CONNECT | Home Groups Fall 2026
A Place To Be Known.
We want to share with you about what a Home Group actually is — because it's worth knowing before you sign up.
A Home Group isn't a class, a social club, or a comfortable corner to observe from. It's a commitment — to a group of people, to yourself, to a season of growth, and to the hard and beautiful work of knowing and being known. We think that's worth saying clearly. And we think you're ready for it.
A Home Group is modeled on the group of disciples that gathered around Jesus — defined leadership, mutual accountability, and formation for service in the world.
What a Home Group actually is
Each group is intentional:
Between 8 and 15 people meet consistently — bimonthly — in the same place, with the same people, for a full year.
The Bible is studied, but it's not Bible study.
The goal is community that forms your faith for life in the world.
Groups gather around real content:
DTC sermon podcasts
Curated books
Guided conversations.
The leader(s) keep things moving. The members make it matter.
The values we don't negotiate:
Every group will have its own personality. But every group shares these commitments:
Be open: Come with curiosity, not conclusions. There's room here for questions.
Be unfinished: You're not expected to have it all together. None of us do.
Be real: Authentic community requires honest people. Bring your actual self.
Be creative and curious: Engage with energy. Playfulness and deep thinking aren't opposites.
Alongside these values, every group lives by generous hospitality, confidentiality, a tendency to withhold judgment, and a willingness to be accountable to one another. We take these seriously — because trust is what makes everything else possible.
What we'll ask of you
Two things, mostly: show up and come prepared. Nobody's checking homework. But the quality of every conversation depends on the people in the room. If a meeting runs from 7:00 to 9:00, it starts at 7:00 and ends at 9:00. Consistency is how trust gets built.
Once a group forms, it's closed. We know that sounds counterintuitive — but even one new person changes the chemistry you've already earned together. The integrity of the group is worth protecting.
At the end of the year, your group gets to decide together what comes next: recommit, open the group to new members, or celebrate a season well-lived and release each other. That's your call to make, together.
Start thinking about it now.
Use these summer weeks to discern and pray about it, talk it over with your household, and pay attention to the nudge you might already be feeling. If you've been looking for something more than Sunday morning — a place where your real questions are welcome and your presence actually matters — a Home Group might be exactly that.
Registration closes on August 16th.