Announcements
Sunday Morning Parking
In addition on to on-street parking, Platt Park Church has spots in the alley behind the church and a year-round dedicated parking lot at Pearl Street and Mexico (the Grant Beacon Middle School lot). Grant is located one block south and one block west of the church at the corner of Pearl Street and Mexico.
We’ve noticed that with the return of the farmer’s market, Sunday morning parking has been a little more of an adventure! One idea we’re exploring is shifting our worship time to 9AM to make mornings a bit smoother. We’d love to hear from you—would you prefer to move the service to 9AM or stick with 10AM? Click here to let us know what works best for you!
Happy parking!
Saturday E-News
Platt Park Church sends a weekly email on Saturday mornings. This is our primary written communication with the church community, and we will never share your contact information with anyone else. It’s a great way to keep updated on what is going on at the church. Click the button below to sign up!
Summer Groups begin in June
June – July 2025
Joining a small group is such a vital and easy way to get to know others in the church, establish friendships and grow in Christ in a more relaxed setting. Check out the groups — one of them might be a perfect fit for you!
Our typical small group rhythm is for groups to meet in the spring, summer, and fall with breaks during the months of May, August, and December/January. Check out the details for each group (click the button below) — some groups continue meeting all year and some are only offered for a specific time period.
Click here to email Anne Coughlin with any questions!
Community Yard Sale Fundraiser
Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2025
Volunteer for the Yard Sale! Click here to sign up!
Our church will be hosting a yard sale fundraiser to support our general operations budget and the High School France Mission Trip! Please consider donating your gently used items.
DONATION DROP-OFF TIMES:
- Saturday, May 24th (10am – 3pm)
- Sunday, May 25th (9am-10am and 11am-12pm)
If you need to schedule a different dropoff time at the church, please contact Cathy Loftus. Come volunteer or shop on Saturday, 5/31 or Sunday, 6/1! Thank you for supporting this important fundraiser!
Summer After-Party Hosting
Each Sunday, May 25 – August 24. 11:15AM – 12:30PM in the side yard.
Join our beloved summer tradition by hosting an After-Party! Each week, individuals and groups host our after-service gathering in the side yard. This is a wonderful time for longer conversations, catching up, and enjoying the Colorado sunshine. Keep an eye out for the Young Professionals’ Hawaiian Shirt Day and the special “50-Years-Young” celebration from our quinquagenarians!
Your After-Party, Your Way:
* Be as creative as you wish with themes and snacks
* Or keep it simple with just popcorn—we support either approach!
Setup Support:
Simply select the items you need on our form, and we’ll have everything prepared for you to set up Sunday morning.
Thank you for helping make our summer After-Parties a continuing success!
Baptism Sunday
Sunday, June 29, 10AM.
Are you interested in being baptized? Do you have questions? June 29th is our next Baptism Sunday (during the 10AM worship service) and we would love to help you decide if you’re interested. Click here to email Holly for more information.
Flocking has begun!
March 20-May 31.
The flock is coming! For a donation to support their overseas adventure, the High School France Team will “flock” the yard of your choosing with a colorful display of flamingos!
Want to surprise a friend? Amuse a neighbor? Prank your family? Just let our team know who deserves a flamingo visitation, and we’ll handle the rest!
But here’s the twist – each flocked yard will also receive a note revealing who sent the flamingos their way. Revenge flocking is not only permitted… it’s encouraged!
- One Flock: $30 (Instructions below)
- Flock Insurance: $50 (Insurance ensures that you cannot get flocked. BUT, insurance can be superseded by a Super Flock! See instructions below)
- Super Flock: $75 (If you purchase a Super Flock it will override the other person’s Flock Insurance and doubles the flock size!)
Instructions:
- Choose the number of Flocks (or Super Flocks!) that you would like to purchase.
- If you would like to purchase Flock Insurance for your yard, select “1” next to Flock Insurance on your registration.
- On the next screen, “Attendees,” click the dropdown menu next to Flocks and/or Super Flocks and select “Add a new person.” (Do not click the box to “Add this person to my household.)
- Enter the first and last name of the person you want to Flock or Super Flock for each purchase you are making.
- If you are purchasing Flock Insurance, make sure to leave your name in the Attendee field.
- Select your payment method and you’re all set!
Happy Flocking!
Eagle Lake Day Camp — Registration is OPEN!
June 16-20, 2025, 9AM – 4PM.
Platt Park Church. Ages 7-12.
Looking for something that will make your child’s summer POP?! Eagle Lake Camp at Platt Park Church is happening this summer!
Join us for five full days of contagious fun: big and small team games, water inflatables, Gaga ball, tie-dye, an exciting theme pulled from our age-appropriate Bible studies, and more! Plus, exceptional counselors trained to meet your campers right where they’re at turn this week into a life-long memory.
Visit the camp website to register and view more information. Only $25 is due at the time of registraion!
Pastoral Care
Are you, or is someone you know, in need of pastoral care? We all have times in life when we need support. Sometimes that support is in the form of meals or a hospital visit. Sometimes that support looks like someone to listen and pray with you. Our Pastoral Care Team would love to come alongside you and care for you in this time. Click the button to fill out a prayer request and mark “yes” for someone to contact you. You are so loved.
Join Labor of Love Volunteer Team!
Are you a fixer? Do you love to repair things? Do you want to learn some home improvement skills? We meet the second Saturday of each month at 8:30AM in the Parlor for donuts, coffee, and chatting and then head out to do jobs around the church.
This is a great way to hang out with other people who love home repair and learn more about specific projects. Click here to join the group. Thank you for spreading love in our community and helping us take care of this beautiful building!
The Platt Park Pantry
Spread Love Denver
- Volunteer to help set up the pantry and/or restock the pantry (click the button to sign up)
- Donate food items for the pantry (requested items include: granola bars, canned soups & chili, Mac’N’Cheese, nut butters, dry pasta and pasta sauces, canned tuna, salmon, chicken, or turkey, whole-wheat crackers, nuts and trail mixes, and dried fruits (such as apricots and raisins). Click the button to email Anne and set up a food drop-off time or just bring it on Sunday.
Casserole Care Volunteers
We’re thrilled to offer CasseroleCare to our new moms, families undergoing a severe illness, and others in need!
It’s a good-old fashioned meal train, where we deliver home-cooked or freshly prepared restaurant dinners. Service opportunities include meal preparation, delivery, or simply donating a gift card from your favorite fast casual restaurant!
Please indicate CasseroleCare on your comment card, or contact Anne for additional details.
The Daily Practice
The Daily Practice is a devotional tool from Platt Park Church for developing the habit of daily time with God.
Learning to love God takes practice. Just like exercising a muscle, our hearts are trained to love from the bottom up, through the formation of our habits and practices. Discipleship is about curating our hearts to love God and the things that God loves. Forces of our culture train us to love things other than God all the time, but spiritual practices help us to be attentive and intentional about what my heart really loves and desires. Following Jesus is more a matter of hungering and thirsting than of knowing and believing and it is our habit forming practices that form our desires over time. May this daily practice tune your heart to sing His praise.
Click HERE to listen on the web, or find us wherever podcasts are available by searching for “Platt Park Church” or “Daily Practice: Time with God”.
Apple Tree Clothes Closet
The APPLE TREE CLOSET is open for shopping! Beautiful, upscale women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories are regularly donated to us by Common Threads on South Pearl and you can purchase them for a fraction of their original price.
Students and those with low income can even shop for free! The proceeds from this ministry benefit our Benevolence/Blessing Fund. Come check it out on the lower level!
(Due to space limitations we are no longer accepting donated items from the congregation).
Blessing Team
Did you know that our church has a “Blessing Team?’” This is a group of dedicated individuals who are available to help meet the needs of people in our faith community. Our role is to support and encourage through a variety of means such as providing meals, financial assistance, visitation, and prayer.
Do you know of someone in need? Please let us know.