Kyrie (by Mr. Mister)

Day four Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Stations of homeless - Kyrie.  

Today we started with breakfast prepared by group A (Tyler, Joel, Anna, Katie, and Cora) then packed lunches to take with us and enjoy after our morning activities at the Network Coffeehouse (located in the Capitol Hill area of Denver). This is where we once again met with Pastor Logan Robertson (After Hours Ministry see yesterday’s blog). 

Logan explained the concept and the operations of Network Coffeehouse (nicknamed the living-room of Christ), where they “meet the homeless where they’re at” and provide them with a safe, welcoming and nonjudgmental space to sit, visit, have some tea or coffee, and sometimes a little snack/small meal, before they need to find their shelter for the night.

We also discussed with Logan many of the conditions of homelessness particularly found in the inner city, that impact their daily lives, struggles, and realities. Such as: lack or loss of family connections (support), shame, exposure to the elements lack of education, mental illness, dependency on drugs and/or alcohol (temptation), lack of work nearby, sheer exhaustion, and little to no safety; all compounding to a loss in their ability to trust others and build meaningful relationships. Network Coffeehouse strives to just build a welcoming environment to help the homeless feel they have a safe place, which can then allow relationships to begin. 

Network Coffeehouse has also developed an experiential walkabout, which is a 10 stop, eight block, “spiritual geography” walk around their neighborhood, that illustrated firsthand to us what we had all been discussing previously. We broke into three small groups and took about an hour to visit the stations. One of the most impactful ones, was where some of us held up a sign to oncoming traffic asking for help and support. It demonstrated how simultaneously homeless people are the most visible and invisible people in society. 

We then took our lunches to a nearby city park to enjoy. And Cora taught us all a valuable lesson: “Don’t feed the squirrels". They may turn on you and your friends at a moment's notice! Thank you Katie for your defense! Group B then led our daily devotional study centered on the story of the dry bones found in Ezekiel. 

After returning to the church for some afternoon downtime, Anna and Co. invented a Bible crossword out of Bananagrams followed by a “quiet“ game of Chipzi. We assembled PB&J bagged lunches for our friends experiencing homelessness and delivered them to Network Coffeehouse. We then enjoyed a Taco Tuesday dinner prepared by team C, and got food ready for an early start tomorrow. Today has been a great day full of learning, bonding, and squirrels! We’re excited for a very fun day tomorrow at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs as well as zip lining, but are disappointed that our time here is coming to an end.

Anna, Cora, Katie, Joel, and Tyler