Sermon: The P in PACK-"Protection" is an Active Effort

In this sermon, Teopixqui Dez opens with gratitude for the community and reminds everyone that community does not happen passively… it happens when people choose to show up, step out of isolation, and create the "divine us" together. Dez shares excitement about the church's upcoming new space, with a planned grand opening around June 1st, possible pre-opening lounge night, updates coming to the website, and opportunities for the congregation to help prepare the building. The heart of the sermon focuses on PACK Life, beginning with the first letter: Protection. Dez explains that protection is not only about standing between someone and danger. It is also about sustainability, care, healing, boundaries, and noticing when someone is wounded before they even realize they are bleeding. Protection comes from both within and around us… through self-reverence, trusted kin, and a community willing to show up when things get hard. Dez connects protection to the Guardian and the Warden from the Seven Psyches: the shield and the sword, the healer and the fighter, the one who tends wounds and the one who fights malice where it stands. He also speaks vulnerably about childhood bullying, trauma, and how lack of protection can become vengefulness… while true healing can become peace, strength, and a life well lived. The sermon closes with encouragement to actively protect something this week, whether that means protecting your own peace, someone else's peace, or simply brightening a stranger's day. Dez also shares updates about sacrament gummies, chocolate microdoses, the upcoming church space, opportunities to help, and the new cannabis sacrament blends from the GrowBros. Timeline 00:00 – Opening and Community as Motion Teopixqui Dez welcomes the congregation and reminds everyone that community is created through active participation. 01:00 – New Space Updates Dez shares excitement about the upcoming new space, possible pre-opening gathering, June 1st grand opening plans, and website updates. 03:00 – Introducing PACK Life The sermon shifts from last month's Seven Psyches series into PAC Life: Protection, Acceptance, Communication, and Kairos. 05:00 – Protection from Within and Without Dez explains that protection includes threats outside the community as well as wounds, isolation, and harm growing within us. 07:30 – Protection as Love in Action Protection is framed as caring enough to notice when someone is hurting and showing up when it is inconvenient. 09:30 – Guardian and Warden Energy Dez connects protection to the Guardian and Warden: the shield that heals and fortifies, and the sword that confronts malice directly. 11:00 – Protecting the Inner Child Dez discusses trauma, wounded younger selves, and how naming those wounds helps us protect and heal them. 15:00 – Revere the Self as Protection The first universal truth becomes a call to fortify yourself, name your wounds, and take healing seriously. 17:00 – Childhood Bullying and Vengefulness Dez shares how a lack of protection in childhood can create a desire for revenge, and how healing redirects that fire. 20:00 – Healing as Resistance The congregation reflects on wounds they once thought they would simply have to live with, and Dez celebrates the healing happening in the community. 23:00 – Homework: Protect Something Dez invites everyone to actively protect someone's peace, their own peace, or something meaningful during the week. 26:00 – Reviews, Sacrament, and Feedback Dez asks listeners and congregants to leave honest reviews, sample new gummies and chocolates, and give feedback before the June 1st opening. 30:00 – Building the New Space Together Dez invites congregants to help prepare the new location and sign a tapestry that will mark everyone who helped make the dream real. 34:00 – Cannabis Sacrament Update The GrowBros have created cannabis sacrament blends, including clergy-inspired blends, available as five half-gram sacrament joints for donation or art cards. 36:00 – Closing Gratitude Dez closes by thanking the congregation for sharing their time, the community's most precious resource. About the Colorado Psychedelic Church The Colorado Psychedelic Church is a community centered on sacred entheogens, spiritual growth, harm reduction, and meaningful connection. The church teaches that healing happens through reverence for the self, communal experience, and trusting that the universe provides. Contact Us Learn more, join the Discord, see upcoming events, or connect with the community at: ColoradoPsychedelicChurch.com