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Lyons, Colorado, and the Devastating Flood

Idyllic, amazing…This picture is the Lyons Community Church, in Lyons, Colorado, a hamlet at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We, the youth and sponsors of St. Stephen, held a week-long Vacation Bible School at this church in July, 2013, just two months ago.  As the rains have inundated these foothills these last few weeks, I am in mourning for the loss of life, limb, possessions, and this loving small township.

Lyons, ColoradoLyons Community Church is 1/10 the size of St. Stephen with a heart bigger than both. It is a white clapboard church atop a rocky ridge with a basement that affronts the Main Street.  Our first day into service, we met adult volunteers, Holly and Jani and Zeke, in the basement of the church fixing our breakfast and asking us to advertise the VBS with hand colored poster boards.  It worked, along with Facebook, as everyday our crowd grew bigger and bigger.  We started upstairs in the small old fashioned Sanctuary singing our signature Christian songs with movement and abandonment. Read More »Lyons, Colorado, and the Devastating Flood