CONFLUENCE MINISTRIES

CONFLUENCE MINISTRIES BUILDING AT 1400 N QUITMAN ST DENVER, CO 80204 WAS USED TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING IN 2024: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL): WEEKLY ESL CLASSES WERE PROVIDED FOR 19 INDIVIDUALS, SUPPORTED BY 8 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. GED PREPARATION IN SPANISH: 18 STUDENTS RECEIVED WEEKLY GED PREPARATION CLASSES IN SPANISH, SUPPORTED BY 4 TEACHERS AND 4 STAFF MEMBERS. AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING: WEEKLY TUTORING PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED TO 12 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM COLFAX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AN INNER-CITY DENVER SCHOOL. TEN VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES. BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE ALSO COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED. NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT (WECAN): HOSTED AND FACILITATED MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR THE LOCAL REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION (WECAN) AND PROVIDED SPACE FOR BOARD MEETINGS. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL LUNCH MEETINGS WERE HOSTED FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS - THE 6:4 FELLOWSHIP, AND OTHER NONPROFITS. WEST COLFAX NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL: PLANNED AND EXECUTED WEST COLFAX NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL, INCLUDING 30 NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FAITH ENTITIES TO GATHER AT PACO SANCHEZ PARK. OVER 1000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT. MULTIPLE RESOURCES WERE GIVEN TO THOSE IN NEED. MEN'S BIBLE STUDY: HOSTED 25 SATURDAY MORNING MEN'S BIBLE STUDIES FOR 12 MEN. MUSIC AND WORSHIP TRAINING: PROVIDED TRAINING AND MENTORING IN MUSIC AND WORSHIP TO 30 INDIVIDUALS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF 10 VOLUNTEERS. MUSIC ROOM AND CLASSROOMS. MUSICAL REHEARSALS FOR CITY EVENTS: WEEKLY REHEARSALS WERE HELD FOR MUSICIANS PREPARING TO PERFORM AT CITY EVENTS INCLUDING: CINCO DE MAYO, MAKE MUSIC DAY, DASHING THRU LODO, COLFAX MARATHON, PARADE OF LIGHTS, BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL, IMAGINATE, AND BOLDER BOULDER MARATHON, AMONG OTHERS. COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OUTREACH: PARTICIPATED IN AND FACILITATED OVER 150 CITY AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND OUTREACH EVENTS. THESE WERE HELD ON A WEEKLY, MONTHLY, OR ANNUAL BASIS, INVOLVING 300 VOLUNTEERS AND REACHING A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE. CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION: COLLABORATIONS INCLUDED MULTI-ETHNIC, INTERGENERATIONAL, AND INTERDENOMINATIONAL GROUPS, BRIDGING DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SOCIETY TO SERVE THE BROADER COMMUNITY. DENVER PARADE OF LIGHTS: HELPED ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS MAJOR CITY EVENT. CONFLUENCE MANAGED THE NATIVITY FLOAT, CONTRIBUTING TO AN EVENT THAT TOUCHED OVER 250,000 ATTENDEES AND INVOLVED APPROXIMATELY 50 VOLUNTEERS. PLANNING AND PREPARATION MEETINGS INCLUDE GATHERING COSTUMES AND OTHER MATERIALS.