Abundance.

More.

Well, this month we get to celebrate more of the same lavishness as last. Ten days ago we had yet another teammate uproot their life, pack their worldly possessions, travel hundreds of miles and knock at my front door late into the evening because they are following a call God has put on them. Mari Ella Koons was one of the very first people we ever asked to consider joining us in Colorado. Long before we knew church names, neighborhoods, or even which city we were going to be prioritizing we asked her to start praying. Years passed, she prayed, we prayed, and then finally in the spring of this year through some divine direction, she made a spontaneous trip out here to learn, look, and little did she know, fall in love with the vision and the city.

Since that fateful trip she has visited a few other times thus sealing her fate as a member and early adopter of Capitol City Church. Mari Ella is an artist, a thoughtful disciple, a lover of children (especially ours), and has recently finished her bachelor’s degree. With that in mind one way we ask you to pray is for clarity on how she should proceed with her professional career. She has a beautiful blooming prayer ministry and many skills and side-hustles, but has also invested in a potential career in counseling with dreams of grad school in the future. Pray for a job to pay the bills, but also that she would be able to do this through her self-employment opportunities.

We welcome her with absolute joy and gratitude to the Capitol City Family.

Complete.

Another major celebration on the Capitol City Church front is that we have officially reached our budget goal for this year (and just in time too)!!!

We have officially raised 100% of our Year Zero goal of $110,000! WOW. I still can’t believe it. A year ago I definitely wasn’t certain if something like this was even possible, but the beauty of the gospel has been displayed to me yet again in that this generous gift has not been given because of my own merit or character, but because of grace and grace alone. Generosity from many of you toward us as an act of worship to the Living Jesus. That is how we are here. God ordaining the ends and the means. What a joy it is to partner with all of you in so many ways including the generous financial piece.

Looking Ahead.

While we are celebrating the meeting of a goal there is a bit of odd grit in my smile as we look ahead. Starting in November we officially begin Year 1, and thus a new budget year. We are making major progress on that budget as we speak, and their will be more info on that to come. However, with the beginning of our official first year as a church plant we have so many goals, plans, schemes, prayers, and daydreams.

We are beginning our discipleship rhythms as a team with the hope of multiplying into two Discovery Groups starting in January, and again into four Discovery Groups in April of 2022. The primary way we hope this happens is through people far from Jesus discovering who Jesus really is through the scriptures and by the Spirit in these groups.

We are praying for more team, specifically Godly men who are qualified to lead this church alongside me (Michael) as elders. We want a robust team of diverse individuals, but right now my main prayer is a friend who is a biblically serious charismatic man to work alongside me.

We are praying for unity in our little team / family. We don’t simply want warm bodies, but one united Body uniquely gifted and bound together.

We are praying for opportunities to BLESS Lincoln Park and the greater Central Denver area. Pray for inroads and persons of peace there.