This post invites our community into the Advent journey, using John’s Gospel to ground us in the God who has come, is coming, and will come again as we wait with hope and live with an eternal perspective.

Holly shares why November is her favorite month and how a simple Thanksgiving gratitude tree tradition—writing daily thanks on preserved leaves—helps her family remember God’s faithfulness and the gift of their Platt Park Church community.

Holly reflects on the October gathering of City Classis Reformed Church in America, where Platt Park Church elders and staff joined other RCA leaders for worship, training, and encouragement, remembering that our Denver community is part of a much larger family of churches.

This reflection invites our community into a church wellness check—a state of the church gathering where we pause to notice how God is moving at Platt Park, name our challenges, and step forward together with gratitude and hope.

This blog reflects on Jesus redefining power in John 13 as He kneels to wash His disciples’ feet, inviting us at Platt Park Church to see true authority as humble service, grace, and love in everyday life.

About a decade ago I remember looking across the row I was sitting in at church and noticing that the CEO of an international company was sitting next to a welder. This is the body of Christ; there is no hierarchy in the Kingdom, just all of us coming to the cross and...

My dear brothers and sisters, I’ve been involved in churches since I was a young child. For the last 35 years, that involvement has usually been in some type of leadership role, including 25 years as a pastors’ wife. That’s a long time. When Dave and I moved back to...

Many years ago, a former Children’s Ministry Director, who was a seminary student at the time, shared a Sunday message with us. Of the 4,000 or so words she spoke, I remember three. Those three little words took root and transformed me—and if you’ve been around me for...

As I think about the next chapter in the life of our church, I’m filled with gratitude and excitement for the story we are part of. We’re united in a community with deep roots—saints before us have laid a beautiful foundation. You can’t drive down Clarkson or Iowa,...

Each fall we mark Promotion Sunday—a joyful milestone where our kids and students “move up” to their new classes and our whole church takes a moment to pray together for those who are returning to schools across the country. During the worship service tomorrow we’ll...