Denver Community Church

August 13, 2023: Guest Teacher - Jason Miller

Guest teacher Jason Miller concludes Denver Community Church's summer series, "57 Words."

August 6, 2023: Guest Teacher - Michelle Warren

Guest teacher Michelle Warren continues the Denver Community Church summer series, "57 Words."

July 30, 2023: Guest Teacher - Maggie Knight

Children's Pastor Maggie Knight continues our summer teaching series.

July 23, 2023: Guest Teacher - Hannah Thom

Guest teacher Hannah Thom continues Denver Community Church's summer series, "57 Words."

July 16, 2023: Guest Teacher Series - Nick Elio

Family Ministries Pastor Nick Elio teaches on the Lord's Prayer in week 3 of Denver Community Church's summer series.

July 9, 2023: Guest Teacher - Jasper Peters

Guest teacher Pastor Jasper Peters continues our summer series at Denver Community Church.

July 2, 2023: A New Space in the Universe - Michael Hidalgo

This is the first week of the summer teaching series at Denver Community Church.

June 25, 2023: Announcement

We will not have a message to share this week as our community is expressing worship through support of our LGBTQAI+ sisters, brothers and siblings at Pride Fest. Check back next week as we resume our journey into the Book of Luke.

June 18, 2023: There Is No ”Them” - Michael Hidalgo

He came by the place where the person was hurting, beaten and naked to provide assistance in the form of clothing, water, cleaning wounds and a ride on a donkey. Sound familiar? Well, when Jesus told this story it wouldn’t have been offensive only because he makes a hero out of one of their most despised peoples; it’s doubly offensive because he calls them to remember a story from their past. What Jesus has the Samaritan in his story do - bandaging, pouring oil and wine and giving donkey rides - is an echo of what Samaritan soldiers did for their wounded and captured countrymen hundreds of years earlier. But many years later, Samaritans, in a rage, scattered human bones all over the Jewish temple courts.
 
Isn’t it astounding the way we can remember the parts of the story that serve the opinion we would like to have of someone, and how easily we can forget the times we served one another and treated each other with honor and dignity? How interesting that the most recent offense has a way of blotting out of our memories years of good? What is it that is so painful about remembering the joy that once was while in the midst of angst? Isn’t this life and relationships? One day we honor each other and the next day we insult each other (knowingly and unknowingly), and in the middle we have to figure out how to go about remembering our stories with others. What do we hold onto? What do we let go of? What action gets to have the last word about someone in our heads? Or is there a better way Jesus invites us to go about this?

 

June 4, 2023: You Must Be Crazy - Kent Dobson

It can feel good to quote Jesus when he says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” But in this text, none of that seems true. People are not supposed to have a home, bury their dead or treat their families with respect?

While these words are challenging, Jesus is inviting his followers toward a single-minded way of life. One that is devoted to and focused on the true, good and beautiful life of the Kingdom. This is in keeping with the traditions found within Judaism and Christianity – both seeing God as one. If God is one, then we are invited to live and be the same.