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August 21, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Student Ministry Update _ Chop It UP
It’s been a week. Middle schoolers, high schoolers – we SEE you. This has been a heavy week for a lot of our students, and our “Chop It Up Group” on every third Friday is going to be a safe, low-pressure space to breathe, laugh, and talk about real stuff. We'll have food, we'll have some genuinely terrible icebreaker games, and we'll have real conversation. Want to talk to someone before we meet? We’re here. This week's topic is "What do I do when God feels far away?" We're spending time in Psalm 22 – a psalm that opens with "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" – and sitting with the honest, uncomfortable truth that doubt and faith can coexist. No easy answers. Just an honest conversation. We also want to celebrate Eli Pack, who has achieved numerous awards and recognitions for job well done as a junior usher. Eli, we've watched you work for this and we are so proud of you. Your Faith Temple Family is always in your corner. Keep doing GREAT things! 📅 Friday, August 21, 6:30 PM
📍 The Fellowship Hall (Youth Wing, Side Entrance) Parents – our ‘Back to School” parent info night is Friday, August 21st. We'll share what we've been teaching, where we're headed, and how you can stay connected to your teenager's spiritual life without losing your mind. We'll also have a counselor on hand to talk through what's showing up emotionally and socially for teens in Aurora right now. Details coming soon.
July 19, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Pastoral Letter
To the wonderful saints, friends, and families of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ. It is with a deeply grateful heart that I write to you today. I am continually humbled and blessed to serve as your pastor and to walk alongside such a faithful, loving, and committed congregation. Truly, you are one of the greatest congregations ever, and I do not say that lightly. Your prayers, your support, your generosity, and your unwavering love for God and His people have been a constant source of encouragement to me and to this ministry. As your pastor, I am reminded often of the goodness of God in placing me in this sacred assignment. To shepherd this house, to preach the Word, to pray with you, to celebrate your victories, and to stand with you in seasons of challenge is one of the greatest honors of my life. I do not take this responsibility for granted. Every day, I thank God for the privilege of serving such an extraordinary body of believers. Faith Temple is more than a church — it is a family, a place of worship, a place of healing, a place of growth, and a place where God is truly at work. I am humbled by the faithfulness of this congregation and inspired by your commitment to the mission of Christ. Together, we have seen God move in powerful ways, and I believe even greater things are still ahead. Thank you for allowing me to serve you, pray for you, and lead you. I am honored beyond words to be your pastor, and I remain committed to loving you, teaching you, and seeking God’s best for this great church. With sincere love and gratitude,
Pastor Dean Dixon
Faith Temple Church of God in Christ
April 16, 2026 • 10 Minute Read
Blog Post
Nobody has a perfect family. We know that. But there's a difference between knowing it and feeling it, especially on holidays designed to celebrate what yours was supposed to look like. You scroll through social media and see curated perfection. You sit at the dinner table and feel the weight of everything that was never said. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a question lingers: What do you do when your family is broken and the culture keeps pretending perfection is the goal? Here's the truth that changes everything: God is not looking for perfect families. He's looking for purpose-filled families. And the distance between those two realities is where healing begins. The Family Was Always the Plan From the very beginning, God designed the family as the primary environment for growth, identity, and belonging. Genesis 1:28 records that after creating humanity, God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth." Family was not an afterthought. It was the mechanism. And this isn't just a theological claim. Neuroscience and psychology continue to confirm what Scripture has always taught. People who grow up in healthy family environments are less likely to struggle with substance abuse, have lower incarceration rates, experience greater relational satisfaction, and demonstrate stronger emotional resilience. If that feels discouraging because your family wasn't healthy, stay with this. The same Bible that affirms the power of family also tells the unfiltered truth about how messy families really are. Four Generations of Dysfunction Genesis chapters 30 through 40 trace four generations of one family: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. And if you read their stories, you'll find yourself thinking, "This is really messed up." It is. The Bible doesn't sugarcoat it. It doesn't put its heroes in stained glass. It exposes the brokenness we all recognize. Adam blames Eve. Cain kills Abel. Abraham sleeps with his wife's servant. Isaac favors one son over the other, breeding rivalry and competition. Jacob, whose very name means "deceiver," lives up to it. And Joseph, at the end of the family line, is sold into slavery by his own brothers. Through these four generations, the patterns repeat: favoritism, deception, rivalry, manipulation, passive-aggressive behavior, distorted intimacy. Sin doesn't just separate humanity from God; it fractures families, turning intimacy into blame, siblings into rivals, and homes into battlegrounds. The cycle doesn't break until Joseph. And what Joseph did to reverse the curse his family passed down is the blueprint for every one of us still carrying the weight of what was handed to us.Subscribe To These Posts When Your Family Has Failed You, God Has Not Abandoned You The most remarkable thread running through Genesis is this: God's love is not dependent on your family's dysfunction. God made a promise, and no amount of generational brokenness could nullify it. Abraham failed. God was still with him. Jacob was a deceiver. God was still with him. Hagar was cast into the desert by the very people who used her. God showed up and said, "I am with you." Joseph was betrayed, enslaved, falsely accused, and thrown into prison. God showed up and said, "I'm still with you." Your family background may explain who you are, but it does not have to define who you become. When you read the genealogies in Genesis, name upon name, generation upon generation, God's faithful, loving covenant remains. When God makes a promise, not even your family's dysfunction can rob you of it if you lean into it. God even changed the names of these patriarchs to reflect His transforming work. Abram, meaning "father," became Abraham, "the father of many nations." Jacob, "the deceiver," became Israel, "one who wrestles with God." When you let God do His work, He transforms what looks broken into something beautiful. The Soil of Your Heart Think of it like gardening. If the soil of your life has been deeply compacted by the weight of what happened to you, if it's been stripped of nutrients because no one ever told you "I love you" or "you matter," if toxins have been poured in through words that poisoned your heart, then no wonder nothing grows. Maybe you've been trying to grow really good things. You want to be a good parent, a good provider. You want to show up when it matters. But the soil has been hardened by circumstances you didn't choose. The good news is that God is the great Gardener. If you let Him, He'll begin to till the soil again, softening it so that air and nutrients can be poured in, so that light can penetrate the dark places, and good fruit can grow. The Crucible That Refines You Joseph's story reads like a crucible. A crucible is a container that withstands intense heat. You place raw ore inside it, ore covered in debris, dirt, and impurities. As the heat rises, everything melts. The pure metal sinks to the bottom while the impurities rise to the surface. A skilled refiner scrapes away everything that doesn't belong until only the pure design remains. You and I were created in the image of God. The circumstances of life may feel like they've buried that image. But God uses the crucible of experience not to destroy you, but to refine you. The heat turns up not to break you, but to reveal who you were always created to be. If you skip the process, you get a weakened version. It might look like gold on the surface, but under pressure, it crumbles. Joseph grew up in an environment of survival of the fittest. But he chose generosity. He grew up surrounded by rivalry and pain. But he chose forgiveness. When he stood before the brothers who had sold him into slavery, now the second most powerful man in Egypt, he had the opportunity to continue the family curse or break it. And he looked at them and said, "What you intended for harm, God intended for good." Healing Must Interrupt What Dysfunction Repeats The patterns in Genesis are unmistakable. A father favors one son. Rivalry erupts. Deception follows. Manipulation takes root. And then the next generation inherits it all. The question every generation faces is the same: Will I repeat the pattern that was passed on to me, or will I, with God's help, break it? No matter your family background, there are things that happened to you that should have never happened. But if you let God heal you, He can transform it. That's the story of Joseph, and it can be yours, too. As you look at your own family experience, consider: What did your family teach you about conflict? About love? About generosity? These things may explain who you are, but they don't have to define you. And the harder question, especially for parents and grandparents: What patterns am I carrying forward, and where might God be inviting healing? When my wife and I were first married, we had to work through a lot of crucible experiences. We dealt with conflict in completely different ways. My way of dealing with conflict is to say it straight up. You're not going to have to guess what I'm feeling or thinking. Hers was the opposite. She saw conflict as something negative to be avoided. You can imagine how well that went until we made a decision: How are we going to define, as a family, how we deal with confrontation? How are we going to handle generosity and parenting? We had very different ideas, and we had to work through them with God's help to create a new way forward. How to Build a Healthy Family Today If you recognize these patterns and you want something different, here's what I've learned practically in my own life about becoming the parent and family member God has called me to be. Choose Presence Over Perfection Your kids don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be present. It's in being present that the beautiful transformation takes place. You can't script it or plan it. You're just there. When my kids started playing sports, I made a commitment to coach them. Not to be overbearing, but so we could experience everything together. Dance recitals, awards, birthdays. Sometimes it was around a dinner table where we chose to be present, no phones, looking at each other, talking about things we maybe didn't want to talk about. Sometimes it was at bedtime when we would just pray, not out of religious obligation, but out of inviting the presence of God into that moment. "Train up a child in the way that they should go" (Proverbs 22:6). It's embedded into what family is. You don't have to be perfect. You just have to be there. Speak Blessing Instead of Cursing Many of you know the pain of words that were spoken over you. You're dumb. You're ugly. You'll never amount to anything. You're worthless. When those words are spoken into a child's life, they plant seeds that harden the soil. It is never justified to curse your children. Never. Instead, learn to speak blessing. Maybe you'll be the first one in your family line who actually expresses "I love you" on a regular basis, not because someone earned it, but just because. Maybe you'll be the first to speak truth that isn't visible yet: "I see something in you that you don't see in yourself. You are worthy. You are loved. You matter." If you don't know what to say, read the promises of God over them. You are a child of the living God. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. God has a plan and a purpose for your life. When you begin to speak life instead of death, it will break a curse. Practice Repentance and Forgiveness Some of you might need to stand in front of a mirror and say the words: "I was wrong." That is not weakness. That is breaking a curse. I do this now as a grandfather. My grandkids call me Papa. And sometimes I'll say, "Papa shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry." You're modeling something. You're breaking something. You're building something. Invite God Into Everyday Life It doesn't have to be weird. Just begin to talk about what God is doing in you and how you're trying. That was maybe the greatest gift my family gave me growing up. They invited God into most everything we did. And inviting God into everyday life begins to shape and form the people around you. You Don't Have to Come From a Healthy Family to Create One You don't control what happened to you, but you do choose how you see it. And that choice shapes everything that follows. In a world that's increasingly lonely, where abandonment and rejection are common experiences, we need to fight for each other. We need to create spaces of belonging, not spaces where you have to think a certain way or behave a certain way before you're welcomed in. You belong because you were created in the image of God. Jesus said, "They will know you are my disciples by how you love one another" (John 13:35). No one has ever been won over by a slick argument. But people have been transformed because someone chose to love them. Today could be the day of transformation. The day you decide, with God's help, to believe that He is present with you and that you will be present with your family. You can't fix what's broken on your own. Only God can do that. But you can keep showing up, keep loving, keep speaking blessing, and keep inviting God into that space. You are loved. You belong. Your family story, however broken or beautiful, is not beyond God's redemptive grace. And with His help, you can create a different kind of family, one marked by presence and blessing, repentance and forgiveness, belonging and hope.
August 23, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Family & Kids Ministry Update
Prayer and a Plate Outreach and Back to Church 🌸 Our Fall Evangelistic Community Outreach is coming soon on the 3rd Weekend in September, and we could not be more excited! We still need about 20 volunteers to help with tent setup, cooking, and final cleanup from 10:30 am setup onward, and 1 pm breakdown and cleaning.Sign Up Here Many hands make light work, and honestly, it's one of the most fun weekends of the year. Bring sunscreen and love. Our Sunday Kids Church curriculum this month is walking through the story of David. We’re talking about courage, failure, grace, and restoration—big themes, told in ways that actually land for a 6-year-old. Parents, ask your kids about it on the drive home! This week's lesson focuses on 1 Samuel 16:7: "The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." We're teaching our kids early that they are seen and valued for exactly who they are. We also want to spotlight one of our incredible volunteers, Missionary Tracy Harris, who has served our Children's Church classroom on Sundays for the past five years. She works diligently alongside another faithful worker, Deaconess Edith Smith. Sister Tracy, you are the definition of faithfulness. Our kids light up when they see you walk through that door. Thank you for your service. We are praying for your successful relocation to Missouri. Is God calling you to take your next step? Join Deaconess Edith Smith’s team and start volunteering today. Coming up: Prayer and Plate Outreach and Back to Church Sunday on 3rd Weekend of September – mark your calendar.😊🙏
July 26, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Women's Ministry Update
Will we be found faithful? We are in the heart of our summer Bible study series, and it does not disappoint. This Thursday, we're sitting with Ruth 2 – the moment Boaz notices Ruth gleaning in the fields and says, "I've been told all about what you have done." Her faithfulness was seen, even when she thought no one was watching. There is so much in that for us. New faces are always welcome. Bring your friend or family member, or join us online on Zoho. You can jump in at any point in the series. Many women have joined mid-series and said they wished they'd come sooner. If you've been on the fence, Thursday is your day.Sign Up Here We're thrilled to spotlight a Woman of Excellence! Missionary Lorrie Cook, one of our Women's Ministry small group leaders, who also leads our outreach ministry Faith Connections. Sis. Lorrie, you have juggled leadership, study, family, and faith with extraordinary grace. We appreciate and celebrate her. Volunteers needed: We're looking for women with hospitality gifts to help Sunday morning greeters/ushers. It's a small role with a big impact. You’re suited to do this. 📅 Weekly Bible Study – Thursday nights at 7 pm online on Zoho Upcoming: Lady Dixon’s 5th Sunday Service, August 30th Please join us as we celebrate and support Lady Dixon.
July 19, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days. Sunday, September 13th 10:30 am Worship Gatherings - Join us for Sunday service in person or online on Facebook or Livestream. Children’s Church Ministry - Age-specific programming during our morning services on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays Monday, September 14th 5 am Morning Prayer Callin 712.770.8063, Access code# 837208 Tuesday, September 15th Personal and Family Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday, September 16th Midweek Noonday Prayer - 12:00 noon, online on Zoho. Thursday, September 17th 5 am Morning Prayer Callin 712.770.8063, Access code# 837208 7 pm Thursday Night Bible Study Friday, September 18th Personal and Family Prayer and Bible Study Chop It Up Youth Meeting, 6-7 pm Saturday, September 19th Personal and Family Prayer and Bible Study Prayer and Plate Evangelistic Community Outreach Church Parking Lot at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Choir Rehearsal in the Sanctuary at 2:00 pm Upcoming Events Prayer and a Plate Community Outreach, September 19, at the Church Parking Lot, 11 am - 1 pm Back to Church Sunday Outreach, September 20, Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 am. (Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Co-Workers always invited) Saturday Fall Cleanup: Saturday, September 26th, at 9:00 am in the Sanctuary Mother’s Board Meeting: Friday, October 2, at 9:00 am via Zoom General Women’s Meeting (GWM): Saturday, October 3, at 10:00 am in the FTC Fellowship Hall.New here? We'd love to connect. This Week's Message "GOD has You Covered...Even When Trouble Comes "
Elder David Jones, Isaiah 43:1-2 (NKJV) Trouble is real. Fortunately, GOD is greater! Our Lord Jesus gives us real hope, real peace, real deliverance, and real salvation, even in the midst of trouble. Whether you're in a season of troubles, and in need of clarity, or one of deep searching, this message is for you. Community Prayer We carry each other through the spiritual practice of prayer. Here's what our community is lifting up this week: 🙏 Elder David & Jennifer Jones – Sis. Jones continues her recovery this week. We are believing God for strength, peace, and full healing. 🙏 All the saints who are sick and shut-in, we pray for God’s divine healing in your life and in your home. We look forward to your return to in-person worship. 🙏 Our College, High School, and Middle School Students – Back to School season is here. We are praying for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding as our students pursue academic excellence. 🙏 Our City – For the families still displaced and affected by job losses, weather-related disasters, benefits taken, and high prices due to the policies of the current administration. We are praying for restoration of benefits and continued provision, jobs, food, housing, and hope. Submit your own prayer request here. Giving Your generosity makes our work in this city possible. We’re so grateful for you. New to our community? No pressure. Today, just be our guest.Give Now Here Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sunday School at 9:30 AM · Sunday Worship at 10:30 AM
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August 8, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Men's Ministry Update
We sharpen each other On Saturday, August 8, the Men's Department meets for a special session of our summer series, "Present" – Being the Man You're Actually Called to Be. Last week's conversation about emotional availability in friendships and marriage hit harder than most of us expected. Several guys stayed an extra hour just to keep talking, and the conversation has continued throughout the week. That's what belonging to this group is all about. Next week, we're opening up Proverbs 27:17, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." We'll be asking honestly: who is sharpening you right now? And who are you sharpening? These aren't easy questions for men who've been taught to go it alone, but they're the right ones. We want to spotlight Carlos Zapata, who quietly showed up to beutify our Church parking lot. No announcement, no social media post — just men showing up getting the job done. Carlos, that's the kind of leadership that changes a neighborhood. Carlos typifies all of our Faith Temple Men’s Department. Thanks for all you do. Volunteers Needed: We’re seeking two or three men with construction or handyman skills to join our maintenance crew in remodeling our Nursery Room for our infants and preschoolers. Please contact Deacon Rudy for more information.Sign Up Here 📅 Men's Department – Saturday, August 8, 10:30 AM online or Pastor’s office Upcoming: Men's Fall Meeting – September 12th, on Zoho or at the Church
July 20, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Weekly Prayer Update
A Word Before We Pray Prayer is not a last resort at Faith Temple – it's a first response. Every week this update goes out as an invitation: to slow down, to intercede, and to remember that we are not a collection of individuals navigating life separately. We are a body. What affects one of us affects all of us. Thank you for praying with us. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." – Philippians 4:6 🙌 Follow-Up From Last Week – Giving Thanks Before we bring new requests, we stop to celebrate what God has done. These are updates from prayer requests our community lifted up last week: We enthusiastically thank God for answered prayer! Faith Connections Food Bank – Last week, we prayed over the logistics and the volunteers. God showed up. Over 100 lbs of food collected, hygiene kits assembled, and as many of you have now heard, a guest visiting our church this Sunday! Pray our guest feels at home the moment they walk through the door. 🙏 This Week's Prayer Requests For Our Congregation: 🙏 Margie Anderson, Sis. Luvenia Smith. 🙏 The 1st Family – Jaslyn, Jasari, and Jaleel, that God’s covering will be on them. Pray for protection, favor, healing, honesty, and hope. 🙏 All Families at Faith Temple who are grieving due to loss. Please pray for all our families as they grieve and make arrangements. Cards can be dropped at the Welcome Table and will be passed along. 🙏 All Faith Temple Seniors – Please pray for all the seniors and their families in our congregation and city facing economic uncertainties. For Our City: 🙏 First Responders – Pray for sustained support, for housing solutions, and for the mental health of our first responders, wives, and children who are subjected to untold pressures and stress while also having to process trauma. 🙏 Our Unhoused Neighbors – Pray specifically for the safety and dignity of those living on the streets, culverts, sewers, all across our city and the Greater Denver Metro Area. Pray for our outreach team, Faith Connections, as they serve on Fridays. 🙏 Local Schools – Schools will be opening in the Denver Metro over the next 3 weeks. Several Aurora and Denver City schools are navigating staff shortages and increased potential student anxiety. Pray for teachers, counselors, and administrators who are stretched thin and showing up anyway as we prepare for a new school year. For Our Global COGIC Partners: 🙏 We pray for COGIC missions' growth in all 121 countries worldwide. We know church growth is a blessing and a strain. We pray for wise leadership, Spirit-led ministry, and genuine rest for all Church and House teams worldwide that are pouring themselves out for the cause of Christ and the gospel. How to Receive Prayer Every request we receive is treated with care and confidentiality. You can receive prayer in our community both in-person and online. In-Person – after each service, there’s an open invitation to receive prayer from a prayer leader near the front of the church. The folks that you rub shoulders with in your seats are also more than willing to pray with you right where you are. Online – we can still stay connected when we’re apart. Submit a prayer request here online at any time. A real prayer warrior is on the other end of the line.Share Your Prayer Request
July 19, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Devotional
Weekly Devotional – Sept. 1, 2026 Faith Temple Church Daily Devotions Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Back to Church Month: 18 Days of Evangelism "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." MARK 16:15 The idea of evangelism has always been terrifying to me. Going up to someone and interrupting their day to tell them about Jesus, no matter how real and good I know him to be, has never been comfortable for me. But you can't read Scripture and escape God's command to share the gospel. You can't read through the New Testament and discount the reality that the disciples gave themselves entirely—to the point of death—that the world might come to know Jesus. Verses like Mark 16:15-16 couldn't be clearer. Jesus commands us, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Evangelism is meant to be a part of our normal lives. It's not just for the few. It's not just for pastors or the intensely extroverted. It's for you and me. "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mark 16:15-16 "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Luke 19:10 "Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." 2 Corinthians 5:20 In Jesus' conclusion of the Great Commission, he tells his disciples, "And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). Our power for evangelism is that God is with us. He doesn't send us out alone. His love, power, and presence are fully available to us when we seek to share the gospel with others. When you tell others about Jesus, don't speak of him as if he's not with you. Don't pray as if he doesn't move and work miracles. Instead, share the reality of God's nearness with a world that needs to be touched by a revelation of his love. May you be empowered to share the gospel with someone today so that they might come to know the power and presence of God. Prayer Starter: Lord Jesus, help me to meditate on God's call for me to engage in evangelism. Help me to meditate on these scriptures so I can be filled with Your Spirit. Help me to overcome all my fears. I humble myself before You. Help me love the unsaved. I thank You, Lord. I rejoice in You for Your strength. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen. Devotional readings from Joyce Meyer: "Promises for Your Everyday Life" Combined with Devotional readings from Rick Warren's Daily Devotional Our Prayer Group meets at 5:00 AM on Monday and Thursday via phone. We meet every Wednesday for noonday prayer via online on Zoho. All are welcome.Share Your Prayer Request
July 20, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Weekly Prayer Update
A Word Before We Pray Prayer is not a last resort at Faith Temple – it's a first response. Every week this update goes out as an invitation: to slow down, to intercede, and to remember that we are not a collection of individuals navigating life separately. We are a body. What affects one of us affects all of us. Thank you for praying with us. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." – Philippians 4:6 🙌 Follow-Up From Last Week – Giving Thanks Before we bring new requests, we stop to celebrate what God has done. These are updates from prayer requests our community lifted up last week: We enthusiastically thank God for answered prayer! Faith Connections Food Bank – Last week, we prayed over the logistics and the volunteers. God showed up. Over 100 lbs of food collected, hygiene kits assembled, and as many of you have now heard, a guest visiting our church this Sunday! Pray our guest feels at home the moment they walk through the door. 🙏 This Week's Prayer Requests For Our Congregation: 🙏 Margie Anderson, Sis. Luvenia Smith. 🙏 The 1st Family – Jaslyn, Jasari, and Jaleel, that God’s covering will be on them. Pray for protection, favor, healing, honesty, and hope. 🙏 All Families at Faith Temple who are grieving due to loss. Please pray for all our families as they grieve and make arrangements. Cards can be dropped at the Welcome Table and will be passed along. 🙏 All Faith Temple Seniors – Please pray for all the seniors and their families in our congregation and city facing economic uncertainties. For Our City: 🙏 First Responders – Pray for sustained support, for housing solutions, and for the mental health of our first responders, wives, and children who are subjected to untold pressures and stress while also having to process trauma. 🙏 Our Unhoused Neighbors – Pray specifically for the safety and dignity of those living on the streets, culverts, sewers, all across our city and the Greater Denver Metro Area. Pray for our outreach team, Faith Connections, as they serve on Fridays. 🙏 Local Schools – Schools will be opening in the Denver Metro over the next 3 weeks. Several Aurora and Denver City schools are navigating staff shortages and increased potential student anxiety. Pray for teachers, counselors, and administrators who are stretched thin and showing up anyway as we prepare for a new school year. For Our Global COGIC Partners: 🙏 We pray for COGIC missions' growth in all 121 countries worldwide. We know church growth is a blessing and a strain. We pray for wise leadership, Spirit-led ministry, and genuine rest for all Church and House teams worldwide that are pouring themselves out for the cause of Christ and the gospel. How to Receive Prayer Every request we receive is treated with care and confidentiality. You can receive prayer in our community both in-person and online. In-Person – after each service, there’s an open invitation to receive prayer from a prayer leader near the front of the church. The folks that you rub shoulders with in your seats are also more than willing to pray with you right where you are. Online – we can still stay connected when we’re apart. Submit a prayer request here online at any time. A real prayer warrior is on the other end of the line.Share Your Prayer Request
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