Jun
16
to Jun 18

Cave Quest VBS

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Kids ages 4 to 10 are invited to Cave Quest! Bible stories, games, puppets - so much fun not to be missed.

The evening starts at 5:00pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 514 N. Chestnut St. Cortez, CO (Church of the Nazarene). A hearty, healthy dinner will be provided each night. Pick-up is 7:30pm. Need transportation for your kiddo? Just let us know! Call 970.565.7826 or indicate on the registration form.

Register your child online before June 10 to enter a drawing for a local restaurant gift card. Register here: https://forms.gle/CKQ1DrGJTcVsXfUm6

See you soon, spelunkers!

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Sep
25
to Sep 26

Broken yet Beautiful - Women's Retreat

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Ladies - invite your friends and get away for this day and a half to refuel and refresh. Delicious catered meals, inspiring worship, encouraging messages, great fun - not to be missed!

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/xGdsvHHF2KGrrKyt9

The faith and fellowship event at 4:00pm on Friday. Delicious catered meals, inspiring worship, encouraging messages, great fun - not to be missed!

Our worship leaders

Hey! We are Casie Madsen and Holly Hooten! We love Jesus, have been friends since first grade, homeschool our kiddos and pretty much do life together! Excited to worship the Lord with you!

Our speaker

Pastor Pam Jantz, here! I am a published author and speaker. My most recent adventure is pastoring a church! I began pastoring at Durango Faith Church of the Nazarene in April 2026.

Accomodations

Options in Cortez for every budget!

Hampton Inn https://www.hamptoninncortez.guestreservation.com

Baymont https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/baymont/cortez-colorado

Retro Inn https://www.retroinnmesaverde.com/

Days Inn https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/days-inn/cortez-colorado

Econolodge https://www.choicehotels.com/colorado/cortez/econo-lodge-hotels

FREE! accommodations at Cortez Church of the Nazarene - bring your own . . . everything (bedding, etc). No shower facilities.

Many great Airbnb/VRBO options in the area

Questions? Text Mel at 970-570-9191

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Jun
14
10:30 AM10:30

Church in the Park

Come join us for a morning of worship, time in the Word, baptisms and a potluck picnic! Sunday, June 14, 2026 in Montezuma Park on the corner of Market and Montezuma in Cortez.

Grace Fellowship church, Cortez Church of the Nazarene, and The Gathering Place are joining together for this day of worship and fellowship. We hope to see you there!

The Gathering Place is providing meat for the grill - please consider bringing a side or dessert.

Bring your own chair!

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Apr
5
10:00 AM10:00

New Life Petting Zoo

Any better way to celebrate our new life in the resurrected Christ than tangibly holding new life in our hands?! Come enjoy sweet new bunnies and chicks on this day we celebrate new life in Christ! Opportunities at 10am and 12pm on Resurrection Sunday (April 5, 2026).

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Apr
2
4:30 PM16:30

Youth Group to Passion Play

The youth group will leave at 4:30pm to head to Farmington. We will swing by Chic-fil-a for dinner (bring money to cover your meal) then to the Farmington Convention Center to watch “He’s Alive,” this year’s passion play. It will be a late night! Students will let parents know when they are on their way home. They will be dropped off at home.

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Mar
30
to Apr 3

Holy Week Laity Services

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Each year laity (non-clergy) leaders orchestrate 7am morning services for the community. These brief and beautiful services take place at various churches in the community. Followed by breakfast! Schedule is: Monday - St Margaret Mary Catholic, Tuesday - 1st Assembly of God, Wednesday - Arriola Bible Church, Thursday - 7th Day Adventist, Friday - 1st Baptist

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Mar
14
11:00 AM11:00

Chili Cook Off Fundraiser

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Four youth & one sponsor are hoping to attend Nazarene Youth Conference in Salt Lake this July where they will worship & serve with other youth from around the nation. You can make chili or eat chili to help make this trip possible! Chilis judged by local chef. There will be items for a silent auction and homemade pies to bid on.

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Feb
25
to Apr 1

Family Nights - Wednesdays at 6pm

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Come join us for dinner at 6pm, then break into groups to discuss a shared book and support & pray for one another as we grow deeper in the Word this lenten season.

Sign up in the church foyer to help with one meal and to participate in a group. Options are:

Way, Truth, Life A life of following Jesus should never be boring or stagnant, nor should it be done alone. As we seek to become more and more like Jesus, we discover that Christian discipleship is an ongoing journey of grace. In Way, Truth, Life, David Busic invites us to consider the various ways that God’s seeking, saving, sanctifying, sustaining, and sufficient grace meets us where we are in our lives. When we respond faithfully to the One who lovingly calls and equips us for the Journey of Grace, we will enjoy a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, who is himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Water for the Way The journey that God’s people are called to make to the cross with Christ is not an easy one. Each year we spend forty days in reflection upon all the seasons of wilderness we know we will experience in our lives, or have already experienced. The wilderness makes us thirsty and weary, but we know we do not journey alone. Christ carries and sustains us on our way. Experience the thirst-quenching, soul-refreshing sufficiency of Jesus in a new way this Lenten season as you walk in community toward the cross with Water for the Way.

Bread & Wine Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter is a popular devotional anthology featuring over 70 daily readings designed to guide readers through the themes of Lent—temptation, passion, crucifixion, and resurrection—leading into Easter. It includes diverse, classic and contemporary authors like C.S. Lewis, Henri Nouwen, and Dorothy Day.

Consuming Fire The journey to the cross and to resurrection is a heart-searching, soul-cleansing journey. It can be a painful journey, like it was for Jesus. Yet, because of Jesus, it can also be a healing, renewing, redemptive journey. Fire can also be a healing, renewing, redemptive journey. Fire can destroy, or it can refine. As you follow in Jesus’s footsteps this Lenten season, use the devotional reflections, journaling questions, affirmations, and prayer prompts in A Consuming Fire to respond to the burning desire of your heart to know Jesus better.

Non-Book Group If you feel you cannot commit to reading a book, this group is for you. You can come on family night and discuss a quote or verse together. No expected reading during the week.

DiscipleMaker 101 (for Men) you desire to be a force for good in the world. You also know that the answer is making disciples for Jesus that make disciples for Jesus. But you may not have the tools to do that. Even if you’re here for your church, you have to ask yourself…

          • What is my plan for making disciples? 

          • Is my plan working? 

If you can’t answer these questions, then DiscipleMaker 101 will help you build a disciple-making movement in your Circle of Influence to change the world for the better.

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Feb
14
4:00 PM16:00

Books & Banter

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Books & Banter is our monthly book club for women meeting on the second Saturday of the month at 4pm at the Gathering Place (140 N Market St, Cortez). The title for February is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

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Feb
7
9:00 AM09:00

No Regrets Men's Conference

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Men! This one Saturday is one you don’t want to miss. You’ll hang out with other brothers and be challenged, encouraged, strengthened in your faith by top-shelf speakers.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-regrets-mens-conference-tickets-1763024266039?aff=oddtdtcreator

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