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Twenty years after the final Easter dawn service was held in Backyard of the Gods, a sibling service has arisen to the south.
Gateway Prayer Backyard, a meditation venue adjoining to Fountain Creek, will supply its personal Resurrection Sunday neighborhood service at 6 a.m. April 17. Attendees want solely search for the 20-foot open cross, subsequent to a welcome middle and revival tent east of Interstate 25 and south of Mesa Ridge Parkway in Fountain. The enormous cross stands on the high of a pathway that’s specified by the form of a football-field-sized cross with stone prayer benches.
The service is deliberate for outdoor however can be moved underneath the tent within the occasion of inclement climate.
The Rev. Jeff Anderson, who’s senior adviser to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, would be the featured speaker for the Easter service. Passover worship conferences additionally can be held at 6 p.m. April 18-19.
“We’re trying ahead to offering a neighborhood blessing that hasn’t been there for some time, the place a number of church buildings and folks of Christian religion can come collectively and have fun the Resurrection,” Gateway Prayer Backyard director Mark Spengler stated.
Easter companies at Backyard of the Gods reportedly started in 1920 and went on to draw greater than 20,000 worshippers who braved varied climate situations to flock to the Backyard in its heyday within the mid-’90s. Attendance hovered round 5,000 for the ultimate service, and the occasion was canceled resulting from points with parking, shuttling and different prices, together with police, promoting and staffing.
Parking shouldn’t be an issue for the brand new Easter service, Spengler stated. The Christian-based meditation backyard and its dozen acres of Fountain Creek Prayer Trails opened in August and are meant to be of use anytime to folks of all faiths who need to spend a while in prayer and meditation.
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