Richard Lawrence - December 11, 2022
Advent • Waiting in The Spirit
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The word “Lent” comes from the Old English word læncte, meaning “spring, springtime, or lengthening.” It’s the time of year when the days are getting longer and the darkness is slowly retreating. Lent is the 40-day period of the Church’s liturgical calendar beginning on Ash Wednesday and leading up to Easter (not including Sundays). This duration reminds us of and reflects the 40-day fast and temptation of Jesus in the wilderness (see Matthew 4:1-2; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-2). Lent is to Good Friday and Easter what Advent is to Christmas. Just as Advent prepares us for the birth/arrival of our…
Join neighbors of all walks of life for Christmas in Denver, hosted by Grace City Church at the Asterisk events venue in the heart of downtown. This free candlelight celebration will feature traditional and contemporary carols, Scripture readings of the Christmas story, a brief message of hope, refreshments, and special gifts and activities for the kids. All are welcome! 5:00 p.m., December 24 at Asterisk Denver 1075 Park Avenue West. Details on parking at https://gracecitydenver.com/new.
Let’s talk about this amazing sermon series graphic, created by our friend Bruce Butler [check out his work at @wearewisebison]. We are posting this explanation with his permission. The Psalms are often called “The Songbook of God’s People.” Written over the span of 900 years, most of them around the time of King David, the Psalms are the world’s most famous collection of sacred songs, hymns, and poems. But instead of the rhyme and meter of modern poetry, Hebrew poetry was characterized by symmetry, contrast, and parallelism. The mirror image of a chiastic structure is subtly represented in the…
We praise God for prospering Grace City Church at the corner of Park Avenue and Broadway over the past five months. Though construction delays, COVID shutdowns, and collaborative efforts with another church all impacted our plans and timeline, we’re now thriving, by God’s providence, in the heart of downtown Denver. As we head into a new fiscal year beginning July 1, we want to highlight some key elements of a Strategic Plan the leadership team has been developing. A Strategic Plan is a way to focus our energy and resources around a set of shared priorities and goals. Out of…
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