Tag: Faith and Values
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Meet the Woodland Park man who restores Bibles to their former glory
Within James Gagnon’s studio, there’s a shelf overflowing with Bibles. They range from the King James version to easy-to-read ones, some falling apart at the seams. The books that rest there have been worn by tear stains, smudges from pen ink and splashes from highlighters. Nearby, a vast array of sheets of leathers hang in…
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Colorado-based Youth For Christ still reaching out at 80
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 19th century saw the rise of ministries targeting young people, including England’s Young Men’s Christian Association, founded in 1844. In the 1930s, Christian groups in Britain and North America organized energetic, entertaining evangelistic rallies designed to attract and evangelize young people. These youth outreaches…
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Colorado-based Youth For Christ still reaching out at 80
The 19th century saw the rise of ministries targeting young people, including England’s Young Men’s Christian Association, founded in 1844. In the 1930s, Christian groups in Britain and North America organized energetic, entertaining evangelistic rallies designed to attract and evangelize young people. These youth outreaches gave birth to modern youth ministry and to enduring nonprofits,…
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Officers’ Christian Fellowship helps military leaders build faith and lasting relationships
After Scott Fisher graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1992, his 27-year military career took him to 16 duty locations around the world, including stints in Iraq and South Korea and years in D.C. as Pentagon assistant for legislative affairs and as the Air Force’s representative to the Senate Committee on Armed Services. But…
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Christian pop duo For King & Country to perform at Ford Amphitheater
Luke Smallbone, one half of the duo For King & Country, finds freedom in creating Christian pop. Outside of being raised in the church and a follower of Christ, Smallbone says he enjoys the range of topics he can cover as a Christian artist. “What I realized about doing pop music was, you really got…
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First Congregational Church celebrates 150 years of shaping Colorado Springs
The ongoing celebration of First Congregational Church’s 150th anniversary pays tribute not only to what happens inside the church’s walls but also to the progressive congregation’s outsized impact on Colorado Springs. First Congregational isn’t the city’s oldest church; that’s an honor held by First United Methodist Church, founded in 1871, the same year as the…
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Mass atop every Colorado 14er: Catholic priests take message to new heights
One of these days atop a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado, you might just spot two men in white robes, the wind blowing those vestments, their fingers cold on the chalices that are smaller than those typically seen on an altar — smaller for the pack on the way up. That’s Father John Nepil and Father…
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Sarah’s Home near Colorado Springs offers healing place for teen sex trafficking victims
Every year, tens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans are trafficked and exploited, with many sold for sex. It’s a multibillion-dollar criminal industry, second only to the trade in illegal drugs. For teen girls who are forced to appear in porn films, work in illicit massage parlors or serve as prostitutes in hotels and…
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Following the Way of St. James: Gazette reporter makes Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
Editor’s note: Gazette reporter Debbie Kelley traveled this month to Spain with some of her family members as part of a local group that undertook a pilgrimage known as Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James. This is her account of the adventure. Making it to the finish line looks more like a…
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Colorado Springs company helps nation’s churches reach their communities
Jesus told his followers to share his teaching and make disciples. A Colorado Springs-based for-profit company helps them do it. There are more than 300,000 evangelical churches in the country, and Outreach Inc. says it works with nearly one fifth of them every year. “We are a church media and marketing company that helps churches…