Welcome to the Lighthouse! We are glad you’re here and hope you find this to be a place where you can encounter and worship God with us.

For those who are new to our form of worship, we’ve created this guide to help you know what’s happening at each point of the service. Presently twice a month we meet as ‘house churches’ in homes and twice a month we meet in a larger corporate gathering. The specifics below are based on the larger corporate gathering. Please feel free to find a Lighthouse Leader if you have any questions—we would be more than happy to help.

Before Service

Coffee Bar

Starting at 2:30 pm, we have our coffee bar available for those who want a cup of coffee or tea. Also available are a variety of sweets and snacks.

Intercession/Sabbath Classes

Before the service, we regularly have a time of prayer for the congregation as well as classes that discuss important issues for us as Messianic believers.

Nursery/Childcare

Nursery care is available for children ages 6 months through age 4 from 2:45 - 5:45 pm in the nursery room upstairs. Also, younger children (ages 4-10) are dismissed from service just prior to the Lifeboats for their own age-appropriate teaching.

during service (3:30-5 pm)

Gathering

Sounding the Shofar

We blow the ram’s horn at the start of the service. The shofar is blown to call the people of God together for our convocation.

Call to Worship

One of the Lighthouse leaders provides an introductory focus and issues a call to worship for the service.

Liturgy

Opening liturgy

We ask God for His help that we might be able to love Him well and that we would experience all that He desires for us during our service.

Congregational Dance

Those who want to, can join in the congregational dance circle as we corporately worship together through dance and song.

Sabbath Liturgy/Shema

In this call-and-response liturgy, we acknowledge the importance of Yeshua’s atonement, the blessing of the Sabbath, and sing the Shema. Shema is a Hebrew word meaning ‘hear’ and refers to Deuteronomy 6:4 which states that there is only one God and that God is one.

Blessing Liturgy

Early in the service we take time to bless one-another. Using a call-and-response liturgy, first the congregation blesses one-another, then the husbands bless the wives, then the wives bless their husbands, and lastly the couples bless first their daughters and then their sons.

Offering

More than just collecting money so we can keep the lights on, the time of the offering is the time we corporately declare our gratefulness for God’s provision and blessings, and declare anew our dependence upon Him as our abundant Provider.

Worship and the Word

Song

Songs are intended to first bring us into the presence of God by shaking off the stresses of the day, and then usher our hearts towards our common awesome God so that we can worship Him together.

Sermon

The sermon is an explanation and application of God’s word for us as His people. Through these teachings we receive instruction, encouragement, correction, and comfort in order to become more like Yeshua.

Breakout time

Connection

Directly after the teaching we gather into smaller groups called Lifeboats. There we are better able to better obey the “one-anothers'“ of Scripture. In this setting we are able to connect with and encourage each other as well as to hear personal testimonies of God’s faithfulness.

Application

During these times we attempt to apply God’s Word to our lives and to encourage each other to reach out to others during the upcoming week.

Prayer

We are able to pray a blessing over each other as well as having a time after the group is officially dismissed to pray for those who have special needs or concerns.

Blessing and Sending

Aaronic Benediction

We close our time by reciting the Aaronic Blessing together. During this blessing we specifically ask for YHWH’s blessings to be upon us as we end our time of convocation.

After the Service

Afterglow

After the service we have time to continue to fellowship and spend time together.

CONSISTENT EVENTS

Lifeboats: These are small groups presently meeting at the end of most services to interact with the message, check in with one-another and pray for one another. In addition, twice a month the lifeboats meet in homes to build community. We discuss scripture, pray for one another, share a meal, and have fun social activities together
Immersions: This is the first step of obedience for those who have committed their life to Yeshua and His teachings.
Infant Dedication: These are services in which the parents or guardians can pray over their child(ren) and dedicate them to God.
Outreaches: These are consistent times when we reach out to those who are in the area to let them know in a practical way that God loves them.
Prayer Meetings: These are consistent times when we as a community pray together for the needs of the community.

For further information related to anything above, please contact one of the consistent service workers

SERVICE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Lead Pastor: Brother Peder

Elder: Brother Steve

Elder: Brother Raymond

Lifeboat Leaders:

• Peder & Jessica [South metro]

• Steve; Vince & June [East Denver/Aurora]

• Raymond & Martina [East Aurora]

• Les & Kimberly [Englewood]

We hope that you enjoy your time at our Saturday service. We believe that God wants us to grow in our relationship with Him and with each other, and we pray that these service times will help each of us to better accomplish this. There are increased blessings for each of us as we move closer to the way God designed for us to function and operate. We grow in these areas by studying the Bible and applying individually and corporately the truths that we find. We pray that you are encouraged to love God more and to grow in your relationships with the people that He brings around you. As you have any questions, related to our time together, please don’t hesitate to ask any of us listed on the leadership team above.

Shalom in Yeshua,

Peder and Jessica