is SO important. They offer youth group (different nights during the week) for the High School, Middle, AND Elementary grades (separate). (Which is great because the younger ones don’t want to miss out on the fun!) The building itself is fantastic. Basically, it’s one big room, with private classrooms. Everything is on the same level and easily accessible. Plenty of parking. Easy to get to, right off of the freeway. As you can see, I can’t say enough great things. We love it!

We’ve been attending The Grove for a few weeks now. We still like it, but I’m a little bummed about a few things. The teaching is great but the church is always talking about how they are very invested in making connections, with each other and in the community. After attending for several weeks, we’ve only been greeted /​talked to by 1 person 1 time. I would suggest having some of the people who’ve attended for awhile greet people and try to make them feel welcome. We have just gotten the feeling that we can go or not go and it would go unnoticed. Other than that, we do really like the church! Maybe it’s just been a bad couple of weeks with the welcoming part of it.

My husband and I moved to San Diego recently and have visited a bunch of churches. We went to Foothills and really liked it so we attended one of their home groups, which is where we found out about Foothill’s sister church: The Grove. We checked it out and liked that it was smaller, so that we could get connected easier. They have plenty of ways to get connected and we are excited to start attending a home group. Bonus– it is close and easy to get to. They are biblically sound and passionate for Christ!

We found our Home Church! I have been to the major «players» for church in the area — the mega-​churches (Shadow Mountain, Rock Church) and LOVE their teaching BUT after living in Charleston, SC for two years and attending the smaller intimate churches — we were seeking intimate family style. This church is still big enough — but fits just right!
It is a large industrial sized location with child care rooms off the main sanctuary. Personable, friendly peeps greet you — genuinely. There is a coffee and tea station with great tea selection and flavored syrups! NICE!
Love the couches and coffee table option for church seating!
Beyond the aesthetics! I LOVED the worship — and have attended a few times to realize that they change periodically but they all sound like angels… in a non-​stereotypical angelic way… hmm… how to explain… guitars, violin, scratchy yet soothing voices… just figure it out for yourself! I don’t know — but I LOVE IT!
Then the pastor gets up… energetic (in a non-​annoying way) — maybe passionate would be a better word here… young but wise. Transparent teaching — humble understandable and encouraging… Biblical.
Breakfast in between 1^st and 2^nd services — good food too! All ages and races. Nice blend.
It is located with easy access to the freeway AND trolley.

Sound biblical teaching, compassion hospitality. Love is here. Always community-​reaching, family — friendly and open to visitors.