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Current Series
UP | IN | OUT – 2022
Together we are following the way of Jesus by moving UP toward God through worship and prayer, IN toward each other through meaningful table experiences, and OUT toward our community through schools, government, neighbors, and businesses.
AMOS – 2022
Amos is an unlikely prophet, rejected for being an immigrant, with a vital message about the kind of worship and lifestyle God most delighted with and honored by.
FINDING RHYTHMS – 2022
Spiritual practices, where they come from, and how we can practically integrate them into our daily lives.
THE CHURCH – AT LARGE – 2022
PENTECOST – 2022
EASTERTIDE – 2022
LENT – 2022
EPIPHANY – 2022
Advent 2021
Advent Throughout Advent we'll wait and watch for the light through unique songs, food, celebrations, decor, traditions, and more. We hope you'll join us on Sundays for a simple and meaningful series through the themes of Advent: HOPE - PEACE - JOY - LOVE
Exodus 2021
Exodus This season we will be diving into the book of Exodus. We will be addressing our preconceived ideas we bring to this book, utilizing some of the best scholarly work done on this book, and seeking to apply its truth to our lives. We hope you will join us in...
Eastertide 2021
Courageous Celebration! The Season of Eastertide is a season of courageous celebration for our church. Courageous celebration does not mean that we ignore the pain, despair, and death which surrounds us, but instead it means that we acknowledge simultaneously that all...
Lent 2021
Giving up ... taking up ... For some, Lent is seen as a season of sorrow because we are made aware of our sin and therefore should wallow in pity and pain. While there is certainly an element of sin discovery throughout the season, Lent is more about exposing those...
Ash Wednesday 2021
Ash Wednesday Opportunities 30 Minute Online Service Wednesday Morning at 7AM Wednesday Evening at 7PM In Person Opportunities Receive ashes at Acoma from 7:30-9AM or 7:30-9PM
Epiphany | 2021
The term epiphany means “to make known” or even “to reveal.” It’s a season of focusing on the mission of the church in reaching others by “showing” Jesus as the Light of the world, the Savior of all people. It’s also a time of focusing on Christian community,...
Advent | 2020
In Advent, there will be, of course, Christmas songs, candles, and decor, but the season of Advent is primarily about waiting and longing.Perhaps more than any other time in our lives the world is waiting, longing, hoping for peace and deliverance. This collective...
Generosity | 2020
We believe that generosity is at the core of who God is and, as Christians, it is our privilege and opportunity to show the world God's character. Generosity is a key characteristic that our church has been striving for since we started. We choose to be good stewards...
Vision | 2020
Every year in October our family of churches revisits the vision and values we hold to. These have become the backbone of who we are and make up the practices and rhythms we engage as a church and individuals.Together we are following the way of Jesus by moving UP...
Job | 2020
The book of Job is perhaps like no other book in the Bible. It is wisdom literature but also narrative, it is poetry but also prose, it is theology but also fable. Most of the questions posed to the reader throughout go either unanswered or the answers feel...
Pentecost 2020
The season of Pentecost has been, for us, a time to reflect on the character, guidance, and love of the Holy Spirit. It is during this time every year that our church comes to a better understanding of the Spirit and explores the implications of the Spirit on our...
Eastertide 2020
We cling to the promise of the resurrection: Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again! This is Eastertide: a 50-day celebration of the resurrection of Jesus and all the benefits and blessings therein. If we are to Lament that the world is not as it...
Lent 2020
Giving up what distracts ... taking up what connects... LENT is a season for listening and longing. In that regard, it is not dissimilar in its relationship with Easter as Advent is to Christmas. It is meant to build anticipation, excitement, and awareness as the days...
Epiphany 2020
"May we trust that our questions will guide us to the source of truth and light." EPIPHANY: a season of discovery. A season of revelation and relevance. A season to re-evaluate, re-invigorate, and re-orient. We plan to spend EPIPHANY exploring and discovering...
Advent 2019
The word advent is rooted in a Latin word simply meaning, arrival. During this season of the Church calendar, which starts four Sundays before Christmas & culminates on Christmas Eve, we celebrate the arrival of Light into darkness: Jesus Christ, God as man,...
Generosity 2019
Every November our family of churches takes a few weeks to explore a characteristic to which we aspire: GENEROSITY. We want to be generous because our Father is generous and as his daughters and sons we want to show the world what he is like. We make a statement with...
Rooted 2019
"We lose something essential to our existence if we do not recognize our fundamental need for stability. Trees can be transplanted, often with magnificent results. But their default is to stay." — Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove Our desire to be rooted is human, it is...
Jonah 2019
The book of JONAH is one which seems to unfold and reveal new truths over time. There's plenty of dialog and intrigue over the historicity of the story but beyond that, there is a lot to learn from this book about the mission of God, racism, obedience, Jesus,...
PSALMS 2019
Each July we join with a few other churches in the Denver area and share a text, a series, and one another's pulpits. For this year we have chosen to go through the Psalms written by Asaph, a worship leader of the ancient Israelite people. Asaph's Psalms put words to...
PRAYER 2019
Throughout the month of June we will focus our attention on PRAYER as a tool for listening, worship, petition, protest, lament, confession and more. We'll talk about prayer practices that will help make something that might otherwise seem foreign to you seem more...
Eastertide 2019
Celebrating the implications of resurrection Eastertide is the 50-day celebration of the resurrection and all the benefits and blessings therein: the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, the hope of glory, and God’s means of grace in the world. During...
LENT 2019
GIVING UP | TAKING UP LENT: The word itself connects us to a season of life. The word ‘Lent’ comes from a Germanic word meaning ‘long’, descriptive of the season when dark nights grow shorter, days grow brighter and longer, and indications of new life become...
Epiphany 2019
GLORY TO GOD | PEACE TO ALL PEOPLE The season of EPIPHANY is the annual exploration of that movement, posture, and plan that Jesus' arrival initiated. In EPIPHANY we discover and rediscover the light that has come into the world to shine throughout the darkness. That...
Empires 2018
Assimilation is the work of the empire. reconciliation is the work of the kingdom. Downloadable Screensaver Power, empire, control, authority, prowess. For many these are the great goal of life, but once acquired they are quickly abused or squandered. How are we to...
Proverbs 2018
WISDOM IS THE ART OF LIVING SKILLFULLY IN WHATEVER ACTUAL CONDITIONS WE FIND OURSELVES. - EUGENE PETERSON We live in an age of ever-increasing knowledge yet little wisdom. We learn more and more every day at a rate humanity has never seen before; yet, there are few if...
Pentecost 2018
THE WORK THE SPIRIT IS DOING IN US IN THE WORK WE ARE MEANT TO BE DOING IN THE WORLD. Downloadable Screensaver Pentecost Sunday kicks off the extended celebration and recognition of a singular event: the day the Holy Spirit descended to dwell within and among the...
Eastertide 2018
We base our hope in God alone and hope against hope til the day breaks. Downloadable Screensaver Eastertide is the 50-day celebration of the resurrection and all the benefits and blessings therein: the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, the hope of...
Lent 2018
MAY OUR HEARTS BE FIXED WHERE TRUE JOY IS TO BE FOUND. Downloadable Screensaver Lent is a season we create space to encounter God. We do this by giving up or taking up: giving up what can distract us to create space for us to hear and respond to God; taking up...
Epiphany 2018
the important thing is not to stop questioning. never lose a holy curiosity. Downloadable Screensaver Asking questions is how we learn, develop, and grow. Questions expand our sense of wonder, mystery, and what is possible. While often challenging and stretching, even...
Advent 2017
THE WORD BECAME FLESH & BLOOD AND MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. The Incarnation: God becoming his own creation, taking on flesh in the person of Jesus; the truth that Jesus was at once fully God & fully human: infinite & finite entwined in one man. The...
Generosity 2017
WE CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF JESUS AND INCREASE IN GENEROSITY UNTIL IT CAN BE SAID “THERE IS NO ONE IN NEED AMONG US”. Humans are generous creatures by design. We’re created in the image & likeness of God, which means we’re wired to reflect God’s generosity:...
Essentials 2017
We live in a world that is rich in most everything, except clarity in the area of spirituality. It is not easy to know how we should live out what is essential within our lives of faith. What are the essentials of the faith? Why do we follow Jesus? How and why do we...
Questions from Corinth 2017
The Responsibility of Freedom It can be easy to think of the first century church as a utopian community, a perfect example of what the church should be, an archetype we’ve tried to get back to for 2000 years. But the truth is the early church was plagued by many of...
Angry Psalms 2017
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THAT PERVADE OUR LIVES? What is a healthy way to deal with the sadness, anger, jealousy, bitterness, and fear that so many of us experience? Do we stuff those feelings down, ignoring them because we think they’re...
Pentecost 2017
THE MORE WE’RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE WE CAN JOIN GOD IN WHAT HE’S DOING. The Holy Spirit. Perhaps the most mysterious member of the Godhead arrived in a new way on Pentecost Sunday. The Spirit of God is now intimately with every person who...
Eastertide 2017
CHRIST’S RESURRECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING. Jesus showed up to announce the arrival of Kingdom of Heaven and his work was to begin spreading that news & laying a foundation. Then, his resurrection changed everything, freeing us to partner with God in the work Jesus...
Lent 2017
JOIN AS THIS YEAR AS WE EXPLORE LENT & THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW THROUGH THE LENS OF JESUS’ WORK: REPENT & BELIEVE We participate in this season of the Church calendar through giving up and taking up: giving up what can distract us to create space for us to hear...
Epiphany 2017
FAITH IN ACTION IS ALIVE! James, the half-brother of Jesus, wrote a letter to Jewish Christians surrounding Israel who were being persecuted for their faith. In it, James shares wisdom about how to live out our faith over the long haul; how to put our faith in action;...
Advent 2016
Hope, Peace, Joy, & Love The word advent is rooted in a Latin word simply meaning, arrival. During this season of the Church calendar, which starts four Sundays before Christmas & culminates on Christmas Eve, we celebrate the arrival of Light into darkness:...
Essentials 2016
Life is Sacred, God is Grace Each of us was created with intention and called by God. Our sin and brokenness muddle that intention and mute our ability to hear God’s call. But because of God’s lavish grace for us, seen in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus...