We live in a cultural era that often elevates the quantity of our possessions, platforms, or post likes over the quality of our personal lives. One that hypes affluence over influence. Hurriedness over health. Doing over being. 

As Jesus-followers, we hear the call of our King to walk in a different way. A way reflected in the words of the late Dallas Willard who said, “The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.” Not only will it take us into eternity; it will usher the realities of God’s eternal Kingdom into the places we call home. 

Imagine a network of leaders in community, business, and the church who gladly choose to follow Jesus by living and leading from a place of non-hurriedness, humility, and honesty. A people who see that for change to happen on the streets, it must start in the soul.

Join us at the Citywide Summit on January 30, 2025, with special guests, Michael Frost and John Ortberg. Together, we’ll be inspired and equipped to embrace Jesus’ vision for our souls and our city’s streets as we pray, “May your Kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Cost is $44 per person, or $220 for a team of six.

One year ago we launched the State of the City project, including a ten-year vision that compels us, the Within Reach network, to work together for the good of our city. 

Beginning this fall on October 31st, we will focus our citywide gatherings around this vision and the four strategic initiatives described in the State of the City. Each contributes to the framework we have developed by which to pursue city reaching and renewal. 

We’re excited to welcome and learn from special guest and friend, Dave Runyon, author of The Art of Neighboring. Dave will help us consider how to activate the people of Jesus across the Metro to seek the well-being of our neighborhoods through the practices of presence, prayer, hospitality, and generosity. 

Join us with your team for an afternoon of leadership encouragement and resourcing.

Registration costs $15/person and includes lunch. Register by clicking the button below.

On Sunday October 20th at Good News Church, youth are invited to a commissioning event from 3-4:30pm. The event will include worship, prayer, and equipping. Experts from around our city will lead breakout trainings on how to share your faith, how to lead someone to the Lord, and how to live a life of continual prayer with real practical tips to equip students to actually live out being sent as one.

If you’re a Youth Leader and you’d like to bring your students, please RSVP below! If you’re a parent of a student, please encourage your youth leader to submit an RSVP for your kids.

O,NE CHURCH—UNDER O,NE KING—SENT AS O,NE

Middle and high school students from all denominations are invited to join us on Sunday, August 25th for O,NE! This event is a citywide youth gathering designed to empower middle and high school students to live out their love for Jesus in tangible ways and connect with other Christians from their schools. The event will be held in Christ Community Church's parking lot from 5:30-8pm.

The evening will feature food trucks, a live DJ, games, live worship, and prayer for local schools. We believe this generation is called to be on mission and with the Holy Spirit moving in the hearts of Gen Z, this event is an opportunity to mobilize students to rise up and boldly share their faith.

Please register below.

O,NE is fully funded by the generous support of local contributors. Whether you are a local contributor or youth group contributing toward the event, please click here to give. We’re so thankful for your investment in our city and the next generation!

Interested in what it would look like to begin Alpha at your church? Join the Alpha team on Zoom as we look at next steps to help you with your Alpha journey. If this is the first time or the 10th time you have run Alpha, we want to help you plan to get ahead for the next course. We will share the cultures and best practices that have made it a successful tool over the decades and share about an exciting opportunity in the season ahead.

Click here to register today!

Join us at the upcoming Citywide Gathering where you will have the opportunity to hear from several leaders in the city on the topic of evangelism via a "TED Talk" style format, with 6-minute presentations followed by table conversations.

We look forward to having inspiring interactions around neighborhood engagement and compassion, and we'll hear powerful stories of impact that come from faithful presence. We'll also reflect on and celebrate the powerful impact made by the Within Reach network in 2023. You don't want to miss out on this conversation!

Registration costs $10/person and includes lunch. Register you & your team below.

As followers of Jesus, we long to live in a place where all people experience good in every area of their lives—relational, mental, physical, financial, vocational, and spiritual. Compelled by Jesus’ calling to love and serve our neighbors, we gladly share his commitment to seek the peace and prosperity of all. 

Join Within Reach for an evening of celebration and inspiration as we share a compelling vision that creates space for each of us to work together for the good of all who call the Metro home.

Dinner provided by Pleasure Your Palate

Special Guest, Nancy Ortberg, CEO of Transform the Bay

Personal Message from Patrick Gelsinger, CEO of Intel

FOR THE GOOD is a fundraiser for city flourishing. Thanks to our generous sponsors, this is a free-to-attend event. An invitation to give financially will be extended to help reach our goal of $250,000. All gifts will directly support the visionary efforts of Within Reach, a collaborative community that exists for the good of the Omaha Metro. 

Registration is now closed for this event.

Join us for a time of discovery as we share and learn more about our exciting 10-year goals for mental health here in the metro area. This session is an open invitation to explore the strategy and planning that will shape our next decade, then find out how you could be involved. Mark your calendars and come discover the exciting path we're charting together!

Registration is $10/person and includes lunch.

Empower every member of your congregation in the basics of evangelism. 

Relationships, questions, stories, the gospel, the invitation… these are the basic tools that every believer should be able to utilize to reach their friends.  This one day event is a train-the-trainer event.  Send your staff or lay person who is the champion for evangelism training (or could be!)  Mark Ashton and Allison Dykhouse from Christ Community Church, along with Jenny Wiswell from St. Gerald’s Catholic Church, will model and train your best trainer to equip your congregation to reach one more!

Registration is $20/person and includes lunch and all course materials.

Within Reach is a collaborative movement of Jesus-followers and leaders in community, business, and the Church who share a commitment to city reaching and renewal. If your congregation or organization has yet to become a Within Reach partner and would like to explore partnership in the network, join us for a 45-minute interactive virtual conversation around who we are, why we exist, and where we’re going. RSVP, meet our team, and enjoy a drink on us.  

Join church and city influencers for the 2024 Citywide Summit with guest keynote speaker, Michael Frost!

Every human being wants to flourish (experience greater good) in our lives. It’s a desire woven deep inside of our being. It may be felt in a longing for life-giving community, a search for soul-filling meaning, a yearning for God’s presence, or a pursuit of lasting peace and joy.

As followers of Jesus, we recognize that this desire was given to us by our Heavenly Father who created all people to flourish. At the same time, we believe He calls us to work for the good of all in the places we call home.  

Invite your team to join a network of leaders for a day of leadership inspiration and training. Together, let’s seek the flourishing of our city.

Cost is $39 per person, or $200 for a team of six.

Join us on Thursday November 9th for a very special Citywide Gathering where we will officially unveil the State of the City Project! Our team + many contributors have spent almost two years researching, connecting, and writing. We couldn't be more excited to unveil this project, to use it to shape our leadership, and to guide us into a more intentional presence in the city! Mark it on your calendars now and register you and your team today:

Registration costs $20/person and includes lunch and a State of the City book.

Registration is now closed.

O,NE is an event dedicated to support middle school and high school students in their faith walk through worship and connection to other Christians at their school. To learn more about brining your Youth Group, contact Taylor De Young at taylor@withinreach.com.

To learn more about supporting the O,NE event financially, please visit withinreach.com/give and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Join church and city influencers for the 2023 Citywide Summit with guest keynote speaker, Albert Tate!

As our culture eagerly pursues soul-level answers to life’s great questions of identity, meaning, belonging, and purpose, Jesus invites us not to simply give answers, but to answer his call. A call to greater love, laying down our lives for our neighbors. Greater trust, believing that He still does the impossible. And greater unity, knowing that as we work together the world will see Jesus in us and place their hope in Him.

Cost is $39 per person, or $220 for a team of six.

Empower every member of your congregation in the basics of evangelism. 

Relationships, questions, stories, the gospel, the invitation… these are the basic tools that every believer should be able to utilize to reach their friends.  This one day event is a train-the-trainer event.  Send your staff or lay person who is the champion for evangelism training (or could be!)  Mark Ashton, Allison Dykhouse and Mary Claire Johnson from Christ Community Church will model and train your best trainer to equip your congregation to reach one more!

Registration is now closed.

We are excited to join leaders from across the Metro on October 20th for a focused conversation around evangelism.

We’ll explore what the Barna Group and Alpha USA recently discovered in a research project called Reviving Evangelism. The project reveals how Christians and our culture see evangelism, why evangelism needs to be rediscovered as a story of Good News, and how real data should inform and influence our commitment to reaching the Metro with the Good News.

We will also come together to celebrate all that God is currently doing in our city, including City Serve impact, State of the City progress, and upcoming tools to help you and your team grow in your evangelism efforts.

Click the button below to save a seats for you and your team today! Lunch is $10 per person and collected with each individual registration.

O,NE is an event dedicated to support middle school and high school students in their faith walk through worship and connection to other Christians at their school. To learn more about brining your Youth Group, contact Taylor De Young at taylor@withinreach.com.

Join us on June 23rd, from 11:30AM - 1PM for the Innovating Change in the Church and City: Part 2 seminar held at Abide's Better Together Campus. We will hear from Ron Dotzler, as well as a panel of Pastors, as we discuss how to innovate and implement change in our churches in order to powerfully reach our communities for Christ. We will discover what it looks like to:

1. Embody Passion for Change so our church is excited about the future impact we’ll have in our city

2. Establish an Effective Organizational Model so our church is joyfully engaged with the unchurched

3. Empower “Extending” Leadership so our church is trained and mobilized to demonstrate and communicate the good news in our city

Together we will innovate and seek to bring about the kind of change that will result in reaching our communities. If you have a heart to reach our community, please save your spot by registering today and clicking the button below. We hope to see you there!

Join us on January 27th for the Innovating Change in the Church and City seminar.

We’ll welcome our very own Ron Dotzler, from Abide Omaha, who will be leading a conversation around how to better reach our communities through innovation. During the seminar, we will discover what it looks like to:

1. Create a welcoming church service for newcomers and outsiders

2. Empower Christians to have meaningful connection with the unchurched

3. Train Jesus-followers to be the church and reach their communities

We’d love for you to join us as we listen, learn, and link arms to bring about the kind of change that will result in reaching our communities. 

If you’re a spiritual entrepreneur, change agent, or have a heart to reach our community, register yourself and your team below.