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Partnering for Global Impact: A Thank You to Pulpit Rock Church

May 14, 2025

Dear Pulpit Rock Family, Every December, our church family chooses to be radically generous through our Christmas Offering—and every year, Tirzah International is blown away by the ripple effect of

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Meet Lesley Smith – EMI Global Partner

May 7, 2025

Meet Lesley! You may have seen her and her sweet son Avery around Pulpit Rock Church, but here is a little more insight into what she does as our partner with EMI Global. Lesley has been in

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A New Partner! Santo Domingo – Guatemala

April 24, 2025

Last Fall, Rowland Smith, Christy Penley, and Kyle Robertson traveled to Guatemala to discern possible new partnerships for Pulpit Rock Church. The hope was to find something we could be relationally

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Update from Leku Keta Church in Ethiopia

April 1, 2025

Church we wanted to share some pictures from a recent visit to Leku Keta church from some of the World Orphan’s staff. They were able to meet with Pastor Mulugeta and Pastor Bifa and many of the women

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Extending Hope: How the CarePortal Fund is Changing Lives

March 19, 2025

CarePortal Fund: A Lifeline for Families in Crisis In February, we partnered with Beautiful Redemption to assist a family facing eviction. The mother had lost her job due to being replaced by AI,

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Building Hope: Partnering with HardBeauty to Transform Lives & Community

March 12, 2025

We’re thrilled to partner with HardBeauty and owner/founder Racquel Garcia and our very own Nate Huntley on an incredible project that’s been two years in the making—creating a whole-life recovery

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Empowering Women, Transforming Lives: An Exciting Update from Tirzah India

March 5, 2025

Hello church family! My transition into all things Tirzah has been going so well! And I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to just sit with you in church. What a big change this has all been.

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2024 Ethiopia Partnership Update

January 30, 2025

LEKU KETA KALE HEYWET CHURCHEthiopian Pastor: Mulugeta Sawaro OUR VISIONTo empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. OUR MISSIONWe equip, inspire, and mobilize the church

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NEW Partner Spotlight: Childrens Hopechest

December 18, 2024

We are so excited to partner with Children's Hopechest! Pulpit Rock Church has entered a relationship with Children’s Hopechest to be a partner with the community of Santa Domingo in Guatemala. We

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Share the Joy & Be Part of the Kingdom Come Offering

December 11, 2024

Thinking of ways to make a difference this holiday season? Join us at Pulpit Rock Church for the Kingdom Come Offering, a simple way to spread hope and love right where it’s needed most. This special

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Partner Spotlight: <br>Danielle Reeves at Resilience Church

October 2, 2024

Politics at the Table Reflections: What does it look like to give our allegiance to Jesus, unifying around him while discussing different political leanings that pursue Christ’s Kingdom

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Tirzah India update from Khushbu in New Delhi

August 28, 2024

To the brothers and sisters at Pulpit Rock, We are so excited to update you about the use of the gift that you sent to Khushbu Artisan Center in New Delhi, India, a few months back. One of our

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Leku Keta Church Building Update!

July 17, 2024

Our friends in Ethiopia are working very hard to build a new sanctuary for their church and community. this year through our jubilee fund of the Christmas offering we were able to help our friends at

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Partner Spotlight | Matt & Shari Devine

June 5, 2024

How much value do we all see in making friends in our busy culture? Every text I send, every phone call I make, it always starts with one, or both of us saying, "I've been so busy." Does this sound

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Partner Spotlight | Robert & Hannah Eads

April 10, 2024

God is at work in the lives of everyone around us, whether we realize it or not. At the end of March, students and staff from Southern Colorado packed into a few minivans and headed toward South Padre

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Our COS Community Raised 12,000 for Backpack Bash!

August 9, 2023

We wanted to share how Backpack Bash 2023 went from our friends at COSILoveYou. Our 4th annual Backpack Bash was our biggest and best yet - a huge success in every way. Across the 7 host locations,

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Partner Spotlight | Stephanie Shalosky

June 28, 2023

Hello Pulpit Rock Church, I wanted to send an update on my journey with Cru. I got involved in Cru as a freshman at UCCS (University of Colorado Colorado Springs). I was aware of a few ministries

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Partner Spotlight | Steve & Carol Rugg

October 26, 2022

How did you first get involved with your ministry? Carol was connected to The Navigators as a new believer first going to the University of Illinois.  The Navigators helped her learn to walk with

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Partners Spotlight | The Campbell’s

October 10, 2022

ITES GRADUATION & SURPRISE OPPORTUNITY Surprise! Charley was invited to teach 14 fairly new converts from an ethnic group closed to the Gospel for many years. Charley studied their ethnic group

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Partner Spotlight | Mihael Bermanec

August 3, 2022

Dear sisters and brothers in Pulpit Rock Church! We are grateful that we have new friends, friends who are very far from us, but God somehow brought us together, and thank you for supporting God's

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Partner Spotlight | John & Natalie McLaughlin

July 26, 2022

Hello from John and Natalie, I currently carry a VP of Operations role with BEE World, I entered the ministry with a teaching role. The wonderful structure of BEE World allows me to maintain both

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The Exodus Road: Rescue and Restoration

July 18, 2022

Rescue and Restoration: How Pulpit Rock Church is Fighting Human Trafficking with The Exodus Road  For six years, the generosity of the Pulpit Rock Community has impacted freedom in the darkest

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Missions

Partner Spotlight | Brittany Harmon

June 15, 2022

Hello PRC family! With a recent wedding and move to Germany, ministry with EMI has taken on some new responsibilities that are helping move the mission forward in new ways. I appreciated EMI being

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Missional Expressions

Kingdom Dirt

May 19, 2022

Wanna Hear Some Kingdom Dirt? No, this isn’t the kind of “dirt” that many articles and tv shows rely on to draw an audience. Sorry for the tactic... Often, we think of the Kingdom of God as

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Partner Spotlight | The Watermans

May 10, 2022

Every month, we get to highlight one of our amazing partners! Learn how God has been working through each of them in our city and all over the world here. Adam and Alejandra Waterman are

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Partner Spotlight | Jeremy & Monica Chambers

April 26, 2022

With our Partner Spotlights, we get to highlight how God is at work in this city and all over the world through the partners we support! We’re excited to introduce some of our new partners…

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Partner Spotlight | The Exodus Road

April 12, 2022

For the last 5 years, our church has been partnering with The Exodus Road to free victims of human trafficking around the globe. Through the 2021 Christmas Offering, we got to help fund the

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Partner Spotlight | Leku Keta

April 5, 2022

We’re excited to share some updates from Leku Keta Kale Heywett Church, our church partners in Ethiopia! You'll remember that last summer, Leku Keta's church leaders came up with a business plan to

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Partner Spotlight | George & Cathy Brown

March 29, 2022

With our Partner Spotlights, we get to highlight how God is at work in this city and all over the world through the partners we support! George and Cathy Brown have been serving with European

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Love Your Neighbor

Partner Spotlight | Ama a tu prójimo

March 17, 2022

It's been so exciting to watch the ministry of Love Your Neighbor grow over the years. Not only has this Pulpit Rock "bunk bed ministry" expanded from bi-monthly build days to include woodworking and

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Partner Spotlight | LFS Refugee Program

February 17, 2022

Late last summer, Pulpit Rock started a conversation with the only “refugee settlement agency” in southern Colorado to find out how we could help. The agency, Lutheran Family Services, gladly shared

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Partner Spotlight | Kara Gowler

February 8, 2022

God is at work here in Colorado Springs and all over the world through the partners we support here at Pulpit Rock. To find more Partner Spotlights, check out our Strategic Partners page.  In

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Love Your Neighbor

Partner Spotlight | Love Your Neighbor

January 25, 2022

God is at work in our city and all over the world through the missionaries and organizations we partner with. Learn more on our Sent page. 2021 was quite a year for Love Your Neighbor, a ministry

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Partner Spotlight | Zoran & Dada Radojević

January 18, 2022

With our Partner Spotlights, we get to highlight how God is at work in this city and all over the world through the partners we support! We're excited to introduce some of our new partners...

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Missional Expressions

Partner Spotlight | The Salvation Army

December 27, 2021

Teams from Pulpit Rock have been preparing and serving meals to over 150 hungry men, women, and children at the Salvation Army shelter every month for over a decade. Through our Meal Teams, we get

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Freedom in Thailand

December 16, 2021

One of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve had the privilege of doing is serve as a volunteer with The Exodus Road. We’ve supported this organization at Pulpit Rock for a few years. And this

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Partner Spotlight | Carol Rugg

December 9, 2021

With our Partner Spotlights, we get to highlight how God is at work in this city and all over the world through the partners we support! Steve and Carol Rugg work with the Navigators here in

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Partner Spotlight | CarePortal

November 18, 2021

God is at work in our city and all over the world through the missionaries and organizations we partner with. Learn more on our Sent page. 2021 Pulpit Rock Church CarePortal numbers:  Requests

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Partner Spotlight | Charley & Sherry Campbell

October 12, 2021

With our Partner Spotlights, we get to highlight how God is at work in this city and all over the world through the partners we support! For the past 16 years, Charley and Sherry Campbell’s primary

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CityServe 2021

October 7, 2021

On Saturday, Pulpit Rock got to partner with thousands around our city to love on Colorado Springs in some tangible ways during CityServe Day. Hundreds of churches, businesses, and organizations came

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Partner Spotlight | Mercy’s Gate

September 21, 2021

God is at work in our city and all over the world through the missionaries and organizations we partner with. Learn more on our Sent page. Mercy's Gate is an amazing non-profit that Pulpit Rock

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Giving

You’re Making a Difference in Myanmar

September 9, 2021

Since March, all donations made to the Refugee Support designated giving account went towards food and relief in Myanmar. Read more about the crisis there and how your funds are being

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Partner Spotlight | Adam & Alejandra Waterman

September 2, 2021

We love getting to share updates from our partners every month! Learn more about how we get to participate in God's work in the world by visiting our Sent page. Adam and Alejandra (and their two

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Partner Spotlight | COSILoveYou

August 26, 2021

Through our Partner Spotlights, we want to focus on highlighting how God is at work in our city and all over the world through the missionaries and organizations we partner with. Most of you have

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Partner Spotlight | Brittany Meloni

August 19, 2021

At Pulpit Rock, we get to participate in the work God is doing all over the world and here in Colorado Springs by partnering, both financially and in prayer, with missionaries and organizations. You

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A Six-Year Project Completed!

July 1, 2021

Over the years, Pulpit Rock has partnered with Springs Rescue Mission to support their campus expansion project through Christmas and Easter Offerings. In 2016, we got to celebrate the

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Ethiopia

The New Shops Are Underway!

June 15, 2021

We're excited to share some updates from Leku Keta Kale Heywett Church, our church partners in Ethiopia! Over the last few months, Leku Keta's school has been experiencing serious financial

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Mercy

Protected: Justice & Freedom

June 3, 2021

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In COS as It Is in Heaven

May 12, 2021

About eight months ago, I was invited by Stu Davis, the director of CosILoveYou, and Corrie Smith, the program director, to meet the principal of Panorama Middle School in Southeast Colorado

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Giving

Relief in Myanmar

April 15, 2021

As you may know, last month's donations towards the Refugee Support designated giving account went towards food and relief in Myanmar. These funds have been used to purchase large bags of rice,

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Love Your Neighbor

Our New Mentorship Woodshop Program

March 30, 2021

Woodworking has been a passion of mine for a long time. Losing myself in a creative woodworking project may be the most restful thing I do, and creative time in the woodshop recharges my

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What’s Going on with Our Church Partners in Ethiopia?

March 9, 2021

For the last few years, we’ve gotten to partner with Leku Keta, a church in Ethiopia, to support women through the Economic Empowerment Program and to support children through Home Based Orphan Care -

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Loving Our Lebanese Neighbors

October 20, 2020

As the Love Your Neighbor team grows and loves more people across our city, doors are being opened that allow us to love our neighbors around the world. Most recently, after a lot of time on an

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In Bolivia

September 24, 2020

We are excited to share an update from one of Pulpit Rock’s Strategic Partners working in Bolivia, Kara Gowler! Kara works at Highlands International School (a part of Network of International

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School Backpacks are Good Theology

June 24, 2020

Those of us who walk in church and religious circles can often get caught thinking that “good theology” always points to high thoughts about scripture or spiritual sounding doctrines. However,

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The Gift of Rescue

May 4, 2020

$30,000 That's how much we chose to give to The Exodus Road from this past year's Christmas Offering. We thought it was a good gift to help fund the fight against human trafficking in Latin

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Taking Pastor Thomas to Cuba

April 17, 2020

OK,  I don’t really think Thomas has been to Cuba. But one of his sermons recently encouraged a group of Jesus followers there! Here’s how God brought it about. My husband, Bob, and I have had

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What loving the homeless looks like during a pandemic.

April 15, 2020

“You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.” In a book I have been reading (yes, I read. I seem to have more bandwidth recently) I came across this quote. I admit that I

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Crayola Creations and Life Transformation

April 13, 2020

Last month I had the opportunity to travel to the beautiful countries of Jordan and Lebanon to visit some of the Lighthouses Pulpit Rock has partnered with. These Lighthouses are micro church plants

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We need your help to love the students and teachers at Panorama Middle School!

March 7, 2020

I am so excited to share with you all a new partnership that Pulpit Rock has formed with Panorama Middle School in D2. Our church was recently asked to join a community team through the new

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Our Year with Leku Keta

March 5, 2020

Pulpit Rock! I wanted to share this quick update with you all about our partnership with Leku Keta Church in Ethiopia. We began partnering with Leku Keta in 2015 and as one of our strategic

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How your generosity is transforming lives in Uganda.

February 17, 2020

Lifeworkx is one of our strategic partner organizations. It is a life transformative self-discovery experience that is all about how each person builds and impacts the Kingdom of God in a way only

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The Gift of White Lab Coats

January 28, 2020

We shared before about the trip Kyle Collins took last fall to Ethiopia. He traveled with a couple eye doctors who conducted an eye clinic at our partner church, Leku Keta. We wanted to share a bit

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An Eye Clinic at Leku Keta in Ethiopia

October 7, 2019

Kyle Collins spent last week in Ethiopia, accompanied by two eye doctors. They spent time at our partner church, Leku Keta, where they conducted an eye clinic to address the massive need for eye

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Building a Lighthouse in Lebanon

September 24, 2019

As a part of last year's Christmas Offering, we partnered with Pastor Mohammed to build two Refugee Lighthouses in the middle east. We wanted to show you what your money has done. Here are photos and

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Protected: This is how we fulfill scripture.

August 10, 2019

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Led and Loved by “the least of these”

April 16, 2019

(Mexico Moments, Part 1) Donato squinted at us in the morning sunlight, translating Victor’s words across the table: “He says that whichever rooster speaks up next will be the volunteer for

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Responding to Teen Suicide

April 10, 2019

As our city has been devastated the last several years by teen suicide, we have been asking what our response should look like as a church. We have made investments in organizations like Education

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Groundbreaking at Springs Rescue Mission

March 18, 2019

Over the past three years Pulpit Rock has been partnered in numerous ways with Springs Rescue Mission and their campus expansion in town. Its been amazing to see more than $70,000 raised over the

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Freedom for Fawn

November 30, 2018

On the coast of Thailand, there is a medium sized city with one of the largest red-light districts in the country. Packed into about a quarter of a mile are dozens of brothels, strip clubs and go-go

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Encouraged to live again. A testimony.

October 16, 2018

As you know, a couple weeks ago we prayed for our sister church in Ethiopia. We were heartbroken when we heard that racially motivated violence and unrest has affected Leku Keta, the caregivers and

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SENT | Brittany Meloni | Engineering Ministries International

October 12, 2018

SENT is part of a new weekly series telling stories of people at Pulpit Rock living missionally in their unique contexts. We believe that all of us have been SENT into our neighborhoods, workplaces

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An Update from Ethiopia

September 11, 2018

Read the latest update from our partner church in Leku Keta, Ethiopia. They share about the medical team from Pulpit Rock that visited this summer and some of the ways God has been using their church

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SENT | Kara Gowler | Teaching in Bolivia

August 3, 2018

SENT is part of a new weekly series telling stories of people at Pulpit Rock living missionally in their unique contexts. We believe that all of us have been SENT into our neighborhoods, workplaces

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Nepal Womens Conference

July 28, 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.9"] You remember the H.E.R. series. By now you probably have a pretty good idea of how we feel about

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Live from Cortez

July 18, 2018

On Sunday we sent a group of our students off to Cortez, CO for the week. Cortez is a small city hidden deep in the southwest corner of Colorado. Our High School Mission Team is serving in a number of

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Mission Trip Selfies

July 12, 2018

This time of year you may begin to notice an uptick in social media posts about short term mission trips. They are a popular form of summer ministry in most churches, and social media is an efficient

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Haiti 2018

July 10, 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.9"] In June, ten members of our church went on a trip to Haiti with Mission of Hope. During the week

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Taste and See

April 10, 2018

Mexican sunshine broke through the open windows of the brick church. Chairs rattled as they were unfolded and placed in rows on the dirt floor, and Donato stood next to Victor, both of them

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An Ordinary Cardboard Box

November 15, 2017

A cardboard box is as ordinary as it gets, about as ordinary as a manger, some water, and dirt. There is ordinary all around us. Casual conversations, jobs, and even relationships can seem as plain as

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Welcome to Hell

November 9, 2017

This isn't a story that begins with once upon a time…but it does happen in a land far, far away. 18 hours by jet plane in fact with a 13-hour time difference. "Welcome to Hell." Those were the

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CityServe is Coming

September 7, 2017

Something very exciting is happening at the end of this month. It's called CityServe and Pulpit Rock is a part of it this year! This is a day when thousands of Christ-followers in Colorado

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Ethiopia

In Which We Loose the Chains of Injustice

August 23, 2017

We recently received an update from our sister church in Ethiopia. We are grateful about the restoration of the peace in the community and in our country. There used to be a very terrifying

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Haiti 2017

June 19, 2017

 

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We pray to see high school students flourish.

June 7, 2017

As a part of last year's Christmas Offering, you gave $15,000 to fund the Education For a Lifetime program for every high school in District 11. (That's Coronado, Doherty, Mitchell and Palmer, in case

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City Serve in COS

October 20, 2016

We're deep in election season. Divisiveness and disagreement are running rampant. Sides are being taken, walls are being built, families are being divided. Social media is ripe with conflict. Even

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We Left Our Heart in Ethiopia

August 30, 2016

We have shared with you before about our sister church in Ethiopia, the Leku Keta Kale Heywet church. This past June a group from Pulpit Rock went to visit and spent time investing in this beautiful,

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Boquillas

The Kingdom to Come

April 25, 2016

You know those places you’ve never been to before, but when you visit, it feels like coming home? That was my recent trip to Boquillas, Mexico with the Pulpit Rock team. I’ve heard of Boquillas

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Pulpit Rock Loves Ethiopia

March 15, 2016

Part of the money from our Christmas offering last year is going to support the Leku Keta Kale Heywet church in Ethiopia. Here are a couple pictures to put faces to our prayers and

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Why Haiti?

March 1, 2016

This last year we provided the funds to move 10 families in Haiti from living in blue tarps to living in sustainable homes. This summer, we will take a team of 30 from our church back to Haiti to

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Building a Refuge in Haiti

February 24, 2016

One of the phrases that has shaped my life is, “Find out where God is moving, and then follow after Him.” On my recent trip to Haiti, it was clear to me that God is working there! I can recall,

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Feeding the Homeless: A Pulpit Rock Legacy

November 10, 2015

Did you know that for 20 years, Pulpit Rock families have been partnering with the Salvation Army New Hope shelter in the their ministry to the homeless of our city? Currently, teams of Pulpit Rock

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Meet Bifa

August 10, 2015

Bifa. Maybe it was his contagious smile. Maybe it was his easy-to-pronounce name in a sea of names that were hard to remember, let alone say. Or maybe it was our first exchange that made Bifa stand

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