On Sunday July 28, Genesis, Green Mountain, Shepherd of the Hills and Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Churches came together in mission. As our denomination moves forward and our congregation sizes become smaller, it becomes ever more important for us to work together to be more effective disciples for Christ.
Our four churches combined their efforts to collect school supplies and backpacks for their various neighborhood schools. Our pastors and elders rotated between the churches so we could get to know each other better and we all shared the same liturgy for blessings the school supplies and all those who will be returning to school in the upcoming week. We finished the morning with a combined pot-luck at Shepherd of the Hills where we sat at tables purposefully mixed so we sat with people from each church and had conversations about our different mission projects and hopes for the future.
We hope this will be a first step in creating bridges between our congregations and finding synergy where we can work more effectively in partnership, rather than smaller singular entities.
Rev. Whit Dempsey, Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Church
Rev. Joanna Douglass, Genesis Presbyterian Church
Rev. Justin Spurlock, Grace Presbyterian Church
Rev. Matt Syrdal, Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church
Rev. Gretchen Hope Wilson, Green Mountain Presbyterian Church
