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Middle Shooks Run Boulder Street view of Pikes Peak
Middle Shooks Run Boulder Street view of Pikes Peak

The Middle Shooks Run neighborhood is located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The neighborhood's boundaries are Uintah Street to the north, Hancock Avenue to the east, Pikes Peak Avenue to the south, and Wahsatch Avenue to the west. Adjacent to the east side of downtown Colorado Springs, the neighborhood is bisected by the middle section of Shooks Run (creek) and Shooks Run Trail running north to south through the neighborhood. Middle Shooks Run is home to several notable locations, businesses, and organizations that have become staples of the local community. UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is noted as being one of the busiest hospitals in Colorado Springs, while the Mid Shooks Run Community Garden has become a popular staple of MSR and the surrounding area. Several historical properties such as the Fannie Mae Duncan House, the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, and the People's Methodist Episcopal Church all lie within its boundaries. Adding to the historical ambiance of the neighborhood is the fact many houses in Middle Shooks Run are over 100 years old.

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Middle Shooks Run
East Willamette Avenue, Colorado Springs

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East Willamette Avenue 737
80903 Colorado Springs
Colorado, United States
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Middle Shooks Run Boulder Street view of Pikes Peak
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People's Methodist Episcopal Church
People's Methodist Episcopal Church

People's Methodist Episcopal Church, also known at the Independent Missionary Baptist Church, is a historic church in Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado. Reverend Charles W. Homes was sent from Oskoloosa, Iowa by the Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church to build churches in black communities. They church was formed on February 18, 1903, by a group of ex-slaves or children of ex-slaves and began meeting at the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Hall.: 10–11  The church was built in 1904 in a neighborhood that was predominantly African-American. Prominent early members include Jesse Bass, Lonnie Bassett, and Frank Loper.: 9 By 1900, there were 875 African-Americans living in the city of a total of 21,085 people. People's Methodist Episcopal Church was the third African-American church formed in Colorado Springs, but the first built north of Pikes Peak Avenue where more than 75 black families lived. The first was Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church built in 1875 at Weber Street at Pueblo Avenue. It was established by the pioneering Carter brothers from Iowa on the land was donated by William Jackson Palmer. St. John's Baptist Church was built three years later on Pueblo Avenue and East Cimarron Street.: 10, 12 It was centered in one of the largest African-American communities in the state and served as the Universal Negro Improvement Association headquarters for Colorado Springs from 1921 to the mid-1930s. The Universal Negro Improvement Association, established by Marcus Garvey in 1914, became one of the largest black empowerment movements in the world. Marcus Garvey visited Colorado Springs in May 1922 and again in October 1924 with his wife, Amy Jacques Garvey. The church provided meeting space for the DuBois Study Club, People's Literary Society, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Women's Home Missionary Society, Ladies Aid Society, and Colorado Springs Unity Council.: 10 The church building is historically significant for the role that it served in the African-American community and its distinctive Queen Anne architecture with elements of Gothic Revival architecture. It is one of the oldest wood-framed and clad churches on its original foundation in the Colorado Springs area. In the early 1930s the church was altered to have a broader, steeper pitched roof, removal of several small double-hung windows, arched windows were replaced with wood tracery, and two side-by-side, arched steeple openings were replaced with a smaller, single, centered arched opening.The church moved to 826 Boulder Street in 1965.: 9  The St. Vrain building has always been a place of worship.

First Presbyterian Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

First Presbyterian Church is a large church in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, established in 1872 by missionary Rev. Sheldon Jackson, who organized more than 100 churches in the central and western United States. First Pres was first led by Rev. Henry Gage who, while still a Princeton Theological Seminary student, became the first person of any denomination to preach in Colorado Springs. First Pres, as the church is commonly known, dedicated its first building on the corner of Weber Street and Kiowa Street on January 12, 1873. Subsequent sanctuary buildings were completed in 1889 and 1957, and additional educational facilities have been added in stages since that time. In 2017, a Contemporary Worship Center was finished, the first intentionally-designed contemporary worship venue in downtown Colorado Springs. The mission of First Pres is to be "Light and Life for the City" while we wait with eager expectation for the City of God. The purpose of First Pres is to worship God, believing that when we do so, lives are transformed. A commitment to Jesus Christ, to active participation in the downtown Colorado Springs community and to outreach to underserved populations have characterized First Pres since its inception. First Pres is a former member congregation of the Presbyterian Church USA. In 2012, the congregation voted to affiliate with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. Jim DeJarnette, the faithful and accomplished Minister of Worship and Music at First Presbyterian Church, announced his retirement on November 18, 2020. This came into effect the summer of 2021. He served the Colorado Springs community for 40 years. During that time, he commandeered the 150+ voice adult choir, a children’s choir, handbell and brass ensembles that have drawn crowds from all over the city. First Presbyterian is home to the oldest continually-chartered Scout troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered in October, 1917.