Service Times:

1. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. (10:30 am arrival)
2. Fellowship and snacks, 12:30 p.m.
3. Sunday Afternoon Question/Answer time and family Bible study, 1:30 p.m.

Directions:

Take I-25 to Interstate Exit to Meadows Parkway in Castle Rock. Go East for a few blocks and turn right onto Front Street. Go approximately 2 miles to the high school and turn left onto ‘Huskie’ Blvd. (you are at the school). Enter in the front doors and into the cafeteria where we assemble. Click here for map    

Address:

Douglas County High School 2842 Front Street Castle Rock, Colo.Need more information? Click into our contact us page and call or e-mail.

The Orthodox Presbyterian Worldwide Outreach
This missions outreach has a strong presence in nations like Uganda, Eritrea, and Haiti.

Christian Home Educators of Colorado
Pastor Kevin Swanson has served as Executive Director of this organization since 1999. God has used this ministry to reach out to 10,000s of families over the years who are seeking to understand what a God-centered education looks like. Kevin Swanson’s book, Upgrade (Broadman and Holman, 2006), provides a biblically-based philosophy of a Christian education in both method and content.

Generations
The church has sponsored this radio program for the last four years. Hosted by Pastor Kevin Swanson, this daily radio show addresses relevant issues of the day from a biblical perspective, and from the perspective of a father raising five children for the kingdom of God.

Samaritan Orphanage
We have supported this precious orphanage outreach in Lusaka, Zambia for over five years now. Pastor John Jere’s vision for bringing the gospel in word and deed to his own nation is the vision that will transform Africa. His orphanage ministers to over 50 orphans whose parents have died of AIDS.

Mid-East Reformed Fellowship
This outstanding ministry broadcasts a gospel message to the Muslim world of North Africa and the Middle East. They are active in training Christian leaders throughout that area of the world.

Slavic Reformation Society
In 1999, missionary Blake Purcell established the first Reformed Seminary in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since then he has trained at least 20 pastors for the ministry of the Word in a nation that has had very little semblance of Christian thought and life. Bringing a biblical worldview into every area of life will surely transform the nation of Russia in all of its institutions in the years to come.

Renewing the Family Camp
Each year, Reformation Church sponsors a family camp at Glorieta New Mexico. This camp typically attracts between 400 and 600 attendees, and affords us opportunity for some heavy-duty fellowship with our own members as well as with like-minded folks from the surrounding western states. The 2200-acre convention site offers a tremendous range of amenities while giving us the ability to price the camp as low as $99 per family (which covers registration and board).

National Center for Family Integrated Churches
With the dissolution of the family and the loss of vision from generation to generation, it is exciting to witness efforts to improve the relationship of family and church according to a biblical model. One of the organizations that has raised awareness on this issue by means of conferences and websites is the NCFIC.

Christian Leaders Institute
Christian Leaders Institute is a ministry that has formed a training institute for church leaders who will equip families to their home discipleship responsibilities. Kevin Swanson is an adjunct professor with the Christian Leaders Institute.

Paideia Network and CHEA-Japan
On invitation from CHEA-Japan, Pastor Kevin Swanson traveled to Japan in 2002, to encourage families there who are seeking to provide their children a Christian education from a biblical worldview perspective. The church prays regularly for these indigenous organizations in that country that are slowly building a vision for the kingdom with a generational scope.

Vida Nueva Ministries
In July, 2007, Pastor Kevin Swanson traveled to Saltillo, Mexico, where he ministered to a home school conference organized by Mike Richardson and Vida Nueva Ministries. Over 1200 homeschoolers came for encouragement and vision from God’s Word on a God-centered approach to education and discipleship. Mike also invited Kevin to speak at his church nestled in the mountains west of Saltillo, where Mike and his wife Pam have been laboring for the last eight years.

Sunday Morning Worship – 10:30 am
We meet at Douglas County High School in Castle Rock, Colorado for Sunday worship. Attendance varies between 180 and 220. Click here for directions.

Sunday Afternoon Informal Meeting – 1:30 pm
This informal time together provides opportunities for discussion on the sermon and miscellaneous topics. We also have an extended time of prayer for the needs of the congregation.

Sunday Family Hymn/Psalm Singing - 10:00 am
Families who wish to learn to sing with beauty and harmony have the opportunity to tune the ear and hone the voice, with a weekly time of singing prior to the morning worship service. We encourage our congregation to take music seriously, and as we learn the music, we find that we sing with more enthusiasm, confidence, and deep-seated emotion.

Fellowship Meal Sunday
During the first Sunday of each month, we enjoy a fellowship meal together, and this affords a special opportunity for families to make special presentations of edifying music, scripture citations, or devotional poems or prose.

Sunday Childcare
A cry room is available for nursing mothers, newborns, and infants.

Sunday Communion
Communion is held weekly, and our practice is to open communion to those who are believers and accountable to a local church.

Other Meetings at Reformation

Ekklesia Leadership
At least twice a month, several different seminary-level classes are provided for men interested in church leadership. Typically, both men and older sons attend these meetings, which cover such diverse topics as church history, ethics, culture, evangelism, hermeneutics, theology, and apologetics. Presently these meetings are being held in homes in Castle Rock and the Black Forest. For more information, call Pastor Kevin Swanson at 303-520-8814.

Family Fellowship Groups
Presently, we have family fellowship groups active in four areas (Castle Rock, Brighton, Colorado Springs, and Centennial). These groups meet every other week for informal fellowship, Bible study, and Prayer on a Thursday or Friday evening.

Hospitality
Reformation Church does not feature many programs, but rather encourages its members to engage the “one-anothers” and build relationships through hospitality.

In the late summer of 2002, the church, now made up of families from Colorado Springs, Monument, Divide, Evergreen, Littleton, Elbert, Kiowa, Parker, Castle Rock, Aurora, and Highlands Ranch, chose to move to Castle Rock as a more central location. [directions]

The Pastor

Pastor Kevin Swanson is married to Brenda and they have five children, whom they homeschool in Elbert, Colo. Kevin is the author of several books including The Second Mayflower. He was the pro-life candidate for governor of Colorado in 1994. He has served as Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado and has never taken a liking to squash.

The Name

The name “Reformation Church” was chosen for two reasons. First, we hold to the doctrines of the first reformation during which the Protestant church broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. The doctrines of Justification by Faith and Salvation by Grace are crucial to the vitality of the Christian faith. But secondly, we believe that the church today is in great need of reformation. We need to re-assert a God-centered faith in the midst of a man-centered age. We hope that this is reflected in our worship, our preaching, and our life.

The first Sunday of every month we have a fellowship meal following our service.

Our Members

The first Sunday of every month we have a fellowship meal following our service.Members of the church are active in a variety of ministries including Focus on the Family, Veritas Christian Academy, Christian Home Educators of Colorado, Training Minds Ministry, the National Christian Forensics & Communication Association and Colorado Right to Life. Recently, a member of the church, Isaiah Hess, took 1st place in the state geography bee, and 6th place in the national geography bee in Washington DC.

Denomination

Since the latter part of the 19th century, liberalism and humanistic thought has virtually routed the modern Christian church. In the midst of this great decline, which has affected the teaching and practice of a great deal of Christianity, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (www.opc.org) was formed in 1936 out of desire to revive a passion and a respect for the authority of God’s Word against all of the compromise that had crept into the church. We stand in the path of the great reformers, the Puritans and pilgrims, and the founders of our nation. At a time of great social and religious decline, it is time to return to the old paths, and stand first and foremost on the Word of God.

What we believe concerning…

• Seven Basis Emphases
• The Word of God
• Family
• Worship
• Fellowship & Outreach
• Works of Mercy
• Church and Family Statement (downloadable PDF file)

Seven Basic Emphases:

1. Embracing the gospel of sovereign grace in Jesus Christ – Eph. 1:6, 2:8-10
2. Diligently studying the Word of God – Acts 17:11
3. Applying and doing the Word – A genuine, rigorous, practical Christianity – James 1:22
4. Maintaining a sharp vision for the Kingdom – Mt. 6:31, 28:20
5. Cultivating a vibrant love and care for the body – Eph. 4:2
6. Keeping God central in worship both in method and content – Exod. 20:4-6, Matt. 15:9
7. Empowering parents to lead their households to God – Eph. 6:4

The Word of God:

• We endeavor to keep the Word of God pre-eminent in our thinking and our teaching. If we are to reform our thinking and our lives, it can only be by the Word of God. We are dismayed by theological systems constructed over the years that have marginalized the relevancy of the Word of God, and we endeavor in our generation to build up a mature knowledge of and thorough-going application of God’s Word in all of life.
• We endeavor to combat a spirit of mediocrity prevalent in our society, by establishing high standards for ourselves in both our understanding and practice of God’s Word.
• We are a confessional church. That is, we state what we believe in confessional form. Without the truth stated in clear and concise form, the church is easily taken by every wind of doctrine. The teachers of the church subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith in its form of doctrine.

Family:

• We believe that God has primarily endowed Christian parents with the responsibility of training their children in the faith (Deut. 6:6-9, 20-22, Deut. 4:9-12, Prov 1:8, 6:20-21, Eph. 6:1,2). Therefore, the church must encourage, equip, and empower parents and especially fathers to perform this God-given mandate. The church must not replace or displace the Christian parents in this task. The function of the church is not to segregate families, but to unify them, respecting the spiritual headship of first the Christian father and then the Christian mother over their home.
• Since God commands Christian parents to teach their children his Word in all aspects of their lives (Deut. 6:6-9), we encourage our member families to provide their children with a Christian education.
• Because our children are members of the convenant community of God, we encourage children to remain with their parents during the worship services. A place for nursing (crying or sleeping) children will be provided during the services.

Worship:

• We believe that we must bring God our very best in worship. Our culture represents a decline in morality and maturity. The music and language of this culture does not necessarily represent the very best. Therefore we do not strive after the lowest and most simple forms of music or expression in worship. We avoid vainly repetitious and overly-simplistic music.
• We believe that we must worship God on his terms. We believe that the highest priority in worship is that it be pleasing to God, even though it might not be comfortable or pleasing to us at all times. This means we will not bring novel elements of worship into his sanctuary such as drama or puppet shows.
• We believe that our worship should be characterized as a two-way communication with our God. God speaks to his people through his word and we respond in confession, praise, and thanksgiving.
• We believe that our worship must center on God and not the worship leader or any other man. Worship should not be used as a vehicle to draw the congregation to the preacher or to the church, but to draw them to God.

Fellowship and Outreach:

• We want this church to be characterized by warm fellowship and vibrant outreach to our community and beyond. We encourage hospitality and our members care for one another when they are going through difficult and trying situations.

Works of Mercy:

• We lament that the church and the family have been marginalized, slowly replaced by the state over the last 150 years. According to the Bible, the care of the poor is first and foremost under the responsibility of the family and private individuals. Nevertheless, the church is also so called. James defines “true religion” as taking care of the fatherless and the widows. Therefore this church takes this responsibility seriously and will ensure the Christian education of the children of widows and orphans in our midst. Special oversite of widows is provided by the diaconate of the church. This church also encourages adoptions for orphans.

Church and Family Statement:

• The Reformation church session has been working on a ‘Church and Family’ statement expressing their views on how the church and family have worked and not worked together in the 20th century. We have attached PDF file for all to read. Please take a moment to download this to your PC, print it out, read it and let us know what you think.

Church-Family Statement

Note: This is a PDF document. To save it on your PC, ‘right-mouse’ click on it anddo a ’save-as’. If you do not have Adobe’s PDF reader,please go to here and download it.

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Two Kinds of Churches Pragmatism
The 21st Century Reformation of the Church
In the Face of DestructionGetting Emotional
Gender-Specific Piety
The View from the Other Side
Offense of the Cross
When the Foundations are Destroyed

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