When we were dead in our sin, God made us alive in Messiah. (Eph 2:4-5)
In March 2009 the Gonzales family, along with a few like-minded families and singles, began the work which became the Front Range Messianic Community. For six years Michael served the community as the church planter, as an elder, and the primary teacher.
The Front Range Messianic Community was a Yeshua-Centered, Torah-Based, Family-Integrated, Messianic Congregation in Arvada, Colorado from March 14, 2009 to March 14, 2015.
The community’s first three Shabbat Services were held in the Gonzales’ living room with 32 friends. They were then blessed with the basement of a small building where they met for almost a year. Their location changed three times during the life of the community but they always stayed in the Westminster/Arvada area.
The two distinctive characteristics of the Front Range Messianic Community were their dedication to family integration and their commitment to expository preaching. Family integration means that families attend services together rather than children and/or teens attending their own classes, children’s church, or youth group separate from their parents. Expository preaching is when the pastor teaches through a passage of Scripture and presents the meaning and intent of a biblical text, providing commentary and examples to make the passage clear and understandable.
Below are many of Michael’s sermons and teachings that were delivered at Front Range.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #150 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah V’zot (and this is the blessing) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #149 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Haazinu (give ear) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
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A Festival Message on Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado.
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A Festival Message on Erev Yom Kippur, The Eve of The Day of Atonement, by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado.
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A Sunday Message by Michael David Gonzales at the First Southern Baptist Church in Westminster, Colorado.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #148 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Vayelech (and he went) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 51:34 — 12.0MB)
A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #147 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Vayelech (and he went) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 33:03 — 15.4MB)
A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #146 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Nitzavim (you are standing) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:03 — 21.3MB)
A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. In this message, Michael looks at the significance of the Shofar and suggested steps to Teshuvah, Repentance, during the month of Elul leading up to Yom Teruah.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #142 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Ki Teitze (when you go out) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #141 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Shoftim (judges) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.
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A Shabbat Message by Michael David Gonzales at the Front Range Messianic Community in Arvada, Colorado. This message was taken from Parashah #140 found in the three year Torah Reading Schedule which corresponds with Parashah Shoftim (judges) found in the traditional one year Torah Reading Schedule.