Cinco de Mayo Festival Outreach

We had a wonderful opportunity "fall into our laps." Transformation Net and the National Day of Prayer folks had originally obtained the small park across from the capitol to do a prayer and lunch outreach to the community on Saturday May 9. Turns out we were right next to the Cinco de May celebration! God has a sense of humor. So with some quick thinking on Phil Eberhart's part, we got in touch with Jude DelHierro (Confluence Ministries) and he contacted Pastor Arturo Vargas from the Hispanic Alliance and Teresa Johnston from KLVZ. Fifteen area churches worked together to serve the community downtown on that day.

National Day of Prayer

“This is a prayer meeting. All I care about is that God shows up and a few people show up to tell him how wonderful he is.”

He did and we did on Thursday May 7 at the Colorado state capitol. Several hundred people from various walks of life showed up to worship and pray for our nation and our culture. We had activities on the capitol steps and at Lincoln Park below. Clouds that hovered above the capitol had unusual colors and shapes – enough so that people were commenting on it at some of the evening gatherings. We had reports of someone accepting Jesus as savior, people receiving prayer for deliverance, ministries connecting with one another. A good day in the Kingdom. I believe it also set the stage for the outreach at the Cinco de Mayo festival that weekend and for the March of Glory that will be taking place in the same vicinity in July.

Creative Share Group

As you know the Creative Share Group had to be re-scheduled because of conflicts with the room, so:

we will be meeting on this Wednesday, May 13th at Bridgeway Church from 7:00 to 9:00.


The purpose of the Share group is to build relationship with others who have a creative order, while praying for, and encouraging each other in our gifts. We will fellowship, have a short teaching, and a time where practical creative exercises will be applied.

"In the Inner Court"
Prophetic Art and Instruction

Victoria Young/720-371-0230

The highest purpose of Art is to Inspire!

Dinner & Silent Auction

You are invited to this event to raise money to sponsor a team who will be hosting a youth camp for Europe's teenagers. We have hundreds of dollars worth of times to bid on and enjoy great dinner and entertainment too!
Bidding 6-7:30
Adults$15 - Youth $10 (cash or check)
RSVP by May 13 to Donnelle Johnson
donnelle.johnson@pcc-ag.org
303-841-5259

Cinco de Mayo outreach

We have had a wonderful opportunity "fall into our laps." Transformation Net and the National Day of Prayer folks had originally obtained the small park across from the capitol to do a prayer and lunch outreach to the community on Saturday May 9. Turns out we're right next to the Cinco de May celebration! God has a sense of humor. So with some quick thinking on Phil Eberhart's part, we got in touch with Jude DelHierro and he contacted Pastor Vargas from the Hispanic Alliance and Teresa Johnston from KLVZ and we're all working together to serve the community downtown on that day.

We are looking for people to volunteer to come and bless moms and kids on May 9 and/or 10, between 10 and 3. If you can cut hair, give a massage, do face/ arm painting, or think of something else creative, come join us.

If you'd like to be involved in some way, let me know. (Or contact one of the people mentioned above.)

!benediciones!
Lori
lori@thedenvernet.com

PK Ignite Rally

PK Gathering
Coach Mac will be casting vision to a gathering of PK staff and constituents at Power Invasion Ministries in Denver, CO, at 455 S Platte River Dr. The meeting will take place at 7:00 PM on April 28.

Those interested are invited to attend. Folks in attendance will hear the vision from Coach and be able to give feedback, meet PK staff and other PK supporters in the area.

Please feel free to invite any friends that may be interested! There is excitement in the air as the energy gathers for the event at Folsom Field.

RSVP: webmaster@pknet.org

Who we ARE

I’m starting to realize that a lot of Christians, even leaders (maybe especially leaders) have low self esteem. Consequently we are always trying to prove ourselves. It may be through performance and doing good works. Whoever has the most things going on must be doing the most for the Lord. Or it may be titles and accolades. Having the right title must surely win you the approval of others. Being important must be important. Having the latest word or teaching puts you “in the know.” The unfortunate outcome is busyness, weariness, pride and myopia.

The sadly ironic thing is that we are known in heaven by a vastly different metric than we are on earth. If each of us knew our calling and really believed it, the unworthiness issue would not be an issue. The subtle lies of the enemy would not work on us. We would rise up to who we really are in Christ. The different parts of the orchestra would work in concert with each other. The bright notes and the undertones would all be played to make a masterful whole.

So here’s the challenge. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you who you are in Christ. How does that fit into the bigger picture? How does what you’re doing augment what the whole Body is doing? Next, think of someone else you know (especially if they drive you nuts). Go through the same thought process for them. Maybe event jot it down and mail them a note of encouragement.

We are all in this together.

for His glory,
Lori

Pray and Do Days

(Something that will make a difference)

When: May 8th and 9th 2009
For 51 hours, 5:30 am May 8th to 8 am on May 10th

Where: The parking area of the TNET Campus (south of Power Invasion Ministries, 455 South Platte River Drive (1/10 of a mile south of Alameda)

What: Free coffee and Bagels
Free Prayer
Non-Perishable Food Drive to help area food banks

Stop for coffee, get or give prayer for our community, and bring a non perishable food item to DO SOMETHING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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On May 7th the Nation is called to prayer as a part of a National Day of Prayer. In Colorado there will be a State time of prayer taking place at the Colorado State Capitol beginning at 12 noon with additional time in the park just west of the capitol during the afternoon. Across Colorado and in other States there will be gatherings for prayer. There will be Prayer for our communities, our states, for our government, schools, businesses and most importantly our families. These are particularly challenging times and we all need to unite in prayer for each other.

We also need to answer the call to make a difference in some tangible ways. On May 8, 9, and 10, a coalition of churches and other Christian organizations are joining together to pray and collect non-perishable food to help feed families. Come be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, come make a difference and join as we pray and collect non-perishable food for families in need.

Healing Ministry Night

NEED A MIRACLE - come on May 8th to Light of Christ Anglican Church at 4000 W Yale Denver at 6 pm. People will be there from many churches and ministries around the city - to seek God with you. If you know of sick children or disabled children - youth with athletic injuries - people with depression or racing minds - blind, deaf - JESUS who is King of Colorado wants to meet with you - go to www.denverhealingconnection.com and click on seminars for more details

Intercessory Prayer Trainings

at Lakewood Church of Christ - 9:00 to 3:00 including lunch - INTERCESSORY PRAYER TRAINING - Does God really need us to pray? Can I have a lifestyle of hearing Gods voice. How do I enforce the victory of Calvary ?

Where: Lakewood Church of Christ 455 Youngfield CT Lakewood CO 80228 call 720 231 8337 for more details. Rev. Barbara Moore www.harvestmountain.org. Will include DVD teachings from Dutch Sheets Intercessory Prayer Training Course and praying for one another and five step method of prayer for prayer teams.

Another on April 25 and May 2 at Forest Ridge Community Church in Monument all day Saturday. 9:00 to 3:00 including lunch - Call 720 231 8337 for more details. Rev. Barbara Moore www.harvestmountain.org. Will include DVD teachings from Dutch Sheets Intercessory Prayer Training Course and praying for one another and five step method of prayer for prayer teams.

Prayer for Promise Keepers and summer events

Hello all!

This is a two- tier message from Gary Hines. The first part is an email that he sent out conveying that a number of folks who are praying for various events want to pray for each others' events. The second part is the regular "promo" email for PK's next meeting. However, I echo his thoughts that God is breaking the drought and if any of these events are on your radar, please join us on April 21.
for His glory,

Lori
Just a quick note to give you a head’s up that the next PK Prayer Meeting will be Tuesday, April 21 – 7:00 PM at Power Invasion Ministry’s facilities just southwest of Alameda and I-25.
I would like to include Heaven Fest, National Day of Prayer, March of Glory and intercessors from other ministries that are having events lining up for Colorado.

Today it I felt the Lord lay on my heart that as the storms are lining up to come into Colorado to break the natural draught, that He was lining up NDP, HF, PK, MOG and others to break the spiritual draught over Colorado.



PROMISE KEEPERS
5400 Watchmen on the Wall Prayer Meeting
Tuesday, April 21 – 7:00 P.M.
Host Site: Power Invasion Ministries, Pastor Randy Scott
Worship Leaders: Dave & Tara Powers, Heaven Fest
Join us as we intercede for PK’s Conference “A Time To Heal”, July 31 & August 1
For more information contact Promise Keepers 303-964-7600 Prayer Department

“Holy Spirit Fill Folsom Field”



Gary D. Hines
National Prayer Coordinator
P.O. Box 11798
Denver, Colorado 80211-0798
www.promisekeepers.org
303-964-7604

The Creative Share Group (arts)

Join us on the first Wednesday of each month at Bridgeway Church {8556 E. Warren Ave, Denver, CO 80231}
at 7pm to 9pm, come in the Office Doors at the far left of the building, and we will be in the conference room.

It is not limited to just people who go to Bridgeway, so please invite anyone that you would think be interested.

There will be a variety of activities include different formats of painting. There will be time when we look into scripture to see what God thinks about the creative process, and how we might Glorify Him with the works of our hands, plus more.

Any Questions?

Call: Victoria Young @ 720-371-0230 or email vryoung@comcast.net

Intercessor Potluck Get-together

Hey there, prayer warriors and others interested in fellowship, food and fun. Denver Rain is hosting a potluck on Saturday April 18 at 4 pm at Power Invasion Ministries at 455 S. Platte River Drive. It's a chance to meet new friends and connect with old ones. Please join us if you can, it will be great fun, worship and a chance to meet some of the behind the scenes people taking back Denver for the Kingdom of God.

The Lord will be there, will you?

Please RSVP to Rick Roberts at rickiboko@hotmail.com

(if you cannot make this one, we will be doing more events on differing days of the week)

Spread the Word - National Day of Prayer!

National Day of Prayer State Capitol Event 2009

This year we have expanded the National Day of Prayer events at the State capitol to span the dates of May 7 through May 9. The official day of prayer is designated as the first Thursday in May, by presidential decree. On that day, followers of Jesus Christ will gather from around the state to worship, pray and celebrate. Our celebration begins at 11:30 a.m. on the West Steps of the state capitol. Following worship and prayer at the steps, at approximately 2pm, we will continue with worship and prayer teams in Lincoln Park, on the west side of Lincoln Avenue. Because many people cannot join us downtown on a Thursday, we have included a second day of prayer and fellowship (including lunch) at Lincoln Park from 11-3 pm. To bridge these two days we are orchestrating a Bible Reading Marathon, to be held at Transformation Net campus, 455 S. Platte River Drive.

To participate in the Bible Marathon, please contact Marolyn Rittenhouse at marolyn@winnministries.org. To help with lunch and prayer in the park, please contact Hank Salmans at hank@winnministries.org. For all other questions, please contact Lori McKinney, lori@thedenvernet.com

Prayer Intercession Network

Barb Becker and I have been talking about updating the database and identifying intercessors who are currently involved in prayer groups across the city. We do have some names from past events, but much of the information is missing or outdated. My role involves networking, getting the database updated and in working order and identifying other prayer folks around the city so we can get them connected and working together. Once the network database begins to work at some level, I will disseminate information to the various groups so they can know what is going on across the city.

We want to identify who is doing what and where in the metro area. I know that God has gifted people differently and given them different passions. We want to make the most of what God already has people doing. Going forward, we will share information about things that need to be prayed for, but at the same time realize that various groups of intercessors will take hold of different parts of the prayer requests.

If you would like to get connected with network or if you would like to help with the data gathering, please contact Lori McKinney at lori@thedenvernet.com.

Helping Your Church Transform Your Neighborhood

Transformation NET is a collaboration of ministries and churches with a mission to empower churches across Colorado to transform their neighborhoods for the Kingdom. We serve churches by training leaders and members, presenting outreach ideas and opportunities, helping find sources provisions, and providing connections with other organizations to meet the spiritual and physical need of the people in their area.

• Transformation NET works through churches.
• People in need go to their churches for help.
• When the church has difficulty providing the help needed, Transformation NET works to assist the church by providing resources.

Transformation NET provides training to empower church leaders/members
Transformation NET makes provisions available to churches
Transformation NET provides resource bridges to churches
Transformation NET is a "silent partner” to churches

for more information contact:

H.R. (Hank) Salmans, Executive Director
E-mail hank@winnministries.org
www.winnministries.org
Phone 303-239-9123

or Senior Pastor Randy Scott
rscott@powerinvasion.org
www.powerinvasion.org

Did you know God wrote a book about statistics? It’s called Numbers! (Because my favorite subject to teach is Statistics, I think that's brilliant.)

Actually, many of the records in the Hebrew scripture (Old Testament) are data about real people who mattered in the history of God’s Kingdom. One day I happened to be listening to a music CD while reading the Bible. Almost simultaneously, as I began reading a list of names in Nehemiah 3, the singer began singing what sounded like a lament: “If the Lord be for us, who can be against us.” For the first time, I began to see the Israelites laboring to rebuild the wall. That list of unpronounceable names became a record of the pathos of real people with real struggles in very difficult circumstances.

If God wrote something like that today, it would have all the names of the people you labor alongside of. If who built which section of the physical wall mattered that much to God that he had Nehemiah record it, how do you think he feels about those who are rebuilding the walls of the spiritual city and spiritual temple? Where is your name on the Wall?

Holiday Reflections

I love Christmas Eve. For me, that’s when all the busyness stops and I have to reflect and enjoy.
After coming home from Christmas Eve services (I actually went to two very different churches), I put on the Christmas lights, lit candles all over the house, poured a glass of wine and gathered all my gifts from other people. As I opened (or in some cases, reopened) each one, I spent time thinking about that person or people and thanking God for them. I thought about all the groups of people they represent in my life. I also thought about all the cards and emails and text messages wishing me a Merry Christmas. I savored each relationship as I thought about it. It actually took me a long time to get through all the gifts and the glass of wine!

God has blessed me with so many amazing people in my life. I am thankful for each one. I’m thankful for where we intersect in the Kingdom.

God’s blessings on you. May this upcoming year be a season of Peace and Rest and Grace!

Thanks!giving

Tis the season to be Thankful!

For some odd reason I was thinking about last year. I’m usually present-future, focused on where we’re going, what God has spoken, etc. etc. But something caused me to think about how much my life with God has changed since last year. To be honest, I was stunned. There are some big things that happened, to be sure. But just overall, where I am now compared to where I was a year ago, six months ago, at the end of summer is amazing.

When is the last time you stopped to look at the before and after pictures? Not of your circumstances, those are fleeting. How much has your identity in Christ grown? How much has your understanding or comfort level with that identity grown? What aspects of God do you know more intimately than you knew a year ago? How have you responded to challenges in new ways?

I’ll give you a concrete example of the last point. After 13 years of teaching college in the traditional way, I’m now developing online courses. At first I was panicked, because the classroom strategies weren’t going to fit in the box very well. But then suddenly (sounds like the Holy Spirit showed up, eh?) I started thinking about how we always run out of time with the traditional lecture method and all the wonderful internet resources that would augment students’ learning experience. And now I’m all excited about new strategies for teaching and learning.

I’m doing something similar with life as a whole. I’m asking, “What doesn’t fit in the box very well and what could you do if you looked at it from a different framework?” Honestly, I don’t have all the answers yet. But the questions are on the table and Holy Spirit has a way of dropping off answers in interesting ways.

I hope you have some time as we enter the holidays to think about how different you have become. If you have even five minutes more than that, I’d love to hear from you.

Blessings,
Lori

Meetings Where God Shows Up

I once heard a CD from a conference in which the speaker was saying that the reason people go to conferences is because something is missing in their regular “church” gatherings. So they go to conferences to get what’s missing. To illustrate his point, he asked how many people had been in 10 meetings in the past year where God showed up. Not a single hand showed.

Ironically I remember thinking, “God shows up every Saturday night where we worship.” Since then I’ve connected with a couple of other small groups where He’s a regular attender. Sometimes we even end up at His house. And I have no problem finding him at my house.

I think the speaker’s point is well taken. From my own experience, I’ve been less inclined to run around from conference to conference since I know God is going to show up in my own living room or our small local corporate gatherings. I know of other folks who report the same thing. Maybe, just maybe, God doesn’t need to wait for a gathering to reach a critical mass of 800 people before He can show up. Maybe 2 or 3 (including Himself) gathered in His name…