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By Rajmund Dabrowski – Denver, Colorado … When you drive or walk through the Five Points, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Denver, you might wonder if a church could be established there. Laced with bars, warehouses, small business establishments, one cannot miss the BLM or LGBT flags flowing in the wind. It gives you the impression of a dangerous place to start a church.
Miloš Tomić, an associate pastor of the Arvada Adventist Church will take you back to 2019 when he threw out an idea during a pastoral evaluation meeting at the Rocky Mountain Conference. Ed Barnett, former RMC president, challenged him quite directly: “Like, hey, you know what? You guys from Arvada, you guys can do this. You guys should just get a place and start a church downtown.”
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RMCNews with Eric Nelson … Jack Bohannon, long-time evangelist, pastor, and Union president, went to sleep with Jesus on November 24, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jack Bruce Bohannon was born on November 29, 1933, in Fitzgerald, Georgia to Bill and Belle Bohannon. He was one of seven children.
Times were tough for the Bohannons during war rations. Jack’s parents divorced, and the family struggled. At one point, there was talk of placing the children in a Methodist orphan home in Selma, Alabama. However, the family did remain together when Bohannon’s stepmother agreed to keep the seven children.
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RMCNews with Lydie Birai – Denver, Colorado … LifeSource Adventist Fellowship is investing in the future of the church and young people’s lives in Denver by restarting their Adventure Club.
The thought of restoring the Adventurer Club began several months ago when parents approached Lydie Birai, wife Daniel Birai, senior pastor at LifeSource, expressing an interest. As members began to make plans to restart the Adventurer Club, the venture grew into a joint effort between True Life Adventist Community Church, which also meets on the campus, and LifeSource Adventist Fellowship. An initial meeting to gauge interest ended with Lydie Birai as director for the club and Karene Thomas-Watts as assistant director.
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RMCNews – Denver, Colorado … During the last meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference Executive Committee in 2021, which took place on December 7, the RMC Financial Report showed a strong year, with base tithe increasing 12.87% from 2020.
Presenting the report, Darin Gottfried, vice president for finance, said that “October was an amazing month for the Conference Advance offering as a large donation was received. This has given many ministries a wonderful blessing. We have four months of working capital, which puts us in a stable financial position heading into December.”
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RMCNews with Russell Palmer – Littleton, Colorado … Littleton Adventist Church is hitting the streets to provide a little bit of happiness and joy along with much-needed nourishment for the homeless population of Denver.
The middle and high school groups earlier this year formed an outreach program called S.O.S (Service on Sabbath). The students take one Sabbath afternoon a month to serve the most vulnerable population in Denver by providing not only food, but warm clothes, and a chance to hear their story.
Littleton’s youth director, Russell Palmer, reflected on the most recent outreach on December 4, where the group passed out 200 burritos.
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By Jon Roberts – Highlands Ranch, Colorado … Laughter, applause, a starry night atmosphere, and a snow-filled Mile High Academy gymnasium was the venue on December 9 as MHA students presented the annual Christmas music performance. This was a special event for the community as last year’s concert was virtual due to the pandemic, and missing the fellowship that online events cannot provide.
The “Nine Lessons and Carols” program, also known traditionally as the “Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” featured students from preschool to 12th grade. The program told the story in nine short Bible readings of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus. Christmas musical favorites were interspersed between the readings.
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