About First Mennonite This congregation began in 1941 with 25 members organizing to provide a spiritual home for southern Colorado health workers doing affiliations with Denver area health institutions. During the war years, the church grew as a number of Mennonite men came to Denver for alternative service to war. Many of these men were employed in medical and mental health capacities.
Over the years, First Mennonite has continued in its mission by providing a church home for Mennonites in the Denver area, and for others who are attracted to the Anabaptist-Mennonite heritage and way of life.
The church also supports and is involved in a variety of missions to give aid to those in need locally and abroad. These include the Ten Thousand Villages store in Cherry Creek which sells products that bring fair wages to third-world producers, direct assistance for rent and utilities, housing and meeting space for a number of urban organizations, and supporting the Denver Victim Offender Reconciliation Program.
This congregation enjoys celebratory worship, Biblical and contemporary preaching, and a wide variety of music, including youth and adult choirs, a cappella singing, and a range of instrumental participation.
Social interaction opportunities in this congregation include small group meetings, carry-in meals, special interest groups, Sunday morning education classes for all ages, Sunday morning “coffee fellowship”, committee work and various special events from week to week and throughout the year.
Congregational Mission Statement First Mennonite Church is a congregation dedicated to the following
purposes:
To receive all of life as a gift.
To follow Jesus Christ.
To seek truth.
To support and confront each other in mutual respect.
To promote wholeness of life and joyful, abundant living for
everyone.
To cherish and nurture each other as a regenerative community.
To walk in compassion with all who suffer.
To wage peace and freedom through truth, love and action.
To reject all violence.
To teach the Bible.
To enrich our understanding of the Mennonite faith.
To celebrate life in song, thanksgiving and praise to God.
