As a practice, The Embassy Church recognizes The Eucharist on a quarterly basis in the midst of a catered meal. We are regularly asked, “Why do you do Communion that way?” Pastor Brandon sets our to answer this question for all who are curious…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon was invited, by his good friend Pastor Jared Mackey, to speak at The Next Level Church (www.tnl.org). He addressed a few points from the model prayer of Matthew 6:9-13. Of all the requests that the followers of Jesus made, the most direct was, “Lord, teach us to…(Read More)
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Pastor Derrick completes our examination of the book of Jonah. He challenges us to view “others” in the same way that God views them. The amazing grace that we have received from God should not be hoarded by us, but shared with “others” – even those who we feel are undeserving of God’s mercy…(Read More)
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Pastor Brandon leads us in the joy-filled Easter celebration of our Lord’s resurrection. We can never find ourselves overlooking the immeasurable value of the resurrection as it is the irrefutable affirmation of Christ’s lordship and supremacy. On the cross, Jesus has paid for the reconciliation and restoration of the Church. We can…(Read More)
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The Embassy Church is located in East Denver and we hold our worship gatherings at Cole School of Arts & Sciences Academy. Our mission field is located in the 80205 zip code, which is the twelfth most gentrified zip code in the country. In other words, a community that has been predominately African American…(Read More)
Pastor Brandon (while battling an irksome cold) was the guest speaker at Hope Fellowship Church (Centennial, CO) on the Sunday before “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.” He took the opportunity to address the power of the Gospel and its role in racial reconciliation. If the death of Christ brings us to…(Read More)
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The last week has been both a relief and burden for me. I am relieved that we have finally progressed past the campaign/election season in America. But I am burdened by the manner in which we engaged one another and the reactions to the election results. Part of the U…(Read More)
As we prepare to facilitate The Embassy Church’s first covenant membership class for our new members I saw fit to post a blog that affirms such an action on our part. By what authority do we call people to enter into covenant as members of the local church? While preparing to…(Read More)
In our last blog post we visited four questions that we wanted to spend some time unpacking. We asked, 1) What are we doing? (The Mission) 2) Why are we doing it? (The Values) 3) How are we going to get it done? (The Strategies) 4) When do we have a win? (The…(Read More)
I’m sure that many of you are familiar with the anecdotal tale of a young bride who was preparing her first family dinner. As she was about to put a large roast into the oven to begin baking, her mother stopped her and said “You have to cut three inches off the…(Read More)
