July Newsletter
Hello!
I hope you are enjoying your summer!
Summer is in full swing here at JOC! Here are a few highlights:
Summer BBQs
Summer BBQs are a great time to spend time hanging out with our friends and meeting new friends. Every Tuesday in the summer, along with going to the motels, we rotate the BBQs between the motels.
We have 6 interns from Gen Send and a local church who are helping out with the BBQs and spending Tuesdays helping with the Family Room and some other tasks. We are so grateful for the next generation and their love for the materially poor! These students have been such a blessing to us and the JOC friends!
Partner event with Wholly Kicks
Wholly kicks is a great organization in the neighborhood that provides shoes! They came with their trailer, a load of shoes, and and joy to serve our friends during the Family Room. It has been fun to see our friends walking around in their new kicks! Thanks Wholly Kicks!!
Wedding of some of our friends
With the increase in migrants coming to Denver, we have many new friends from Venezuela, Columbia, and more countries every week. One couple asked Philip and Shawn to marry them! What a joy to get to celebrate their wedding and family!
While there have been incredible high points in the last month, there have also been some devastating things to walk through with people. More often than I can count we said, “This is not how things were meant to be.” Mourning and celebrating are held in each hand; both can be true.
Ways to get involved:
We could use some summer items for the Store! Would you consider buying something from our Amazon wish list (https://a.co/dpPmvQH) or organizing the YOUTH GROUP at your church or another group to pick up donations in your neighborhood. We have door hangers you can use to tell your neighbors and go back a few days later to pick up donations. Email kayla@jesusoncolfax.org for more info.
Sign up for a community meal
If you have been through training sign up for the Family Room at the Radiant or the Riviera
Radiant Signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DACAE2CA6F9C52-radiant4
Riviera Signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DACAE2CA6F9C52-rivera4
The next Volunteer Training will be August 1 if you would like to learn about becoming more involved with our ministry.
Save the Date:
September 21st from 7-9pm
A Night of Stories
Fundraising Dessert at Stanley Marketplace
Last year you gave and two family rooms were started! This year we want to share the stories of the impact that has had for our friends and community!
Prayer Requests:
Andre (a new Street Pastor) Starts July 1
Lots of health issues for our friends including a couple that have been diagnosed with terminal diseases.
All of this rain is hard on our friends who stay outside.
The rest of the Summer BBQs