Pastor Bryan Day and
Family
Welcome! Thank you for visiting this page and investing your time in getting
to know us better. My family and I look forward to getting to know
you.
The first thing you should know about me is that I am a sinner,
just like you. While our temptations may be different, you and I have temptation
in common. Our challenges are perhaps diverse, but we both have them. And while
our failures are varied, we have both fallen short. Perhaps though, the most
important thing you should know about me is the most important thing you and I
have in common: I am, you are, forgiven. We are loved by Jesus, who died so that
we might have life and have it abundantly. This message is, by far, the most
thrilling piece of information you will find on this page. It is this point that
inspires, motivates and equips me to preach.
I was 12 when this
message became personal for me. At 13, I knew that God called me to be a
Minister. At 16, I began to actively answer His call as part of a Youth Revival
Team. At 18, while I attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, I had
the privilege to serve as the Youth Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Grants,
New Mexico. A few years later, the Lord provided for me to lead a new
ministry, Life and Light Ministries, to help lay people to participate in
short-term partnership evangelism projects. During these two years I had the
privilege of leading over 15 partnership missions trips, with more than 200
participants, witnessing to over 500,000 people, many of whom we saw accept
Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. It was an amazing experience. During
the early 1980's I had the pleasure of working as the Singles Ministry Director
for Sagamore Hill Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, while I attended
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It was also at Sagamore Hill, that I
met the girl who would later become my wife. But, before that would happen, in
July of 1984, I moved to Colorado to serve as the Minister of Education at
Applewood Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge. On December 8, 1984, I married the girl
of my dreams in Fort Worth, Texas. Together, we enjoyed four great years serving
with the wonderful people at Applewood. They spoiled us rotten. And so did God.
It was during this time that the Lord blessed us with our first two children:
Meagan and Bryan Jeffrey. In October 1988, Trish and I answered the Lord’s call
to begin a new work in Arvada: Foothills Community Church. It was very exciting
to be a part of something that started with two families and grew to over 1000
in attendance. We enjoyed more than six years at Foothills, during which we met
many treasured friends. The Lord added to our lives in many ways, including our
third, fourth and fifth children: Jonathan, Bobby and Joshua. Our time there was
such a blessing on our lives. That brings us to where we are now.
In
September 1995, Cityview Community Church held its first service with a purpose
to reach people for the Kingdom of God and help them develop into fully devoted
followers of Christ. But also, to minister to those followers in need of
encouragement and to provide a place for believers to actively pursue Christ.
Our family feels very blessed by the experiences we have had being a
part of this church fellowship. We count it a privilege that people allow us to
be a part of their lives and it honors us that they desire to be a part of ours.
We have not had any more children during our time at Cityview, but we have added
a sweet daughter-in-law, Kelley Marie Day, which brings us to our newest
addition, our first grandchild, due 9/6/2011. We are delighted!
I want to
thank you again, for stopping by this page, and encourage you to come join us as
we pursue a deeper relationship with a loving God. I hope to see you
Sunday!
