Mountain View United Church, Aurora, Colorado received the Force For Good Award from the Interfaith Alliance (TIA) of Colorado on Monday, October 28, 2019. “2019 honorees have taken measurable action for radical love and justice in the past year,” announced TIA.
Mountain View United Church nurtures beloved communities of belonging, inclusion and justice. Nathan Hunt, Director of Economic Justice, TIA, noted that Mountain View United Church, “is a congregation that lives its faith through concrete actions of justice in their community. These are the Christians that I have been searching for since my youth, Christians who feed day laborers, provide overnight hospitality for homeless women at a sister church, partner with refugees, and advocate for immigration reform and safe gun laws. Mountain View United Church is the first congregation to join our Congregational Land Campaign to leverage their 2-acre vacant land for safe, inclusive, community-based, affordable home-ownership in the Metro Denver area. The congregation has joined with Habitat for Humanity to build townhomes for working families and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”
Reflecting upon the evening, Roberta Coss, church member remarked, “I am proud of our little church that “does” what we “say” we do! A church of approximately 60 people that is mighty and small, reminds me of the quote from Sister Teresa, “We know only too well that we are doing nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” Bob Jordan, Church Council Chairman, shared, “The Force of Good Award introduced me to all the wonderful people living and acting in radical love in their hearts. It made me more aware of the groups and individuals that I can learn to model.”
The other 2019 Force for Good honorees are Representative Dafna Michaelson Jenet, and 9 to 5 Colorado.
Congratulates Mountain View United and Rev. Dr. Tracy L. Hughes!
