Meet Chip Case of Northglenn

Today we’d like to introduce you to Chip Case.

Hi Chip, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
Crossroads Church was started in Northglenn in 1961. The original location was built in 1962 at the corner of 104th and Huron. Crossroads Grew throughout the years and by 2012 it had three locations. When the pandemic started in 2020 live church attendance fell way off and Crossroads realized it would have to move in a different direction. At that time the location in Fort Lupton became a separate church. The location in Thornton became the meeting place for the church. The original location, in Northglenn, became Crossroads Community Center, doing outreach into the surrounding neighborhood.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Because we provide low cost no cost services funding is difficult. The church has been the main source of funding but moving forward it will become important to find additional funding from other sources.

It would be nice to have more types of outreach at the community center. that would include some kind of low cost, no cost legal care. things that would be addressed are domestic violence, human trafficking and rent/mortgage arbitration.

Additional after school programs that provide tutoring would be a good outreach into the community, Providing a place for senior citizens to gather would meet a lot of needs in the community.

Job search or training would also be a good addition.

Getting additional volunteers is a huge challenge.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
The community center provides low cost no cost space for local nonprofit organizations. It also provides for other types of outreach and services in the area.

The organizations that reside in the building are Child Evangelism Fellowship, a group that does Good News Clubs, after school, in four area elementary schools. Young Life, an organization that works in middle and high schools. The Peoples Advisory Board for New Educational and Economic Growth (PABNEEG) a group that helps the Asian community in the north metro area. The Tattoo Removal Project, an organization that helps people who were previously incarcerated remove tattoos. and More Better Bikes, an organization that provides low cost, no cost bike repairs and sales. The community center provides space for three homelessness navigators from Adams County. These navigators work with the unhoused population in the area providing services and counseling. There is professional counseling available at the community center with a counselor from PDC Counseling Services.

A Spanish language church, Iglesia Victory, has been meeting here for three years every Sunday at noon.

There is additional outreach on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Narcotics Anonymous meets here Monday through Friday at noon. Celebrate Recovery meets every Monday night. English as a Second Language meets Tuesday and Wednesday. Meals on Wheels distributes food out of our parking lot on Wednesday. Bayaud Enterprises provides laundry and showers for the homeless in the area on Thursday. Toastmasters provides courses in speaking on Thursday nights. There are also citizenship classes that meet every Saturday.

Once a month the Adams County Republican party meets in the building. Also once a month on Thursdays there are CPR Classes. On the fourth Friday of the month All Stars Club meets in the building. All Stars is an outreach to people with developmental disabilities.

The community center provides funerals for anyone at no charge and weddings with a deposit. The community center has hosted concerts and dance recitals, financial classes and the city of Northglenn has had Ward meetings in the building.

In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
Providing for the neighborhood will always be an important part of our community of believers. Since 1961 Crossroads has been an important part o the north metro area. As long as there are areas where the community center can help, it will continue to look for ways to do outreach.

Additional work with senior citizens will become important as the population around the community center ages. The hispanic community continues to grow so providing services will continue to be necessary. Youth mentoring will be a need. Parenting, financial and relationship counseling will be a subjects to assist people. Partnering with the local schools and government is important for the community center. That way these organizations will grow to trust that the well being of the city is important to the community center as well as the schools and governments.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://crossroadsabc.com/ccc