Your weekly news for the Rocky Mountain Conference

View this email in your browser     NEWDAY CHURCH SERVING RECORD NUMBERS AT CHRISTMAS STORE RMCNews – Parker, Colorado … Newday Adventist Church serviced record numbers of Denver area families at their annual Christmas Store at AdventHealth Parker Hospital, December 2-5. Last year had been the biggest year, servicing 150 families, until this year where…

View this email in your browser     COMMENTARY: BE KIND TO LUTHERANS By Nathaniel Gamble – This title might seem a little odd. Why are we being admonished to be kind to Lutherans? Did something recently happen specifically to Lutherans? Well, I don’t know about that, but the title makes clear a galling truth: kindness is…

View this email in your browser     DISCIPLES MAKING DISCIPLES Jose R. Alarcon – Aurora, Colorado … The Denver-Metro area Adventist churches of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) gathered at the Aurora First Seventh-day Adventist Church both to enhance the spiritual and training components to fulfill the great commission, November 4-5. READ MORE   THE…

View this email in your browser   NewsNuggets will be away the week of November 13-17. We look forward to sharing the Good News with you again on November 24.   STATEMENT ON DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY Introduction by Nathaniel Gamble – On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI articulated a principle in his papal bull Inter Caetera…

View this email in your browser     GREELEY CHURCH HOLDS “COME BACK TO CHURCH DAY” Will Reed – Greeley, Colorado … The Greeley Seventh-day Adventist Church held its first-ever “Come Back to Church Day,” October 14. Designed as a way to bring back former members who had not attended in a long time and to invite…

View this email in your browser     TRAUMA AND FAITH EXPLORED AT HISPANIC WOMEN’S RETREAT Vanessa Alarcón – Colorado Springs, Colorado … Around 150 women from across the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) gathered in Colorado Springs for the annual Hispanic Women’s Retreat, October 6-8. The theme “From Heart to Heart” was from Andrews University’s International…

View this email in your browser   NewsNuggets will be away the week of October 16-20. We look forward to sharing the Good News with you again on October 27.   RMC WOMEN COME TOGETHER AT GVR Jana Thurber – Ward, Colorado … The theme for this year’s annual RMC Women’s Ministries Retreat was “Exploring the Mysteries…

View this email in your browser     MILE HIGH ACADEMY’S ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND: A GRAND CELEBRATION Karrie Meyers – Highlands Ranch, CO … Mile High Academy (MHA) hosted a heartwarming Alumni Reunion, September 22-24, bringing together alumni, students, and staff, showcasing the strong bonds that continue throughout the MHA community. READ MORE   GIRLS CLUB…

View this email in your browser     RMC PRESIDENT: YOU’RE INVITED! By Mic Thurber – You are invited to the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) 2023 Town Halls. You’ve probably seen them advertised in NewsNuggets or read a bulletin announcement about them. We have them in six regions in our Conference. READ MORE   OUTDOOR SCHOOL, A FIRST…

View this email in your browser     HISPANIC CAMP MEETING: A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE Rubén Rivera – Denver, Colorado … The Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) Hispanic Camp Meeting assembled at Glacier View Ranch in Ward, Colorado, September 1-3. The Camp Meeting is the largest group who visits Glacier View Ranch with around 500 participants attending this…

View this email in your browser     IGNITING A BRIGHTER FUTURE: A VISIONARY MEETING OF K-12 BOARD OF EDUCATION Diane Harris – Denver, Colorado … The Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) K-12 Board of Education met to discuss the future of Adventist education within the conference on September 5. The K-12 board meets twice a year…

View this email in your browser     WELCOME TO NEW PASTORS IN RMC Mickey Mallory – Denver, Colorado … The month of August brought not only a new school year for many of our students, but also a new pastor for a number of our churches in the Rocky Mountain Conference. Below are the new…

View this email in your browser     JOINT DEDICATION PRAYER FOR CAMPION ACADEMY AND CHURCH Vashty Segovia Santos – Loveland, Colorado … Members of Campion Church and Campion Academy students worshiped together on Sabbath for the first time this academic year. On this dedication Sabbath, Pastor Rodlie Ortiz preached his first sermon at Campion Church…

View this email in your browser     HANDBELLS AND HANDSHAKES KICK-OFF CAMPION NEW ACADEMIC YEAR Campion Student News Team – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy rang in the new school year on Sunday, August 13, welcoming 122 students at the annual Handshake event.  READ MORE   MILE HIGH ACADEMY STARTS SCHOOL YEAR WITH RECORD BREAKING…

View this email in your browser     MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE SHARED AT WESTERN SLOPE CAMP MEETING Rajmund Dabrowski with Liz Kirkland – Montrose, Colorado … You can find Addie and Greg working on their farm in Paonia. They tend to their fields and fruit trees during the week. On Sabbath, August 5, they treated 175 participants…

View this email in your browser     CLOSING SUMMER CAMP SEASON WITH THE SPIRIT AT WYOMING’S MSR Jade Teal – Casper, Wyoming … The summer camp season finished up with 36 RMC camp staff members and 57 campers at Mills Spring Ranch (MSR) in Casper, Wyoming. Campers ages 8-17 participated in activities like wilderness survival,…

View this email in your browser     PATHFINDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AT GILLETTE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE RMCNews and Eli Gonzales – Gillette, Wyoming … The Rocky Mountain Conference was well represented at the Fourth of July celebrations in Gillette, Wyoming, with over 65 Pathfinders from seven different clubs marching in the day’s parade. The…

View this email in your browser     TRANSFORMED LIVES: THE POWER OF GLACIER VIEW RANCH Jasmine Miller – Ward, Colorado … The spiritual atmosphere at Glacier View Ranch (GVR) summer camp has been able to have a positive impact on campers and staff alike. Eight campers and one staff member were baptized June 30 at…

View this email in your browser     REFLECTION: CHERISHING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY By Nathaniel Gamble – Many Americans will be spending the Fourth of July celebrating with family and friends. And that makes the Fourth of July a good time for Seventh-day Adventists to familiarize themselves with the first amendment of the…