Place Bridge Academy is Denver’s most culturally and linguistically diverse school.
We love PBA and had an amazing time helping at their back to school night! It is a night we will never forget.
Pray for People:
• Pray for security and safety
• Pray for families to stay together
• Pray for justice
• Pray they can navigate the systems and find the best possible future
• Pray that God’s presence is felt
• Pray that God would provide safe homes
Friends!
We are so grateful for all of our friends that come to our building every week. Getting to sit and enjoy snacks and play games with these friends is always a highlight of our week!
Every Tuesday during our Open House, we have ESL classes for all of our friends! This has become such a sweet way for not only us to grow our friendship with people, but to witness friendships development between all of them.
English Chat Clubs at Common Place are created to provide a bridge for our refugee friends and our volunteers. With one-on-one meetings in person, it allows our friends to not only practice their English, but to also form friendships, which is their overall greatest need.
If you live in the Denver area and want to bring us donations here is what we are taking right now:
Seasonally appropriate clothes
Winter coats
Pantry staples
Drop-Off Hours:
Mon & Tues: 9:30AM - 11:30AM
Wed: 10:30AM - 12PM
The pinnacle of the whole creation story is mankind are the ones to tame the wild but good world God created. But the God Story is one of humanity being bad managers. Today, in the already but not yet, we are to be sign posts to the Garden City.
Poverty isn’t material have’s or have not’s. It’s an effect, a result, it happens to someone, you can experience it. Poverty is a multidimensional reality: spiritual, economic, emotional, and social.
Restoration isn’t taking something bad and making it better. Instead, restoration is God bringing us back to the original goodness that he has in mind when he created it.
Refugees in Colorado
Since 1970, Colorado has welcomed over 63,000 refugees spanning the globe. We feel uniquely called to help one of the most vulnerable communities in our city as they restore their new lives in Denver.
We are Common Place.
Since 2020, we have been working alongside Denver’s refugee community to get them access to resources they need most.
We are a program serving refugees, immigrants, and foreign-born friends in Denver.
“We exist to give everyone in Denver access to a restored life… and when we say everyone, we mean everyone.”
How do we do this?
The Four R’s
Restoration - this is a life-long pursuit that is possible once the other three R’s are planted
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37
“We exist to give everyone in Denver access to a restored life… and when we say everyone, we mean everyone.”
How do we do this?
The Four R’s
Relationships - healthy relationships directly impact someone’s identity, self-esteem, emotional health, and future
“We exist to give everyone in Denver access to a restored life… and when we say everyone, we mean everyone.”
How do we do this?
The Four R’s
Resources - basic needs in self-sustainable and empowering ways
With school starting back at Place Bridge Academy, we were able to put on a Back to School Bash! This night was filled with good food, games, bouncy houses and over 450 students & their families. We are so thankful for this school and The Oaks for making this happen!
“We exist to give everyone in Denver access to a restored life… and when we say everyone, we mean everyone.”
Restoration is holistic. It’s relational, relieves burdens, and full of resources.