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Friday, April 17, 2020
Your weekly news for the Rocky Mountain Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists.
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LET’S PLAY A GAME
By Becky De Oliveira — Board games and puzzles have come back into fashion in recent weeks, achieving must-have status equal with hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and DIY hair dyes. But there is one game that is played in perpetuity. I call it, “You Are Being Deceived” AKA “I Have the Skinny.” It goes like this: You offer an explanation of what is “really going on” in the world. This will focus heavily on deception, and will emphasize the sheep-like nature of the average fool too blind to see it. |
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REALLY "AWAY FROM HOME" AND IN SELF-ISOLATION; CAMPION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REFLECT
By Ashley Herber — Loveland, Colorado … For most of us, self-isolation means staying home with family, but that is not the case for many of Campion Academy’s international students. Before last Friday, there were 14 international students staying in the dorms, two girls and 12 boys, as well as others staying with local host families. |
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CARING COMMUNITIES COMBAT COVID-19
By Erick Maldonado — Loveland, Colorado … Being outside can provide a nice break from being locked in during this long quarantine. Fortunately for neighborhoods across America, kids are finding a new reason to venture outside.
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MHA STUDENT BAPTIZED ON EASTER SABBATH
By Rebecca Berg and Karrie Meyers — Littleton, Colorado . . . For the Mile High Academy and Littleton Seventh-day Adventist Church communities, Easter Sabbath was extra special because MHA Junior Leilani Exson was baptized. |
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FAITHFUL LIKE A CUBS FAN
By Doug Inglish — Denver, Colorado … If you love something, you can endure a lot to be near it. I definitely loved my job as a pastor of a church on an academy campus. I had a terrific group of elders, I loved having all the students with us in worship services, and the interaction with the teachers was great. So, for ten years I, a true-blue fan of the Chicago Cubs, lived in the land of the Cardinals. |
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FAIRPLAY CHURCH MEMBERS ZOOM INTO LEARNING NEW TECHNOLOGY
By Cathy Kissner — Fairplay, Colorado … Who would have thought in December 2019 that by Spring 2020, we would be holding church on Zoom and school online for the gamut of education, from the doctoral level to kindergarten? Or that Zoom meetings would be a daily occurrence for those working from home. |
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COMMENTARY – IS SELF-CARE SELFISH DURING COVID-19?
By Dr. Heather Thompson Day — Denver, Colorado … Last week I was finishing a work project that took me till after midnight. I felt fine. Tired but, fine. Suddenly, as I was trying to re-read my document, my eyes went blurry. I literally couldn’t get them to focus on anything at all. I couldn’t see.. |
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FLAMINGOS JOIN YOUTH GUTENPRANKS AT RMC
By Jessyka Dooley — Denver, Colorado … Like all good summer camps, Glacier View Ranch is home to a flock of flamingos, plastic flamingos that is. We’re also game for pulling pranks that spread love, joy and cheer. We call them, “gutenpranks,” and this is where the flamingos connect! These majestic birds hibernate up in the Rocky Mountains from September till May but are very active during the summer months. |
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MHA FAMILY BRINGS JOY TO ELDERLY THROUGH PARTNERING FOR ETERNITY PROGRAM
By Karrie Meyers — Highlands Ranch, Colorado … Connections with people are critical to our wellbeing, both physically and mentally. During this unique time of social distancing, finding ways to remain connected can be challenging. |
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MUSINGS FROM A LIFE IN WESTERN COLORADO DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
By Karla Klemm — Grand Junction, Colorado … “You’re not going to like this assignment,” were the words I heard as two coworkers entered my office. It’s funny what the brain thinks in split seconds.
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