Shared Space

This coming Sunday, we will be changing venues for our worship service at CTK Durango. This is not too shocking...it was about a year ago that we moved from Pickles Restaurant to the Community Rec Center. Two things are significant about this transition. One is that we will now be meeting on Sunday mornings. Our goal is make ourselves more accessible to people. We want our central worship experience (which we refer to as the "front door") to be as easy to find and safe for people exploring Jesus. The second reason for the move is that we get to share space with other churches. We are moving into the building currently leased by Matthew's House. Joe Beckler (the pastor) and I have become good friends in the past couple years and through that relationship he has extended an invitation for us to share their space. They meet on Sunday nights, so the mornings are wide open. Patrick Crossing (another church--another good friend) will also begin using the space as they meet on Thursday nights. Before long, three churches will be using the same facility. Not only will we be sharing space, but we are constantly exploring new ways for the churches to share in ministry as well. I am intrigued and excited about the prospect of churches doing life together as well as what it communicates to the community about the unity of God's Church (did that all rhyme?)when we can share resources instead of hoarding them.