SCHEDULE

10:30am | COFFEE BREAK
Purple Door Coffee
10:45am | NEIGHBORHOOD STORY
Josh Lin

11:00am | PRINCIPLES of PARISH
Nathan Hoag
11:30am | TABLE CONVERSATION

NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD & DRINK

Coffee from Purple Door
Breakfast from Grow + Gather
Lunch from Cafe 180
Happy Hour from Sunroom Brewing

IMPORTANT INFO

Discount for groups of 4 or more ($25 person)
The Power of Place book included with registration
Childcare is not provided at this event
Questions? Please email info@thesacredgrace.com

SPEAKERS

Daniel Grothe is the associate senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a pastor, speaker, drummer, and author of Chasing Wisdom and The Power of Place.

Daniel and his wife, Lisa, live on a hobby farm outside of Colorado Springs with their three children - Lillian, Wilson, and Wakley - and a thriving throng of happy animals.

You can find out more about Daniel at NewLifeChurch.org, DanielGrothe.com, or on social media at @mrdanielgrothe.

Alyssa works part time as an RN at Children’s Hospital in North Aurora and is a homeschooling mom to three daughters. She has worked in and for churches in the Denver metro area in various leadership roles for over a decade.

Alyssa and her husband Andraé live in southeast Aurora with their three daughters - Jada, Ivy, and Brontë.

She loves entertaining friends and family, snowboarding with her kids, and good BBQ.

Nathan Hoag is the Parish Pastor for The Sacred Grace Englewood. Nathan and his wife Julie are foster, biological, and adoptive parents.

Nathan serves on the Advisory Board of Cafe 180 and Change The Trend, as a Chaplain to the Englewood Police Department, on the Chamber of Commerce Board, and received the Englewood Citizen of the Year award in 2021.

You can find out more about Nathan at tsgeng.org, or on social media at @ndhoag.

Carol Willis serves on the Board of Trustees of The Sacred Grace. She is the past president of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of Second Chances.

Carol provides coaching in communication and writing, through her business, The Clapping Oak. Carol is mom to 3 and grandmom to 10. Thrift stores, textile shops, bookstores, and libraries are some of her natural habitats.

You can find out more about Carol at clappingoak.com, or carolwillis.substack.com.

Josh has served in multiple pastoral roles in ethnic churches including the Chinese Christian Mandarin Church in Chicago, and Chinese Evangelical Church of Denver.

Josh lives with wife, Tina, and 2 kids, Micah and Abi, in Central Park (formerly Stapleton) neighborhood.

Josh currently serves his neighborhood school in various capacities including the school board, a substitute teacher, and an independent tutor for students. Josh loves strong coffee, laughs way too loud, and is a self professed a carb junkie and techno geek.

Kay Morrison is an artist and pastor. Kay has been speaking about life with Jesus for almost four decades. She serves as the Board Chair of Trustees of The Sacred Grace.

Kay and her husband David live in Centennial and have 6 kids (the original 4 plus 2 spouses) and 2 grandbabies.

Kay paints abstract expressionist acrylics, loves to read and sew, watches too much football, and drinks a lot of coffee.

RESOURCES

PODCASTS

Parish is a podcast committed to celebrating, equipping, and focusing on small churches, and why they matter so much. It is hosted by Canaan Hurst. The Executive Producer is Nathan Hoag. This video podcast was made possible by the financial support of The Sacred Grace.

GRACE + PLACE

Spend a morning with leaders who are courageously leading creatively loving their neighbors and neighborhood.