“...So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified.”
ISAIAH 61:3
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Creating A Firm Foundation
Our adult ministry is designed simply to equip the adults of DaySpring to move from babes in Christ, to maturing saints, to Oaks of Righteousness (Isaiah 61:3). Our goal is to offer great biblical teaching by gifted teachers who have the ability to inspire and influence lives for Christ. There are various opportunities to grow in your faith:
- Adult Sunday School Classes – We currently offer five adult classes that vary in subject matter, depth and applicability. Adult Education is a great strength of our body. Classes run on trimesters, 16 weeks.
- Wednesday Night Classes – Rotating elective classes are offered throughout the school year. Summer studies break into a men’s and women’s study
- Small Groups – Currently we have almost a dozen small groups of varying formats, ages and sizes. Check the Small Group section of the website for more details.
- All Church Prayer – fourth Sunday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
Instilling
SCRIPTURES:
- Matthew 22:37, Micah 6:8
- Philippians 4:8,9
- 2 Peter 1:4-11, Philippians 2:1-11
- Ephesians 4:1-7, Colossians 3:2-4
- 2 Timothy 2:1,2 and 11-13, 21
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
Not easy juggling it all. As men we have our jobs, we have our families, we have some hobbies and we have our faith. Keeping all those things balanced, healthy and productive takes some effort. Our men’s ministry’s goal is to help you feed these areas of your life, to create godly discipline that produces spiritual fruit.
Women's Ministry Opportunities
Bible Studies
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
Check the Women’s Ministry board for the current list of Bible Studies for each semester!
Prayer
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18
Ladies, you are invited to pray with us on Thursday mornings starting at 8:30. We meet to pray for Dayspring Christian Church — our leadership, our ministries, and specific needs. Join us, OR share special requests for us to pray with you about!
Mentoring
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children to be sensible, pure workers at home, kind being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. Titus 2: 3-5
- Affirm each other
- Be available to each other
- Pray for each other
- Be open with each other
- Be honest with each other
- Be sensitive to each other
- Be confidential with each other
- Be accountable to each other
Contact the office at 970-225-0401 or info@dschristian.com to be connected with our mentoring program!
Events
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven… A time to weep and a time to laugh… Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 4b We love to connect! Our Women’s Ministry has many fun opportunities to connect throughout the year, usually one event per month and you can find the current calendar of events on the Women’s Ministry Board at Dayspring! Our annual events include:
- Ladies Comedy Nights
- Spring Tea
- Bunco
- Campfire & Cocoa Night
- Craft night
- Ladies Retreat
- Ornament Exchange
Connecting Groups!
Want to get connected? Here are some chances to get together with women who share the same interests as you. Create lifelong bonds as you discuss books, sip coffee, or hike in God’s beautiful Colorado mountains. Call the group leader for more information.
Have a Latte in Common Book Club – Second Monday of each month at Panera at Front Range Village – call Andrea Walrath at 416-5362.
Hiking/Showshoeing – 3rd Friday of each month – call Wendi Seidel at 221-2559.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Attend, participate, for Women’s Ministry Events Praying for the women of Dayspring and the ministry team
Biblical Literacy
The Bible and It’s Influence E.D. Hirsch wrote in his book, “Cultural Literacy” these words recording the importance of people having a knowledge of the Bible. “The Bible is the most widely known book in the English-speaking world. No one in the English-speaking world can be considered literate without a basic knowledge of the Bible. Literate people in India, whose religious traditions are not based on the Bible but whose common language is English, must know the Bible in order to understand English within their own country. All educated speakers of American English need to understand what is meant when:
- Someone describes a contest as being between DAVID and Goliath
- Or whether a person who has the “wisdom of Solomon” is wise or foolish
- Or whether saying, “My cup runneth over” means the person feels fortunate or unfortunate.
Those who cannot use or understand such allusions cannot fully participate in literate English. Hirsch goes on to say, “The Bible is essential for understanding many of the moral and spiritual values of our culture, whatever our religious beliefs. The story of ABRAHAM and ISAAC concerns our deepest feelings about the relations between parents and children. The story of JOB is a major representation in our tradition of being patient during suffering. The PARABLES and sayings of JESUS, such as “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” are so often alluded to that they need to be known by Americans of all faiths. The linguistic and cultural importance of the Bible is a fact that no one denies. Nonetheless, elementary knowledge of the Bible has declined among young people in recent years. No person in the modern world can be considered educated without a basic knowledge of all the great religions of the world – ISLAM, CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM, BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, JUDAISM and CHRISTIANITY. But our knowledge of Judaism and Christianity needs to be more detailed than that of other great religions, if only because of the historical truths that have been embedded the Bible in our thought and language.”
INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL LITERACY
Dayspring has compiled a booklet designed to be used to aid in the process of maturing believers from “acorns to oaks.” The analogy of a tree being planted, taking root, and growing into an oak models the process of how a believer in Christ progresses from the “elementary teaching” of Hebrews 6:1,2 to be “rooted and established” in Ephesians 3:17 and finally becoming “oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor” in Isaiah 61:3. As an oak tree always has new growth taking place as long as it is alive, so too a believer continues in growth for the duration of this life. These materials are divided into four different categories that provide a basic guide for teaching people at different stages of growth, as defined below. They are intended as an overview of the knowledge believers should have at various stages in life and a means of providing a “big picture” view of all of Scriptures. The four categories are defined as follows:
- Young New Believers – For youths growing up in the church or those who become believers as children.
- Adult New Believers – For those who become believers as adults with little or no church background.
- Maturing Saints – Those with a solid understanding of the basic stories and teachings of the Bible and who have moved beyond the “elementary teachings” of Scripture (Hebrews 6:1,2).
- Oaks of Righteousness – Those with a thorough understanding of Scripture and who are capable of teaching, and defending the Bible while continuing to grow in knowledge and model the Christian life to following generations.
The goal for each of these categories is “to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:12,13
TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS
The Purpose of a Small Group: Connecting people with God and each other for relationships, growth and outreach.
TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS
- Accountability
- Belonging
- Care
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
- Growing in love for God
- Growing in love for others
OUTREACH
- At DaySpring Christian Church (weekend services and ministries)
- In your neighborhood
- Outside your comfort zone
Because we are all made in the image of God we are all looking for significance and purpose (hope). Thus, all of mankind yearns for relationship; a connectedness, an intimacy with others. We all have a desire to communicate; share our feelings, feel wanted, be accepted, be loved and to love. God made within each of us (Ecc 3:11) this sense of forwardness, that we are part of something eternal. This brings about our significance and purpose; to be a part of something much larger than ourselves. We want to build COMMUNITY.
Community is a place where each individual experiences a sense of identity and belonging; where people are being Christ to each other by knowing and being known, loving and being loved, serving and being served, celebrating and being celebrated
Community is a process in which we move with a group of people in totality; from independence to interdependence, from invulnerability to vulnerability, from lack of accountability to the presence of accountability.
Community is a proof of living and loving God to a watching world. John 13:34, 35, A new command I give you; love one another as I have lod you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful – the Christian community is the final apologetic. -Francis Schaeffer
We currently have a variety of small groups meeting. If you would like information, please contact us.
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