Enjoy a morning with clergy and laity who are creatively loving their neighbors and neighborhood.

Our Christian faith is rooted in place.
From the Garden to Galilee, the story of God is the story of God, People, Place. 

Our current culture is unrooted.
The physical distance, relational divisiveness, and digital distractions have eroded our sense of belonging. Our life and our faith have been uprooted. We are no longer grounded in place.

To borrow and bend a phrase from Eugene Peterson, we believe personal formation and communal transformation are cultivated by “a long obedience in the same location”.

GRACE + PLACE is specifically hosted for pastors and parishioners to come together to talk about how to love our neighbors and neighborhoods. Civic and church leaders will their share the perspectives and practices on the core commandment of Jesus to “love your neighbor as yourself”.

We believe geography is critical to the health of our spirituality.

We want to reestablish the roots of our faith in the soil of place.

LOCATION

FRIDAY, MARCH 10
9:00am - 12:00pm
The Table Public House

The Table Public House is owned and operated by The Table Farm, a local non-profit farm providing free food and food education to the community. 100% of profits directly to support this and other similar community-focused initiatives. 

FOOD & DRINK

• Huckleberry Coffee

• Light breakfast food provided

• A lunch buffet will be available from The Table Public House, for $10.*

*Stay for lunch and support the work The Table Public House (our host) does to provide culinary training, restaurant education, mentorship, and leadership development for individuals experiencing addiction, homelessness, or involvement in the justice system.

SCHEDULE

9:00am | COFFEE + BREAKFAST
9:15am | WELCOME
9:20am | A THEOLOGY OF PLACE

9:40am | PERSPECTIVES of PLACE
10:00am | PANEL: PERSPECTIVES on PLACE
10:20am | TABLE CONVERSATION

10:30am | COFFEE BREAK

10:40am | PRACTICES of PLACE
11:00am | PANEL: PRACTICES in PLACE
11:20am | TABLE CONVERSATION

11:30AM | INVITATIONS
11:55am | BLESSING

NOON | LUNCH at The Table Public House (optional)

SPEAKERS

Kevin Colón leads Communications and Community Engagement for the Town of Superior, Colorado.

Originally from Puerto Rico, Kevin moved to Superior, Colorado, twenty years ago. He and his wife have four daughters.

Kevin has experience of leading and serving across the spectrum from a small to large churches. As a coach and consultant most recently, Kevin served as a multi-faith facilitator, bringing Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders together for peace and collaboration.

Amy Hulst is the City Director of The Lovewell Center, committed to the needs and dreams of our city and the refugee community.

Amy led discipleship schools and outreach teams with a youth missions organization, travelling to over 25 countries before she was 25. In 2016, she moved to Denver to join a church plant, Coram Deo. She has worked for global education NGO and has her Masters in International Development from the University of Edinburgh.

Matthew Collver is the founding and lead pastor at the Hills Church, located in Park Hill neighborhood. He and his wife, Elora are adoptive, biological, and foster parents.

Matthew is a Board Member for Park Hill Strong, an initiative to reduce youth violence. He is a coach for the Far Northeast High School basketball team. He enjoys outdoor activities, but mountain biking is his sanctuary.

Jazmin Lopez is the founder and director of Jesus & Arts Sumer Camp, the Childrens Ministry Director at Celebration Community Church, and a Board Member of Mile High Ministries.

Jazmin is married to Jonathan Alfonseca and a mother of two kids, Natalia and Joaquin. She enjoys volunteers at their kids’ school, watching movies, ice cream, and arts & crafts.

Judah Trabulsi and his family moved to Lincoln Park, an underserved neighborhood in West Denver, to love the neighborhood and cultivate a church in and for the neighborhood.

Judah served as a pastor for adolescents in Colorado for 14 years. He has spent the last 3 years listening to the needs of the neighborhood, learning how to be a better pastor. Judah and his wife Candace have two boys.

Jill Jones is the Senior Pastor of Celebration Community Church and has served for over 15 years in pastoral ministry in Denver’s Virginia Village neighborhood.  Originally from the South, Jill went to school in Chicago before moving to Denver to work in inner-city ministry with homeless and street youth.

Jill earned her Masters of Divinity Degree from Denver Seminary, and she loves traveling, learning, reading, gardening, dancing, hanging out with her husband, Roger, and delighting in their two children, Julia and William.