As an act of loving gratitude for our Lord’s love (“We love because He first loved us.”), as an act of obedience to our Lord’s great commission, and as an act of compassion for those who live without a knowledge of the good news, Lookout Mountain Community Church strives to be diligent in allocating its resources to the cause of advancing Christ’s kingdom throughout our world.

Missions Statement

We understand many may give on an individual basis to mission organizations. However, we do feel we are called to give corporately as a matter of corporate responsibility, and love and as a means of discipling and nurturing this particular body. We seek to offer financial support to missions in accordance with the following criteria:

Missions that intentionally and verbally honor Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. This is not to say that other compassionate and relief-oriented causes are not good, but that a saving and transforming knowledge of Christ Jesus in the paramount need in the human condition. Acts of compassion should not merely be tools of evangelism, but evangelism must be the supreme act of compassion.

Missions that personally involve people from LMCC. Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than receive” (Acts 20:35). In our mission program we want your money, but more importantly we want you. And we want you to experience the “blessedness” of giving, every bit as much as we want others to know the blessedness of receiving.

Missions that are mentally and emotionally accessible to the entire church. In other words, we will seek to corporately support relatively few mission endeavors, but support them very well. We seek to make our support focused and deep rather than broad and shallow. We hope that “missions” in our church means faces and names and programs that are dependent on our support.

Missions that fit with our desire to be Christ’s witnesses on the mountain, in the city, and around the world. “Mountain, City, and World” reflects Christ’s departing words in the book of Acts. At the ascension He said to His disciples: “You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Our Jerusalem in the local mountain community. Our Judea and Samaria is Denver and Colorado. And our ends of the earth is the ends of the earth.

MISSION PARTNERS and AFFILIATES

At the heart of our missions statement is the idea of being involved deeply with a few ministries. It is this Few, but deep mandate that drives the partner relationship and the effort to focus our involvement. However, in order to accommodate the growing number of ministries represented by our body, it is important to provide a way to encourage individual involvement beyond our partners. To this end we have created the affiliate relationship. The defining characteristic of our commitment to an affiliate is More, but minimal—more individuals, but minimal involvement.

On the Mountain
Loaves & Fishes. Share the good news of Jesus Christ to the people of Clear Creek and Gilpin counties by meeting the physical and spiritual needs of individuals or families in crisis. For more information contact Loaves & Fishes at 303-567-4450, or the LMCC ministry contact Ernie Gilbert at 303-674-2641.

Evergreen Christian Outreach (EChO). Meet the spiritual and financial needs of people in the Evergreen area who are experiencing unemployment, financial hardships, family crisis, or long-term illnesses. For more information contact EChO at 303-670-1796, or the LMCC ministry contact Shannon Kelly at 303-674-6721.

Mountain Area Relief. Lookout Mountain is involved in relief efforts to surrounding mountain region as an act of obedience to be Christ's witness in our community by demonstrating Christ's love and compassion in tangible ways. One such tangible way is the resources made available through the LMCC Mountain Area Relief Center which consists of a food closet and Deacon's Fridge. For more information contact Barb Dokter.

In the City
Alternatives Pregnancy Center. Provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support to women in pregnancy-related crises, and in the process offer them a meaningful alternative to abortion. For more information contact Alternatives at 303-298-8815, or the LMCC ministry contact Amanda Bakker at 303-234-0932.

Christ's Body Ministries. The calling of Christ's Body Ministries is to love, worship, and be obedient to God by serving and loving one another as Christ loved us; and by partnering with local churches among us unto Christ Himself, through personal, relationships while meeting physical and spiritual needs. For more information contact Steve Mercer at 303-860-1272.

HIV Care Link. Join an outreach of Christian compassion and hope committed to preventing the spread of HIV, empowering and supporting those affected by HIV, and equipping the church to minister effectively to people living with HIV. For more information contact Michael Tucker at 303-382-1344.

 

Around the World
Mozambique, Center for Leadership Development (CDL). Among the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique is the “last and the least” of our generation. We support CDL by sharing God’s Word through pastoral training, evangelism projects, and orphan care. For more information contact Andrew Trawick at 303-975-6447.

Dominican Republic Sister-Church. For many years LMCC has enjoyed a wonderful partnership with a church in the Dominican Republic. Teams from LMCC work with our sister church to serve the community of La Victoria and to demonstrate God's love in a way that transcends culture, language, and denominational differences. Henry Hendrickson and Kristen Bushaw currently serve as youth workers from our church with our sister church. For more information contact Tom Larson at 303-526-7278 or Susan Jones at 303-741-6654.


Healing Waters International. Healing Waters builds self-sustaining water purification systems at churches in developing countries, enabling them to serve their communities in love by providing safe drinking water to those who could not otherwise afford it. For more information contact Tom Larson at 303-526-7278.

Light Heart Ministries. bringing light to dark hearts and lightening the heavy hearted by presenting the life changing message of Jesus Christ to people whose ears have been opened, and hearts have been softened. Our strategy is to go where God is moving, earn the right to be heard, and integrate new believers into churches. For more information contact Andrew Trawick at 303-822-6491.

Project C.U.R.E. Collects and sorts medical surplus items which are distributed to developing nations around the world. For more information contact Project Cure at 303-792-0729, or the LMCC ministry contact Paul Anderson at 303-932-7650.

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Local Affiliates

Caren Stahmer, Jeanie Hunter & Linda Smith (Women of Vision) 303-526-1218
Debbie Montavon (Denver Works) 303-433-0300
Ed & Deborah Weising (Abba Family Services) 303-333-0814
Susan Kiely (Volunteers of America) 303-297-1314
Terry Leprino (Jeffco Young Life) 303-233-0493

International Affiliates

Becky Neufeld (Leadership Development Institute) 303-679-9470
Clint Hill (Northern Ireland) 011-44-289086-0774
Danny Byram (Danny Byram Ministries) 1-888-294-9805
Dave & DeeDee Thompson (Activation Ministries) 303-670-1319
John Coors (Community Uplift Ministry) 303-423-3564
Janelle Hallman (Desert Hope Ministries) 303-277-8358
Stan & Jackie Jacobson, Lazelle Powell (Christ for All Nations) 303-697-9764

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Contagious Christian course. Sharing your faith in a world that is indifferent or opposed to the Gospel can be a little intimidating. This team-led class will help you examine your faith and articulate it in a world of illusions. Facilitated by Duncan Sprague, Director of Missions and Outreach.

Party on the Side of the Road. As an act of repentance from self-centeredness, we discipline ourselves to party with anyone who will respond to our invitation.

LMCC Fine Arts Ministry (FAM). The vision of the Fine Arts Ministry (FAM) at lookout Mountain Community Church (LMCC) is to display many hints of the larger story and glimpses of the unfathomable image of God. FAM seeks as its purpose to glorify God and lead others into worship of our Lord through the medium of the visual arts.

Pizza in the Plaza. Pizza in the plaza is a great opportunity to introduce people, in a non-threatening environment, to our church. Invite your unchurched friends for a casual evening of music and pizza. Concerts are offered on a semi-regular basis after the Saturday evening service during the summer months. Come join us in the plaza area.

Summer Film Festival. How do you watch a movie? During the summer months we use the Banquet Hall to enjoy films. The goal is to learn and grow, to have eyes to see and ears to hear the stories being told all around us. After corporately watching a movie, we provide group discussions on major movie themes, plot and character development, as well as reminders of God. Free popcorn and drinks—this is an opportunity to invite friends to join the party! If you would like to help in any way please call Ellen Haroutunian at 303-972-0157.