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Family Fun Night at Pirate's Cove

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It's not summer until you go to the pool! Join us at Pirate's Cove for family fun night THIS Friday, July 25th. Meet at Pirate's Cove at 6:45pm! Cost is $5.00 per person or $25.00 per immediate family.

CELEBRATE!!

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Hey Leaders!

Take some time and share with the other WAVE Leaders...What did God do at camp in our students' lives...many of you had conversations and prayer time with our kids; who made first time or stronger commitments!

It would be great to celebrate these things together!

What about you?

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What a great week at Lone Tree Camp!

I know that God did and is doing some amazing things in your lives and we need to share that with eachother!

Share a comment with your WAVES family...And Read what God is doing around you!

Family Fun Movie Night

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Start the popcorn! Join us for the Family Fun Movie Night on the Lawn, Friday night, August 1st at 7:00pm on the East lawn! We will be showing "Meet the Robinsons" Make your own cardboard car to sit in while you watch the movie! There will be a prize for the best car! Can't wait to see you there!

Mothers of Pre-Schoolers

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We would love to invite mothers to be apart or our MOPS program, which stands for Mothers of Preschoolers.

MOPS is a faith-based program that provides encouragement, support, information, and socialization to moms, assisting them in being the best moms that they can be!

If you are pregnant and/or have kids between 0-6 years of age, then MOPS is for you!

At MOPS meetings there are professional speakers, fun and useful crafts, time to chat with other moms, and great food! We also have occasional special events, such as spa nights and date nights. This group is designed to be a time of relaxation and growth for moms... let's face it, you deserve time to relax and have fun!

MOPS also provides a children’s program called MOPPETS for kids between the ages of 0-6 years, so that moms can drop their kids off and enjoy their time with the knowledge that their children

are not only receiving quality care, but are also having a blast!

The Cost of MOPS is $56 per semester. This fee includes the cost of childcare (through our MOPPETS program), crafts, special speakers, and a membership to MOPS International! With your MOPS International membership you will receive a subscription to MomSense Magazine, plus occasional bonuses like a children's DVD or book.

MOPS will meet the 2^nd and 4^th Thursdays of the month from 9am to 11:30am, starting September 11^th. Please contact Cris Hutcheson, at cris@vrbo.com, if you have any questions. Please invite every mom you know, this is a great way for us to provide a wonderful service to our community!

The registration form is now available...please register below.

MOPS Registration

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MOPS Garage Sale: Huge Children's Consignment Sale!

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Everyone knows that if you have kids... you need a lot of stuff! MOPS is hosting a Garage Sale so that parents can clean up on needed children's items at GREAT prices! Do you need a crib? Toys? A double Stroller? How about clothes for your kids? Well this sale is for you!

This Children's Consignment sale will be held:

Saturday, August 23rd, from 9am-3pm.

Items being sold will include furniture, equipment, toys, clothes, maternity clothes, and much more! There will be a huge selection and everything will be in wonderful condition.

Not only will there be amazing deals on gently used children's items, but we will have many vendors there selling new items as well! This sale is going to be the "must-shop-event" of the season! If you have kids, or know someone who does, you will not want to miss this Garage Sale!

For those who would like to hit the sale early, and have the opportunity to get the best items and deals available before anyone else, you can have the opportunity to shop at our PRE-SALE on Friday night, August 22nd. Please click here to find out more.

If you have gently used children's or maternity items that you would like to sell at this MOPS Garage Sale, please click here for more info.

If you have your own business that would be applicable and of interest to mothers, parents, and families, and you would like to be one of the vendors at the MOPS Garage Sale, please click here for more info.

MOPS is accepting Donations to help this fundraiser to be the best that it can be! Please click here to see what donations are needed, and if you can help in anyway. Thanks in advance for your help!

Be a Seller at the MOPS Garage Sale!

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MOPS is accepting people who would like to sell their gently used baby/children's/and maternity items into their huge Garage Sale! If you are finished using your items and would like to make a profit on them, this sale would give you the opportunity to do just that!

This sale is a fundraiser for MOPS, so part of your sales will be designated for MOPS. You will keep 70% of your total sales and the other 30% will be given to MOPS to assist them with their program this year. The benefit of selling your items at a sale such as this is the amount of traffic that this type of sale will bring. You will be able to sell more items and get more money per item because of the magnitude of this sale. This will be a highly publicized event and will bring in lots of buyers.

Please read the following information very carefully, and please let us know if you have any questions.

If you are interested in selling your items, you need to attend:

Seller Sign-Up Day: Sunday, August 3rd, 2pm-4pm

At this sign-up you will:

Be officially signed-up to sell at the Garage sale.
Given needed training on how the sale will be conducted, and be given crucial information.
Given tags to price and label all of your items.

*Do not bring your items at this time! We will not have storage for your items, please see below for instructions on when to bring items.*

The rest of the instructions will be given at Seller Sign-Up day. We look forward to working with you and hope that you will be able to sell all of your items!

Please Donate Needed Items for the MOPS Garage Sale!

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MOPS is throwing a HUGE Garage Sale: Children's Consignment Sale on Saturday, August 23rd from 9am-3pm, and we are in need of donations to make this fundraiser the best it can be! Items needed include:

Plastic Shopping Bags
Rope
Long Pipes (1 1/2 inch ABS Pipe)
Balloons
Clothing Racks
Baked Goods for Bake Sale
Empty Shoe Boxes
Kid-Sized Hangers
Safety Pins
Gently Used baby, children's, and maternity items that are in great condition and that you no longer want.

If you can donate any of the above items please bring them to Denver First Church, 3800 E. Hampden Ave. Engelwood CO, 80113 on:

Sunday, August 3rd, 8AM-10AM OR 2PM-4PM

However, if you would like to donate baked goods for the Bake Sale that we will be having during our Garage Sale, we ask that you bring the baked goods:

Friday, August 22nd, 3PM-4PM

That way the baked goods will be fresh and ready to sell! Just bring them to the same location, Denver Frist Church, and we will be downstairs in the Garden Level setting up for the Garage Sale.

Thank you so much for your assistance with this fundraiser! MOPS is a wonderful outreach to moms in our community and this fundraiser is going to help run the program this year. Thanks in advance for all of your help!

Shop the PRE-SALE and Get Even Better Deals!

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You can get the chance to Shop at our Pre-Sale and find just what you are looking for before anyone else can snag it! If you volunteer to work at the MOPS Garage Sale you will get the opportunity to shop at the pre-sale on:

Friday Night, August 22nd, 4PM-7PM

If you volunteer to work the Pre-Sale for 6 hours, and some of those hours are on Friday night, you get to shop at the pre-sale at 4pm.

If you volunteer to work 6 hours for the MOPS Garage Sale you get to shop the pre-sale at 5pm.

If you volunteer to work 3 hours at the MOPS Garage Sale you get to shop the pre-sale at 6pm.

If you are interested in working at the Garage Sale to shop at the pre-sale, please e-mail Rebekah Giannatala at giannatalas@msn.com. She will get you plugged into the work schedule and let you know when you will be able to shop at the pre-sale. Please let Rebekah know if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you!

Be a Vendor at the MOPS Garage Sale!

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Do you have your own business? Are you looking for a way to get the word out about your products or service? If your business would be appealing to mothers, children, or young families, we would love to have you be a vendor at the MOPS Garage Sale!

The following packages are available for purchase by vendors who would like to be apart of our Huge Sale!

Silver Package $25- This package includes:

8-foot table to use at the sale
2 tickets for Admission to the Garage Sale

Gold Package $35- This package includes:

8-foot table to use at the sale
4 tickets for Admission to the Garage Sale
5% off your purchases at the Garage Sale
A quarter sheet sized advertisement for your business that will be placed in the shopping bags of each buyer at the garage sale.

Platinum Package $50- This package includes:

8 foot table to use at the sale
Your table will be placed under a large tent for shade
4 tickets to the Garage Sale
The chance to shop at the Pre-Sale on Friday Night
10% off your purchases at the Garage Sale
A half sheet sized advertisement for your business that will be placed in the shopping bags of each buyer at the garage sale.

If you are interested in being a vendor at the MOPS Garage Sale, please email Rebekah Giannatala at giannatalas@msn.com and let her know a little about your business and which package you are interested in purchasing.

MOPPETS

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MMADMen...Men Making a Difference

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Saturday, July 12 - join Men working to make a difference in the lives of widows, elderly on fixed incomes, and single mothers. Meet at DFC at 8am. We plan to be finished by 12:30pm

Our project this Saturday is to paint 6-8 exterior window's trim, pour a 3'X3' concrete area, paint a small area of 6' fence, replace the bottom bar on a chain link fence, and remove some branches and roots from a tree. We need guys to bring wheelbarrows, cement finishing tools and some 2X4's to frame the pour, paint brushes, tree pruning equipment and shovels. Please call Ron Edwards at 303-906-8299 to sign up and to let him know what equipment you can bring.

We're looking for 50 men to volunteer 1 weekend a month from 8am to noon to participate in MMADMen. The need is so great we can send a team of 8-10 guys out every weekend. Let Ron know if you're interested and which weekends you can work.

Your Comments

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Insight: July 6th - Biker Sunday 2008

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"Planning for the Future of DFC": We Need Your Input!

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Begin with the end in mind.

The board has initiated a planning process with the objective of presenting to the congregation a document explaining where DFC is headed and the specific steps that will be taken to get there. The planning process to be followed is outlined in Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger.

The first step in the planning process is to “Design a Simple Process.” –

You must first design a simple ministry process for your church – on paper. This design is not about changing any programs or structure. Not yet. During this step, you are simply exploring what a process for discipleship would look like at your church. The process must first be in your head and heart before it becomes a reality.

Part of designing a simple ministry process includes having a clear understanding of the mission of the church. Several different descriptions of DFC’s mission have been communicated.

DFC’s web site expresses it, “Creating Communities of Christ-like Disciples”

This statement is at the front entrance to DFC, “MISSION STATEMENT: DEVELOPING A HEART FOR GOD AND A PASSION FOR PEOPLE WE WILL SEEK TO WIN THE LOST TO CHRIST AND DISCIPLE THOSE WHO ARE WON”

On many of DFC’s communications, we include the words “Engage Equip Extend.”

The denomination has adopted “to make Christlike Disciples in the Nations” as its mission statement.

The board will be reviewing the reasoning behind each of these descriptions and the input from members and friends of the church to clarify the mission of DFC. Your input is important. There are four ways that you may be assured that your input is included in the planning process:

Participate in town hall type meetings that will be scheduled from time to time.
Post your input as a comment on this blog.
Give your comments to a member of the board.
Give your comments to me – mcclung@denverfirstchurch.com

-Dave McClung
Interim Executive Pastor

Insight: June 29th, 2008 - Hearing Voices?

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Friday Night Sports Camp for Preschool Families

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FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY SPORTS CAMP

For Preschoolers
Ages 3-5 Only

6:00pm-7:00pm

Friday, June 27th
Friday, July 11th
Friday, July 18th - THIS FRIDAY!
Friday, August 1st

$10.00 charge to cover t-shirt and snacks!
Meet on the southlawn with your lawn chair and come for fun with your kids & fellowship with other parents! (Parents must stay the entire time.)