Puzzle Pieces.
Thank You.
I want to start by thanking all of you who prayed for Martha and for Jess. Both are hurting physically and spiritually and the Lord has led us to a place where we believe he wants to intervene and show up in a very tangible way in their lives. Ally had the chance to share the gospel with Jess, and we are hoping that the seed has been planted! While we expected that Wednesday to be a big day of gospel shares and bold prayers our kind Father redirected plans to a point of prayer on just a few days later. Ally was able to not only share her hope of Jesus with Martha, but also to pray for relief for her 7 year old herniated disc in her back.
Guys. God took her pain from an unbearable and visibly uncomfortable level down to nearly no pain at all in a moment! This short paragraph does not capture the joy we feel at the clear leading of God to love on Martha or the steps that we, especially Ally, have taken in faith. We are watching God lead us in plain ways as we are heralds of the gospel to the citizens of Denver. But he is not done. With her healing or with her heart, or the hearts of so many others we are meeting like Jess, Jer, Kris, Kevin, Liz, Harlow, Caleb, and so many others yet to come.
KEEP PRAYING.
In Other News.
We are loving Denver more and more every day, especially now that Summer is here. I (Michael) has been working the Jubilee booth at the new City Park Farmer’s Market on Saturdays. It’s been such a treat to be in the downtown area, building relationships, and having a presence that is seen as legitimate in our city. We are looking forward to seeing all of the incredible ways God is using my time at Jubilee to bring the Kingdom to bare here.
Ally is honing in her relationships, her time, and her talents on discipling and loving specific people in the city as well as focusing in on her art and creative gifts as much as possible. We are anxious to see what God wants to do with her talents as we have discovered not only does God value them, but so do the people of Denver.
The kids are growing. Talking. Laughing. Talking. Talking. And also talking. But they are loving making new friends, going to parks, playing in the mountains, and Aksel is anxiously awaiting starting preschool this fall.
What’s Been Happening
We are praying over our neighborhoods, and even have the opportunity to bring in six college interns from Gen Send through the Send Network to partner with us this summer!
We are working on becoming a legitimate 501c3 in the eyes of the state so that we can officially become “Capitol City Church”. This is great, but is without a doubt my least favorite part of church planting!
We are growing in our understanding of our own gifting, callings, and how those things make our church unique, as well as how those things show up in the neighborhood.
We are hoping to start monthly nights of prayer and worship to discover more of what God is up to in our city, be loving toward one another, and see who God draws to us in this process.
Most of what we are doing is being with people as a family. We find that we have almost no down time five or six days a week (which we usually love!), and that we rest HARD on our family day. We are learning how to hone in who, how, and what we spend our time on each week.
Prayer Needs
Pray for our marriage and that it would STAY healthy and only get healthier.
Pray for our kids and that they would see the collision of intellect and experience in the gospel as we live as sent missionaries to Denver.
Pray for those who are lost in our lives. Martha, Jess, Jer, Kris, Kevin, Liz, Harlow, Caleb, Anna, T & C, E & T, and so many others yet to come.
Pray that God would keep uprooting belief that we are performing for him or that we have to pretend to be something we aren’t. The cross is so much greater than this.
Pray for boldness to start summer events to meet more people, be the church, and see what God wants to do.
Pray for our micro-gatherings we have started doing with a few friends where we focus on prayer and worship to meet with Jesus and encourage one another.
Keep praying for the right teammates. We have more and more people that we are praying would join us here in Denver (and they don’t know it yet), but also those who we hope God sends from other states. And yet, our biggest prayer is that God would raise up some from the harvest to be a part of our team.
Pray for the empowerment of our team to use their gifts, live out their callings, and unite in the gospel as the Family of God.
Pray for clarity of what Capitol City Church needs to look like at the end of 2022. This impacts what we do in January, which impacts where we are going for the next six months of our residency.
