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God’s calling on my life is probably a bit different than most other pastors. It certainly isn’t the traditional route that many people take to pastoral ministry. Born in 1980, I grew up in central North Carolina, the youngest son of a small business owner and the grandson of a traditional Baptist Sunday school superintendent. In my first 18 years, I attended less than five church services. However, through a unique set of circumstances, I wound up attending a very small Assembly of God private school for three years. It was here that Christ first called out to me and has been pursuing me ever since.

Of course, like most young people, I ran. As fast as I could. From any form of Christianity and especially the church. At the time, I was very interested in auto racing as a career and actively pursued that until I was 30 years old. However, a life spent running from God wasn’t without its troubles and trails. God, faithful as always, didn’t give up on me. He brought me back to the church, rescuing me and my children from brokenness and restoring us to Him in Christ. And after several uncomfortable conversations with others, I realized that Christ was calling me into ministry.

I began working in children’s ministry with the local Baptist church that our family was attending. As time went on, I became a deacon and then joined the staff. During this time, and while working a full-time automotive job, I earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and ministry from Luther Rice College and Seminary. Since God was calling me into ministry, I wanted to learn everything that I could. After all, I did not grow up in church and with the traditions. Yet, my love for Christ and His church continued to grow. I took on a role as mission pastor of a local church plant, a children’s inner city bus ministry, and the children’s director as well.

It was while gaining the knowledge of multi-staff churches that I realized that we, as the church, have gone astray. We had moved away from pursuing the love and joy of a life-changing relationship with Christ that Luther and the reformers had discovered and replaced it with time served in an institution. It was around this time that I needed to dive deeper to see where God was truly calling me. 

After about a year, I enrolled at Luther Seminary as part of the ELCA candidacy program. Unfortunately, their abandonment of scripture being the true and authoritative Word of God was even more apparent in their seminary. I transferred to Luther House of Study’s program through Sioux Falls Seminary and finished my Master of Divinity degree in 2021.

It was in this time of seminary at Luther House that God restored two broken souls and brought us together to form a rescued family in Christ. He brought my wife, also a Pastor, Jennifer, and I together along with our children. We now share a total of nine children, seven who are adults now, and two who live with us in Castle Rock.  

It has been through this less-than-traditional path into pastoral ministry that God has given me a unique way of seeing the culture and the world we live in today and the importance of having that understanding as we minister and call others into a relationship with Christ.

My passion for Christ grows from a devout desire to live a crucified life in Christ. Our old life and ways have died, giving way to a Spirit-filled life that seeks to follow Christ’s example. While we are a new creation, we still live in a sinful body and daily need Christ’s love and Word of forgiveness. My prayer for FLC is that our time together in worship should be meaningful personally, receiving the forgiveness of Christ is His Word and sacrament, and involve the Holy Spirit as we corporately praise our Savior. Restored, we enter the world around us as missionaries, carrying out the Lord’s command to love others and spread His Words of love and forgiveness.

I hope you can visit our family at Faith sometime. 

Peace and Blessings,
Pastor Denton L Bennet Jr

I’m Casey Hodges and God has allowed me to serve His Kingdom in a number of roles in the past. I started off by leading a Young Adult group for seven years. I then became a youth pastor of a small house church and multiple other locations. I have a passion for all types of ministries, but the Holy Spirit has helped hone my children and youth ministry skills. Our student’s curiosity, energy, and unique personalities make serving fun and exciting every day. Influencing systems that allow for them to flourish is a blessing I am constantly grateful for.

I received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Denver in 2020 and from Denver Seminary in 2023 with a Master of Divinity. I studied with No Concentration, specializing in Hermeneutics, Educational Theology, and Care Systems. My other academic passions are ancient languages, systematic theology, and biblical archaeology. I plan on pursuing further education for a doctoral degree at some point in the future.

My wonderful wife Sharon and I have been married for three years and have enjoyed living in Colorado for a long time. I enjoy playing sports, hiking and climbing outdoors, working on projects, and playing board games or Dungeons & Dragons. Sharon loves the outdoors and painting and is the best baker west of the Great British Baking Show. She is working in the clinical mental health field and will be starting Medical School shortly!

I committed my life to Christ when I was five years old and have been attending churches of a plethora of denominations since then. Through the process of Seminary and a deeper walk with God, my wife and I have become more and more liturgical, finally landing on Lutheranism. Growing up in an “anti-legalistic” framework left me wondering why God bothered with tradition, practices, and an insistence on obedience in His Scriptures. Many of the answers to my grievances came through the Reformation. Seeing as Heaven is eventually brought down here on earth, it makes sense that Luther would do the same with theology.

Additionally, Lutheranism provides a framework for strong educational theory to blossom. Seventy-something percent of students who graduate from a high school youth group never come back to church again. Partnering with the work of God to combat this unfortunate reality entails strong discipleship, spiritual formation, and an open mind to the ways God works in the hearts of those in our current context. One of my primary goals is always to remain open to the different opportunities we have to help others know Christ for themselves.

Above all, I am delighted by this opportunity and honored to be part of Faith Lutheran Church.

Excited to get to know you more,

Pr. Casey B. Hodges
Associate Pastor

Faith Lutheran Church ❖ Castle Rock, CO.

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