Impact & Ministries

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Neighbors gathered for a community meal in the fellowship hall

Impact & Ministries

Beyond the four walls.

Since 1991 this church has been the connecting point for more than twenty ministries serving the homeless, the hurting, families in crisis, at-risk youth, and the elderly in the heart of Denver.

400+
meals a week at the height of our outreach
125
households a week through the food bank
17
nations reached by our short-term mission teams
1998
the year our prison and senior ministries began
Feed

Food for the body, hope for the soul.

The fellowship hall full of neighbors at a community dinner

Volunteers handing out bags of food at the church side door

Food Bank

A weekly food bank for the neighborhood, in partnership with Food Bank of the Rockies, serving about 125 households a week.

Volunteers serving plates of food to neighbors

Morning Manna

Hot breakfast, a packed lunch and a word of encouragement for our homeless neighbors, three mornings a week in David’s Tent.

Neighbors lining up for a community meal

Thursday Night Outreach

An evening meal and fellowship for anyone who walks in, and a partnership with Street Reach Ministry on Mondays.

Volunteers in Serve God Serve People shirts

Community Holiday Dinners

Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for hundreds of neighbors, and the annual MLK Marade luncheon, hosted for more than 25 years.

A volunteer washing the feet of a homeless neighbor at the church

Benevolence

Emergency help with the small crises that become big ones: a bill, a bus pass, a night of shelter.

Barth Hotel Ministry

A monthly worship service and friendship for residents of the low-income assisted-living hotel at 17th and Blake, since 1998.

A volunteer washing the feet of a homeless neighbor at the church
The fellowship hall full of neighbors at a community dinner
Volunteers handing out bags of food at the church side door
Volunteers serving plates of food
Neighbors lining up for a meal
A volunteer washing a woman's feet during the homeless outreach
Church in the City volunteers gathered in the fellowship hall
Pastor Michael Walker and a volunteer in Serve God Serve People shirts on Colfax
Volunteers and the In-N-Out Cookout truck crew serving a community meal
Men kneeling in prayer in the sanctuary
Children sharing a meal in the fellowship hall
The cast of a Christmas production gathered on the sanctuary stage
Student volunteers at the food pantry with donated eggs and milk
Free haircuts at the outreach day on Colfax
Praying over a neighbor at the outreach day
A neighbor worships with hands raised at the outreach day
Families gathered for worship at the Colfax outreach day
Hands raised in worship on the Colfax lot
Worship on the lot at the outreach day
Volunteers at the welcome table at the outreach day
Free clothing table at the outreach day
Grocery giveaway on Colfax
Morning Manna, the food bank and the Thursday outreach, where the church washes feet as well as serving plates.
Prayer at a baptism

Recover

Freedom from hurts, habits and hang-ups.

A Christ-centered recovery program for anyone dealing with addiction, loss or life’s hurts. Meets weekly at the church. Learn more.

Prison Ministry

Prayer, correspondence and jail outreach, carrying on the Barn-A-Bus ministry that first carried families to eight Colorado prisons in 1998.

A volunteer washing a woman's feet during the homeless outreach

Prayer & Care

A prayer chain, pastoral care, and small groups that make a big church feel like family.

Teach

Raising the next generation of the city.

Children's choir singing on the sanctuary stage

Children's choir singing on the sanctuary stage

Children’s Ministry

Kids church on Saturday and Sunday, summer camps, and a long tradition of outreach to the children of East Village and the neighborhoods around us.

Angel Cafe

A safe, off-campus lunch spot the church ran for East High School students in 2023, with mentoring and job connections alongside.

A youth mission team gathered outside in Denver

Tutoring & Mentoring

Whiz Kids one-on-one reading tutors, teen-parent mentoring, and adults who show up for kids who need one.

Church in the City members walking in the MLK Marade on Colfax

Reach

From Colfax to the ends of the earth.

Children in India holding gift bags under a banner thanking Church in the City - Beth Abraham for COVID relief

Short-Term Missions

Teams have served in Haiti, Ethiopia, Uganda, Spain, Guatemala, Israel and a dozen more nations. Missions application.

Refugee & International Ministry

Walking alongside newly arrived families, and hosting partner congregations from South Sudan, Indonesia and Latin America under our roof.

A concert on the sanctuary stage with hands raised in the crowd

Church Planting

Westword called us a greenhouse for church plants. Several Denver congregations began in our building.

A crowd with drummers at the MLK Marade

MLK Marade

Every January the church walks Colfax in Denver’s Martin Luther King Jr. Marade and hosts the Marade luncheon afterward, a tradition now more than 25 years old.

Want to serve, or need help?

Call the church office at (303) 322-5733, come by on a Saturday or Sunday, or check the calendar for the next outreach.