Follow the Leader, Part 2 – Counting the Cost
June 29, 2010
We all want to be part of changing something about our world. Maybe you’re passionate about finding a cure for cancer, or protecting our environment, or maybe it’s closer to home, like improving the quality of your kids’ school or your neighborhood park. So how do you start a movement that changes the world in some positive way? Certainly it takes a great leader. But the people that show up to follow make all the difference.
This week we continue our exploration of the start of the Jesus movement. Many people came to Jesus wanting to follow him but chose not to. Why did some choose to follow but others didn’t? Is there something Jesus can teach us about the cost of being something significant?
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Second Sunday Project for July
June 27, 2010
This month we will be serving at Denver Rescue Mission (DRM), one of our local service partners. During the year, the Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need. We will be volunteering at DRM’s Lawrence Street facility. Lawrence Street, DRM’s flagship facility, is a men’s shelter with 200 overnight beds, and an outreach location offering meals, clothing, free health care, and Client Services. On Sunday, July 11th we will be preparing and possibly serving a meal. We have a breakfast, lunch and dinner shift available:
- Breakfast (5:30am-6:45am) – Click here to sign up.
- Lunch (10:30am-1:30pm) – Click here to sign up.
- Dinner (4:30pm-6:00m) – Click here to sign up.
*Note: Minimum age for serving is 18 for the breakfast shift, 13 (with adult supervision) for the lunch shift, and 10 (with adult supervision) for the dinner shift.
Picnic in Wash Park Update!
June 25, 2010
We’ve changed the time for our picnic this Saturday in order to first get together to cheer on Team USA as they take on Ghana in the second round of the World Cup. We’ll meet upstairs in the Loft (our UpStreet space on Sundays) at the church (700 Bonnie Brae Blvd) at 12:00pm to watch the game. Then immediately following the game at 3:00pm we’ll head over to Wash Park for our picnic.
The picnic will be in Washington Park near picnic area 3, south of the main field (click here to see a map of the park). Look for the NDC sign and don’t forget to invite a friend! For questions call 303.656.9089 or email info@newdenver.org. This event is open to friends and family of New Denver Church. NDC will supply the grills for cooking, water, lemonade and some activities while we enjoy some fun in the Colorado sun.
Follow the Leader, Part 1 – Where to Begin?
June 21, 2010
We all want to be part of changing something about our world. Maybe you’re passionate about finding a cure for cancer, or protecting our environment, or maybe it’s closer to home, like improving the quality of your kids’ school or your neighborhood park. So how do you start a movement that changes the world in some positive way? Certainly it takes a great leader. But the people that show up to follow make all the difference.
This week we begin our examination of the Jesus movement by looking at his first followers. How did these simple men take Jesus’ message and create a movement that would still be going over two thousand years later.
**Note: Stephen refers to a video in his message. To view the video, click below. Read more
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Follow the Leader
June 16, 2010
We all want to be part of changing something about our world. Maybe you’re passionate about finding a cure for cancer, or protecting our environment, or maybe it’s closer to home, like improving the quality of your kids’ school or your neighborhood park. So how do you start a movement that changes the world in some positive way? Certainly it takes a great leader. But the people that show up to follow make all the difference.
In this series we’ll explore the most transformative movement in human history. How did an obscure carpenter from the Middle East launch a movement that is still going 2000 years later? Who were the critical first followers, and what can we learn from them about how to change the world? Join us June 20th, June 27th, and July 4th for our new series Follow the Leader.
The Queen of Virtues
June 10, 2010
This week we’re joined by a very special guest, our friend Dr. Scott Wenig from Denver Seminary. Scott serves at the seminary as associate professor of applied theology, teaching in the areas of homiletics, church history, and pastoral ministry. Dr. Wenig was on the pastoral staff of Bear Valley Church in Colorado for 16 years; the pastoral staff of Centennial Community Church, also in Colorado, for eight years; and served as the senior teaching pastor of Aspen Grove Community Church in Colorado for five years. You don’t want to miss this special message from Scott.
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Picnic in Wash Park, Saturday June 26th
June 4, 2010
Kick off the summer right with a cookout in Wash Park on Saturday, June 26th at 1:00pm! Please bring your own food and anything else you’d like to enjoy the day – chairs, blankets, games, coolers, etc. The picnic will be in Washington Park near picnic area 3, south of the main field next to the playground (Cross street reference: East side of Wash Park – enter at the intersection of E. Tennessee and S Franklin Street, West side of Wash Park – enter the park at E. Tennessee and South Downing), where we had the Easter egg hunt for those of you who were there. Click here to see a map of the park. Look for the NDC sign and don’t forget to invite a friend! For questions call 303.656.9089 or email info@newdenver.org. This event is open to friends and family of New Denver Church. NDC will supply the grills for cooking, water, lemonade and some activities while we enjoy some fun in the Colorado sun.
In the Darkroom, Part 3 – Danny’s Story
June 3, 2010
From time to time, life throws you a curve ball. The conversation you didn’t want to have. The news you didn’t want to hear. The phone call you didn’t want to receive. And when that happens, if feels like we’ve been locked in a darkroom with no answers to your questions. If God really loves us, why would he let this happen? Why doesn’t he answer our prayers? How will this ever turn out in any good way?
This week Danny Oertli, one of our worship leaders, shares his own personal experience in the darkroom through story and song.
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Second Sundays Project for June
June 3, 2010
WEATHER UPDATE (06/13):
In light of the inclement weather, we are canceling our outdoor Second Sunday project with ECM today. But we are still going to meet at the church at 1:30pm to do some projects there. We finished a great conference yesterday and need help cleaning up the Loft area (resetting tables, chairs, moving furniture) and Norton needs some help with some projects in the sanctuary.
So join us this afternoon at 1:30pm at the church (700 Bonnie Brae Blvd).
This month for our Second Sundays project we will be serving with Extreme Community Makeover. The Extreme Community Makeover is an initiative designed to bring churches, companies, families, neighborhoods, and schools into specific neighborhoods throughout Denver in order to partner with the residents to complete identified home repair/improvement projects such as graffiti removal, painting, yard work, and other types of projects. We will be partnering with the West Colfax neighborhood residents to improve their properties.
The project will be Sunday, June 13th from 1:30-3:30pm (or until we’re finished). This project is open to kids 10 and older, and as always, feel free to invite friends. For more details and to RSVP go to our eVite registration page for this event.
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