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Name of church: City on the Hill
City: Boulder
Website: www.cityonthehill.com
What's the worship music like? Contemporary (Hillsong, Chris Tomlin, etc.) with an occasional hymn, about 20+ minutes long, excellent worship
What's the speaking like? Bible teaching straight from the Word
What's the childcare like? available for all ages, lots of fun
What's your favorite thing? the people there
What would you change? not sure?
Can I wear jeans? absolutely
Name of church: Northern Hills Christian Church
City: Thornton/Brighton
Website: http://www.northernhills.cc
What's the worship music like? Contemporary fast loud (depending on venue) -- Great worship music
What's the speaking like? Bible teaching - relevant
What's the childcare like? available through elementary
What's your favorite thing? People and DNA of the church
What would you change? Not sure
Can I wear jeans? Yes, T-Shirts, shorts too
Name of church: Crossroads Church of Denver
City: Arvada
Website: http://www.crossroadsdenver.org
What's the worship music like? Contemporary. 99% of the time there is a well-rehearsed band, occasionally we'll sing the old hymns, worship lasts about 30 minutes. It's sincere, not showy. Don't be surprised to find yourself dancing a little. It's not a big arm-waving place, though.
What's the speaking like? Straight from the Bible. For example, right now we are going through Luke, verse by verse---but since the Bible is living, it can't help but be relevant for all time. Somehow, it's Old School AND culturally relevant. The pastors are engaging, thought-provoking, and knowledgeable teachers. I always leave feeling challenged.
What's the childcare like? Available from birth up to high school ages. Teachers are dedicated, must apply for the positions, and go through background checks. There is a nursing mom's room for babies and toddlers up to the age of two. The church also owns a summer camp near Bailey.
What's your favorite thing? It's alive. I can't wait to go back every week. There are ministries/small groups for everyone.
What would you change? I wish they had a preschool.
Can I wear jeans? Yes.
Name of church: New Life Church
City: Colorado Springs
Website: www.newlifechurch.org
What's the worship music like?: Mostly contemporary including contemporary hymns. The worship leaders/pastors write a ton of their own music (eg.Desperation Band, Jared Anderson).
What's the speaking like? Sweet video intros, very sound Biblical teaching and usually cuturally relevant.
What's the childcare like? Huge children's ministry. Your kids will be well cared for.
What's your favorite thing? The worship is amazing.
What would you change? I wish the small groups were actually small. In such a large church (approx 12,000) some of the small groups have 40+ people in them. Also, it is hard to get involoved. You have to be very intentional.
Can I wear jeans? Yup
Name of church: Discovery Christian Church
City: Broomfield
Website: www.discovery-church.org
What's the worship music like? A variety of styles: rock, bluegrass, folk, blues, classical.
What's the speaking like? A mix of Expository and Topical.
What's the childcare like? Available for all ages, lots of fun
What's your favorite thing? Its the friendliest church I've ever been to!
What would you change? Move into a permanent building (we're in the process of designing a building)
Can I wear jeans? Absolutely!
Name of church: Tri-Lakes Chapel
City: Monument
Website: www.tlchapel.org
What's the worship music like? Contemporary
What's the speaking like? Life lessons from the Word
What's the childcare like? awesome program for kids newborn through fifth grade. Children's church is called Adventure Quest--so great!
What's your favorite thing? worship and Bible study
What would you change? small groups need to mix up every year or so--to get to know more folks
Can I wear jeans? Oh Yes
Name of church: The Vail Church
City: Avon, CO
Website: http://www.thevailchurch.com/
What's the worship music like?Contemporary
What's the speaking like? Bible based and culturally relevant
What's the childcare like? Nursery and Sunday school
What's your favorite thing? Young congregation (mid 20s and 30s, young families)
What would you change? Nothing so far (new attendee)
Can I wear jeans? Yes!
Name of church: Eastern Hills Community Church
City: Aurora
Website: www.ehills.org
What's the worship music like? Contemporary
What's the speaking like? Bible based and culturally relevant
What's the childcare like? All ages
What's your favorite thing? Our #1 pillar is to be a place of grace.
What would you change? Create motorcycle parking for the pastors.
Can I wear jeans? Yes and tacky Hawaiian shirts are encouraged.
Name of church TNL (The Next Level)
City: Denver area
Website: tnl.org
What's the worship music like? (Contemporary, hymns, long, fast, loud etc?): Loud, proud, David Crowder style!
What's the speaking like? (Old school Bible, culturally relevant, by video etc?): Contemporary application of the Word to our lives.
What's the childcare like? AWESOME, from baby to middle school, and high schoolers should be able to take care of themselves!
What's your favorite thing? Worship and teaching and community and Jesus and...
What would you change? We meet on Tuesday nights which works well for my family. I don't like Sunday church, but if TNL did Sundays, I would like it. SO, perhaps what I would change is that it fit the traditionalists who feel they HAVE to go on Sunday.
Can I wear jeans? COME AS YOU ARE! YOU ARE ACCEPTED JUST AS YOU ARE, is said each week and that includes dress style.
Name: Pinecrest Community Church
City: Parker/Elizabeth
Website: www.pinecrestonline.org
What's the worship music like? Contemporary, medium loud-ish, electrified, rock-band style setup
What's the speaking like? Good balance of topical and exegetical, always relevant
What's the childcare like? Safe, friendly, clean, all the things you look for when you have a toddler. I've heard the youth program and children's programs are great as well, just haven't experienced those.
What's your favorite thing? The worship eagle (kidding). Probably the authenticity and transparency of the staff and community. And the muffins.
What would you change? The facilities (generic pre-fab steel building halfway to Kansas - no offense intended to Kansas). However, the humble facilities do help to reinforce priorities (people first).
Can I wear jeans? Yes. And shirts and shoes are also highly recommended for full service.
Name of Church: West Side Bible Church
City: Rocky Ford
The worship music is a great balance of contemporary praise and updated hymns and lasts close to 30 minutes.
The speaking includes Bible truths, interesting stories, and practical, relevant application. Our pastor meets us where we're at with his sermons and there is always a memorable application.
Our church is filled with children, so childcare is an emphasis. Sunday School for ages 2 and up, nursery for under 2. Nursery available for children under 4 during worhsip service. Children 4 and up have activity folders updated weekly to satisfy them during the quiet parts of the service.
One of my favorite parts of my church is the opportunity for connection. We have people of all ages and from all seasons of life. West Side Bible has a very relevant and energetic youth program, Biblically sound and active children's program, Men's and Women's Bible Studies and activities, marriage studies, parenting studies, and more!
Yes, you can wear jeans.
Zyxter Church
Parker, CO
http://www.ZyxterChurch.com
What's the worship music like? Contemporary music.
What's the speaking like?
Practical messages from the greatest communicators in the Christian faith. Some weeks are by video, others are led by Pastor Joe Wood, known for being myspace.com's 'pastor' (http://myspace.com/afterlifetv)
What's the childcare like?
Infant Child Care
What's your favorite thing?
How real everyone is. Doesn't matter who you are, what you have done, or even what you might be currently doing...you are welcome here!
What would you change?
Nothing...well, we'd love to ADD one thing or maybe better said, there is one thing missing and that is YOU!
Can I wear jeans?
YES. We don't care what you wear or we care is that you wear something. Don't believe us? Put us to the test. We believe churches have for to long put too much emphasis on the outside and the reality is God cares about the inside. Come as you are. Don't dress any different than you normally would dress.
Name: Pulpit Rock Church
City: Colorado Springs
Website: http://www.pulpitrock.com/
Worship music: Mix of contemporary music and hymns, original compositions by the awesome worship pastor (who rocks my face off, in spite of his lack of metrosexuality), can get more contemporary/loud depending on which service you attend, the earliest one being the more traditional, the later ones being more informal.
Speaking: Pretty awesome, culturally relevant (the pastor has a goatee), analysis/studies on applying "old school Bible" topics and verses to life currently often via real-life stories and experiences of the speaker, focus on community and reaching out to others. They have a good focus on community, and a really nice, close-feeling, make-yourself-at-home kind of community while still being a decent-sized modern sort of church.
Childcare: Really great, organised, fun, educational, well-staffed childcare split up by age groups. And they even tag the kids like whales, too, so it's all good.
Favourite thing: It's the only church in my limited church experience that I have never /once/ fallen asleep in, no matter how tired I was it always captures my attention and doesn't send me on a straight path to the hell for those who nod off one too many times during the sermon (there is one of those, right?)
What I'd change: I'd love it if the worship service was even louder and more contemporary and rock and hip, but I'm all about the concert experience.
Can I wear jeans? Yes, you can, Jon. And not only you, but whoever else likes jeans as well! Jeans or skirts, shorts or suits, even pajamas if you overslept. The community's just happy to see you made it.
(oh, and you can drink coffee too. any kind you want. promise.)
Name of church: Discovery Christian Church
City: Colorado Springs
Website: www.dccsprings.com
What's the worship music like? Contemporary, loud (Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, Matt Redman, etc.)
What's the speaking like? Culturally relevant; mostly expository (verse by verse) with occasional topical sermons
What's the childcare like? We have childcare available for all ages, and the kids have a great time. Children account for about a third of our congregation. Actually, our building used to be occupied by Pump It Up, an inflatable kids' party zone, so our children's area is very colorful and filled with air hockey and other games, as well as individual classrooms.
What's your favorite thing? Pastor Greg's teaching is biblical and relevant.
What would you change? Since we have a younger congregation, we're working on leveraging technology, such as social media, to a greater extent. We're also working on launching small groups to strengthen biblical community.
Can I wear jeans? Absolutely! Almost everyone, including our pastor, wears jeans. When I'm in the mood to dress up a little, I don't feel out of place, either. Come as you are!
Name of church: Life Fellowship
City: Westminster/Fredrick
Website: www.lifefellowship.org
What's the worship music like? 3/4ths contemporary, one or two .hymns/
What's the speaking like? Verse by verse through the New Testament. Very good, convicting teaching.
What's the childcare like? All ages, outstanding childrens programs from birth to 5th grade, and a great youth group from 6th and up.
What's your favorite thing? The people and the welcoming atmosphere.
What would you change? Can't think of anything.
Can I wear jeans? Definitely. You can dress up, or come as you are.
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