Denver Community Church

November 11, 2007: Bedroom of Your Heart – Rico Figueroa

November 4, 2007: Making It Right – Michael Hidalgo

Reconciliation sucks. Let’s just be honest at some point you have to admit you are wrong. Jesus sees this as an essential part of living. The downside of this is that it flies in the face of everything humans are. There are two types of people, those who want to be right and those who do not want to be wrong. Put together the battles can get fierce. The reality is without reconciliation things always escalate and get worse and worse. Jesus points toward people who are willing to reconcile at any cost. How do we live as a people willing to not always resolve everything but reconcile always. We must begin by remembering what comes first … peace before worship. Jesus exemplifies this on the cross. He brought reconciliation through his death. 

October 28, 2007: That's an Ugly Vase – Michael Hidalgo

Jesus tells us that simply being angry with your sister or brother is like murdering them. This makes sense because rarely do we become angry with someone without calling them names and thinking all sorts of evil things against them. It is so much easier to belittle them to make ourselves feel better about who we are. When we place on those people anything that is not from God we then stand in judgment over them removing from them their identity as people made in the image of God. 

October 21, 2007: Better Than the Best – Michael Hidalgo

To be more righteous than the most righteous seems impossible to us, and even to people in Jesus’ day it seemed impossible. However, when we begin to understand what God requires us to do our possibilities are endless. We have more opportunities to do than not to do. When we define ourselves about what we are against we are not compelling. Jesus wants a group of people who will do things for him. When he talks fulfilling and abolishing it is more than legalistic observance of the Law … it is understanding it correctly. We are a group of people called to do something. For in our doing, we become more than those who simply don’t do something.

October 14, 2007: More Than Counter Culture – Michael Hidalgo and Paul Bratsch

Jesus tells his people that they are both salt and light. These are two vastly contradictory ideas. One was something that was always mixed in as a part of a greater whole, and the other was something that stood out like, well light in the darkness. Jesus seems to be contrasting the two ways we are to live. Both seem contradictory, yet Jesus tells us to be mixed in with others to be a light to them. How can we be light where there is only light? How can we be salt where there is only salt? Where are we supposed to be spending our time … and what should we do once we are there? Jesus points toward being mixed in with the crap of the world and in the midst of the darkness.

October 13, 2007: Ministry Team Retreat (Part 3)

October 13, 2007: Ministry Team Retreat (Part 2)

October 13, 2007: Ministry Team Retreat (Part 1)

October 7, 2007: Understanding Covenant (4 of 4) – Michael Hidalgo

God calls his people into covenant with him and one another. Throughout history from Noah to Jesus covenants are made binding God to people, people to God, and people to one another. We will explore the meaning of covenant and better understand what it means to be committed to each other within as we journey with God in the context of DCC. In recognizing the covenant that Jesus entered with his people, we will conclude by celebrating communion, and asking people to commit to becoming a part of DCC.

September 30, 2007: Understanding Our Values (3 of 4) – Michael Hidalgo

The early church lived and moved in very specific ways. They were dedicated to learning, praying, building into one another, worshipping in the Temple, and enjoyed men and women finding Jesus. Many of these people spent years with Jesus, and knew what he expected of his followers. We will practice the same disciplines in which they engaged. In doing this, we are confident that God will move in and through us and allow us to enjoy seeing men and women find Christ.