The Front Room: A Third Space for Pasadena
The Front Room is more than a café — it’s a living room for the city.
It’s a warm, open, everyday space where students, creatives, remote workers, and neighbors come to work, linger, and belong.
It’s the kind of place you choose instead of a faceless coffee chain — because here, the coffee is excellent, the atmosphere is inspiring, and the people know your name.
How The Front Room + Frontier Connect
Frontier Church believes the church should not be hidden behind locked doors all week.
So we built The Front Room:
A Third Space open daily — part café, part co-working hub, part creative venue.
A bridge between ordinary daily life and the deeper story of following Jesus.
*A place where hospitality, beauty, and community point people toward renewal, rest, and meaningful formation.
The Mission Beneath It
The Front Room is a practical outworking of Frontier’s mission to renew the beauty of Jesus on the frontiers of modern culture.
Instead of paying rent for an empty Sunday building, we steward this warehouse all week long:
Good coffee and work tables: For the student writing her thesis or the freelancer who’d rather belong than stay home alone.
Monthly pop-up dinners: For neighbors to share stories, break bread, and taste hospitality that feels sacred.
Art shows and small concerts: For local artists to find an audience, a platform, and new friendships.
Seasonal markets and holiday parties: To gather the community in rhythms of celebration.
A shareable micro-library: Curated reading sets on spirituality, justice, the arts, faith, doubt, and meaning — with staff and volunteers ready to help people find their next good question.
Subtle daily liturgy: Maybe you’re here at 8 am, noon, or 5 pm when the café bells ring gently. A short modern reading, a moment to breathe, pause, and remember what matters — rooted in the Way of Jesus, but open to anyone who wants to slow down and listen.
Multiple Ways to Find More
Every element of The Front Room is designed to quietly point people toward the deeper community Frontier offers — never pushy, always invitational:
A table card: “Curious about spiritual questions? Join an Alpha Dinner — honest conversation, no pressure.”
A shelf label: “Books curated by our community — pick one up, see what speaks.”
A café chalkboard: “Monthly pop-up dinner — reserve your seat.”
A notice on your member app: “Interested in more? Check out Frontier’s Sunday gathering — all welcome.”
A poster: “Next live concert: local artists + community stories.”
Ways People Engage
A Front Room member might:
Come for the workspace and coffee (and their membership basically pays for itself in free drinks).
Stay for an art show, pop-up dinner, or holiday event.
Discover Alpha, a safe place to ask spiritual questions.
Borrow a book and find new questions stirring.
Notice the daily bell and reading, and pause — even if they’ve never been to church.
Talk to a barista or an intern who says, “Hey, our church meets here too if you ever want to check it out.”
Interns, Merch, and Everyday Vocation
The Front Room also grows people inside the church:
Young people can intern — learning to make coffee, run hospitality, and practice leadership alongside the church team.
Creatives and entrepreneurs can sell branded merchandise — local roasters, handmade mugs, or goods made by people in your community.
The business side becomes discipleship in the wild — working, serving, creating beauty, and practicing presence.
A Living, Breathing Invitation
At its heart, The Front Room is an open table:
A Third Space where neighbors become friends.
A daily expression of Frontier’s heartbeat — depth, formation, sacrifice — together.
A space that takes Jesus seriously, but holds that welcome open for everyone, regardless of where they’re at.
Because sometimes, all it takes is a cup of coffee, a good book, or the sound of a bell calling you to pause, to spark the beginning of a new story.