Stuff We Do

Liturgy Guild — Occasional Saturday meetings where we make creative decisions about our liturgical life together: Open space, hymns, liturgy, aesthetics. Open to everyone.

Choral Guild — Comprised of whomever shows up at 4:20 on Sundays to go through the music with our Cantor, Jamie. They learn the harmonies and then sit among the congregation to help hold the singing.

Weekly Setup/Cleanup Volunteers — Weekly commitments to help set-up, clean-up, make communion bread, set up the altar, greet people, or provide refreshments. Also included is the opportunity to (with a couple other people) cook our monthly community meal. Sign up on the white board on Sundays or look for the announcements in the newsletter or on Facebook.

The liturgy-after-the-liturgy — No one is in charge of getting the space broken down after liturgy and after our shared meals which means everyone is in charge! If you don't know where something goes, just ask around.

Retreats — A contemplative prayer retreat in the Fall and a just-hanging-out-and-having-fun retreat at the YMCA of the Rockies (Estes Park) in the Spring.

Community Prayer Meetings — We organize prayer meetings throughout the year. Sometimes this looks like Morning Prayer at the church (seasonal), Evening Prayer during Advent and Lent, or Contemplative Prayer gatherings at folks' homes. For current prayer gatherings, email our Housekeeper for Prayer and Pastoral Care here.

Vespers — Sung evening prayer weekly during Advent and Lent.

St. Monica's Guild — We organize healing prayer and hold trainings on visiting the sick and other pastoral care topics.

Operation Turkey Sandwich — Happens Thanksgiving Day. We make and deliver (all over Denver) Thanksgiving sack lunches to people unfortunate enough to have to work on Thanksgiving. Last year we handed out 1,000.

Blessing of the Bicycles — We bless bikes. Then, go for a community ride around Capitol Hill, come back, eat pizza and hang out. Happens in the Summer.

Beer & Hymns — A few times a year we meet in a local bar, drink beer and sing hymns. In Advent, we hold Beer & Carols.

Potluck and Community Meal — Once a month we have a potluck right after liturgy and once a month we have a community meal (we take turns cooking the meal for one another). Generally, Potluck is the 2nd Sunday and Community Meal is the 4th Sunday of each month.  Any changes to that schedule are announced via email and the Facebook page.

Supper Clubs — Small, bi-weekly gatherings of HFASSers that all include: 1) Prayer, 2) Sharing a meal, and 3) Checking in with each other.

Office hours with the Pastors — About once a week, Pastor Reagan holds office hours at a local coffee shop. Everyone is welcome to stop by and hang out. The day and time changes week to week, so check your email for details.

Church-Drag-Queen-Bingo, Rock Climbing, Social Workers/Therapists Group,  Family & Children's Picnics, etc. — These are occasional events that are led by various HFASSers and announced on our Facebook group.