Love for the City

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Countdown to Downtown

There’s a lot of exciting progress happening as we prepare for the grand opening of Woodmen Downtown on Easter! Check back here often for updates.

Recent highlights include our Prayer Walk, where more than 500 people from across Woodmen campuses gathered to pray over the new site. Folks walked through the building, praying and writing scriptures on the walls in rooms where kids, students and adults will experience the transforming love of Christ for decades to come.

Volunteers pulled weeds and planted new foliage, painted, assembled furniture, built fixtures, cleaned and more. And all of it came together on April 6, when the congregation gathered for our preview weekend. This sweet time of worship included a prayer of dedication for the new site. Calling on God to make it a house of hope for the flourishing of our city. The preview day also served as a "dry-run" to test out systems and allow folks to get to know their way around the campus. We'll be ready to welcome guests and provide a wonderful experience as we celebrate Jesus on Easter!

You might recall that our overall financial aim for the Able initiative is to raise $10 million. At the end of the three-year initiative, we’ll be debt free and the Downtown Campus will be an established hub for ministry in the core of our city. Pastor Josh set an initial goal: if every adult at Woodmen gave $200 by Easter, we’ll get the initiative off to a great start. We’re excited to share that the Woodmen family has already contributed more than $1.4 million!

We/re deeply grateful to those who have supported Able through prayers and gifts. While we have a long way to go, we're rejoicing in the generous giving in these opening months of the initiative. If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to give, would you pray and consider how God might lead you?


A HOME BASE FOR HOPE

We see this new campus becoming a home-base for the people of Woodmen to be a transformative presence for Christ in our city. A short walk from our new campus will take you to Colorado College, City Hall, Acacia Park and Palmer High School.

From courtrooms and halls of government, to Springs Rescue Mission and tents of folks living along the creek, from Switchbacks Stadium to restaurants and music venues, the neighborhood is a crossroads of culture. It’s a place of vital influence, abundant promise and deep need.

Woodmen Downtown will house our ACTS resource center, presenting unique, missional opportunities to collaborate with downtown-based organizations caring for those in need. 1979 Coffee will be another campus highlight, making room to renew old friendships and start new ones after services and throughout the week. Coffee culture creates space for conversations and invites us to slow down and go deeper into relationships.

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Children hold a special place in the heart of Jesus, so like our other Pikes Peak region campuses, kids will be a big deal at Woodmen Downtown. There’ll be fun, secure, spaces for boys and girls to discover God’s love!

Students will have dedicated space to take hold of faith that will last a lifetime. Sometimes belonging comes before believing, so the student space will be a welcoming spot for teens to invite others to find caring, Christ-centered community.

Woodmen’s Internship and Residency programs provide intentional, hands-on ministry experience and equipping for college students and recent grads. In the next two years, we’ll renovate dormitory space in one of the Downtown Campus buildings to house these young adults who are excited to serve Jesus and explore vocational ministry. Living downtown will only add to their amazing Colorado experience as they grow with God.

We’re trusting and anticipating that God will move in life-changing ways as the people of Woodmen increase our faithful presence downtown!





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