The Grove

Our family loves the Grove. We have been attending for many years. Amazing community!

I love the grove. We have been going for 5 years and been apart of the Celebrate Recovery ministry there. The pastors are funny, real and relatable. They give you hard biblical truths and make the Bible more relevant and digestible.

I love that they have a college and are focusing on growing a generation to advocate social justice. I love that they don't rest on only worrying about their congregation but instead are world focused. Palmers background of growing up in Africa ensures that the Grove never views the world as "Gilbert AZ."

The chairs don't match! It's one of my favorite things. It say, "Come as you are!" The setup of the worship house is intimate and welcoming. The worship is out of this world. Josh Havens, Andrea Hughes and Katie are phenomenal!

But most of all, I like that they preach that no church or pastor should be your salvation. They focus on helping everyone get and grow an individual relationship with Christ! Churc

I thank God for the Grove, the staff and Celebrate Recovery. Highly recommend!

This church is all focused mainly on their college. Palmer, the lead pastor, talks mostly about himself than the life of Christ and Biblical teachings. The Bible is opened occasionally. The music is excellent. Although, at times, you have the vibe of a live concert. Not much talk on sin. The message is only 20 min long most times. If one is needing or wanting growing deeper in their faith and gain more depth in living Christ like.....this church falls short of that..
I pray to God that it enriches and focuses more on what a true meaning of how a church functions for the trinity and all.
I cant believe how DISRESPECTFUL this church is in reference to serving and speaking biblically. They actually used reference to FARTING with pertaining to and with GOD and the Bible!!! Look at Sunday service online 9/4/2022. Shameful. Disgraceful.

We have been to this church twice with the last time being Easter yesterday. We love the worship and preaching is good but I have to say I feel like we could go 15 more times and nobody would even notice. Nobody greeted us at any of the doors inside or outside and no ushers showed us to some seats. With how many people attend this church I would think that we would have been greeted at the outside doors and also at the inside doors at least connecting with people at least twice. I feel like many could be used in ministry to be greeters and just smiling faces and asking our names. We go to a church when we are living in Washington where you don't get to your seats without being greeted at least 2 to 3 times and new people are sought out and made to feel welcome. With how many churches are around our home down here in Queen Creek we have many options with CCV, Heart Cry, Rockpoint and many others I felt like I should share this so maybe the Grove can up their game to keep new people coming back! No ill will, just wanted to share perspective from some that our searching for their AZ home church!

Love God, grow together, serve the world is their motto. A missional church with an emphasis on authentic worship and sound biblical teaching.
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Even though we are generally pleased with The Grove, I feel that the pastor should quit talking about his vacations to Hawaii and NYC while still asking for tithes to the church. There are people fighting just to pay rent and feed their family, with medical issues that would never be able to do such a vacation. Just don't mention it, Palmer and all would be well.

The modern worship center is beautiful . The staff and volunteers very friendly.... However , Palmers messages are infinitely beyond secular . Very troubling silence on Jesus Christ , the Gospel , or anything Biblical ( even on Easter ) . We've visited many times, covering several years of his messages , always reaching the same conclusion ..... End Times Church .

The Grove is a wonderful church and my family feels so blessed that we have found our home here. The members of The Grove church are focused on showing Jesus to the world, feeding the hungry, lifting up the downtrodden, and welcoming all. It is a mission minded church from top to bottom. They preach scriptural truth and go out of their way to create a safe place for those who are hurting. The Grove worship band is absolutely amazing - I can't say enough about this group. Absolutely amazing! Definitely come and check it out. You won't be disappointed.

I have been looking forward to attending this church for a while since I am new to the area and trying to find a home church. The campus is pretty big and I wasn't sure where to go but eventually found the building. I went up to the front table and shared that this was my first service and where it was located, and they just pointed me in the direction and didn't even ask my name. After the service, I went up to the same desk asking to speak to someone about getting connected and again they didn't even ask my name or introduce themselves and just pointed to tables outside (rooted) and told me that's where to go. I spoke to another lady, who also didn't introduce herself or ask my name but she did tell me about rooted and how to sign up. It seemed more like a business pitch than a relational conversation though. More so, I have been emailing other "pastors" about getting connected and they are unresponsive. I have called multiple times and left a voicemail with no callback. I emailed someone at the church and their response was "Thanks for getting back to me, best of luck finding a good church home. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you at the Grove." I have been church "shopping" for a bit and trying to find a great church family since I am new to Mesa, but it seems I will have to look elsewhere to find that. If you are wanting a church with people who are relational and responsive, then this church is not for you.

I went today for the first time. If the pastors read this I want you to know the message was great. No complaints there. I think the music missed the mark. When I worship I want my voice and my words to be praise to God, I don't want to feel like I'm standing at a concert. It's not about you and the worship team it about us as a church praising and worshipping our God together. The hand out I received when I entered was good with good info and the facility was beautiful.
I'll be back because the message was good and relevant to life today based on scripture which I appreciate.