IT'S TIME TO THRIVE!
The high school years can be both awesome and challenging and our goal at Thrive is to meet students where they are at and point them to Jesus and His great plan for their lives. We do this by connecting to God and each other in worship, teaching, small groups, camps, retreats, and mission trips. We want high schoolers to know they are loved by Jesus and the Orchard family and that no matter what they are going through they have people to walk alongside them and help them THRIVE!
Thrive exists in order to ENGAGE high school students with a family of Christ-centered believers, EQUIP them with the power and truth of the Gospel and to EMPOWER them to do the work of ministry through serving the Orchard Church, the Inland Empire and the rest of the world!
Thrive exists in order to ENGAGE high school students with a family of Christ-centered believers, EQUIP them with the power and truth of the Gospel and to EMPOWER them to do the work of ministry through serving the Orchard Church, the Inland Empire and the rest of the world!
HELLO!
I'm Pastor Zac and I love this valley! I grew up here and graduated from high school here. I then went to CBU and got a degree in Applied Theology and am currently getting my Masters degree at Gateway Seminary. I have an awesome wife named Kim, and 3 boys that keep my life really busy!
Because I know what students go through in our area, my heart is to see every high schooler in our valley and beyond hear the good news of Jesus and have their lives transformed by Him. If I haven't met you yet, let's connect!
If you have questions, email me at zgutierrez@orchardchurch.life
Because I know what students go through in our area, my heart is to see every high schooler in our valley and beyond hear the good news of Jesus and have their lives transformed by Him. If I haven't met you yet, let's connect!
If you have questions, email me at zgutierrez@orchardchurch.life
"So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of god but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us."
1 Thessolonians 2:8
Growing together
Whoever you are, wherever you're from, you are welcome here! We consider youth group as a forever family. Relationships will be created through our coming together to support each other in our continued walk in Christ.
Our hope is that by being a part of this youth family, students would know that they are KNOWN by God and by us, that they would be equipped to live as disciples of Jesus, and that they would be empowered to not merely BE a Christian, but to LIVE as a Christian!
Our hope is that by being a part of this youth family, students would know that they are KNOWN by God and by us, that they would be equipped to live as disciples of Jesus, and that they would be empowered to not merely BE a Christian, but to LIVE as a Christian!