What Is Front Porch Sessions?
I created Front Porch Sessions because, in my heart, I believe that it’s harder to hate, it’s harder to hurt, it’s harder to harm when you know somebody. When you know their story.
Community Story Events Since 2016.
Front Porch Sessions was created to bring people together through true personal storytelling.
At each gathering, storytellers share personal stories inspired by a theme. After each story, the audience is invited into small-group conversations sparked by what they just heard.
Each event is designed as an opportunity to listen, reflect, and connect. Friends leave feeling closer, and people who share the same community leave feeling a little less like strangers and a little more like neighbors.
It is more than a storytelling event. It is an evening built around connection, community, and the simple belief that stories can bring us closer.
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Accolades for Front Porch Sessions
We help businesses, leaders, and communities tell their stories.
Front Porch Sessions began in my backyard during a time when the world felt especially divided and people in my community seemed more isolated from one another.
I wanted to create something simple but meaningful: a space where people could gather, listen to true personal stories, and have the kind of conversations we do not always make time for in everyday life.
What started as an intimate backyard event has grown into You Are Not Alone, a live storytelling series unlike any other. It is not just a show. It is an evening of true stories, shared reflection, and small-group conversation designed to help strangers feel a little less like strangers.
At its heart, Front Porch Sessions is about connection. It is a chance to remember what we have in common, honor what makes us different, and create community one story at a time.
— Chris
“We spend money on tickets and a babysitter for a FPS session for two reasons. 1) The storytellers are real people. Often not professional storytellers or fancy people, but always real people who bring their honest bits of the human experience to the table. 2) The community at FPS is filled with people who are interested and interesting. We get a chance to process these human experiences together. Life moves so fast, we don't often get a chance to do that. It is one way we counteract the scroll culture in our family...”
— Jenna Philpott