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THE EARTH, AND THE THINGS IN IT By Doug Inglish — My dad used an old saying rather frequently when I was growing up. I’m sure you have heard it before as well: This Too Shall Pass.
Like any child or adolescent, I would get worked up over what was, in the grand scheme of things, astonishingly temporary. You didn’t get what you wanted for your birthday, or you lose a game on a bad call, or a teacher mistreats you (it happens), and it seems big at the time. But dad, who had been through much worse, would calmly recite those words. I didn’t always see how that could be true, but it always was, because he knew when to apply and when not.
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THANK YOU, RMC MEMBERS, FOR GIVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES
By George Crumley – Denver, Colorado . . . The last few months have been very difficult as our lives have been turned upside down. With our churches having to suspend in-person services due to the pandemic, and many individuals facing uncertainty with employment, one would expect tithe and offerings to take a negative turn as a result.
The opposite happened!
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A GRAND JUNCTION COUPLE INITIATES CURB-SIDE VISITS TO ALL FELLOW CHURCH MEMBERS
By Karla Klemm — Grand Junction, Colorado … In the spirit of the sunny Western Slope, two Grand Junction Adventist Church members, Don and Dollie Bell, are set to visit all church members during the pandemic’s social isolation. They are “spreading sunshine to all of us,” commented Karla Klemm, who together with her husband, David, were recipients of their visit, May 23.
In the month of March, Dollie turned to Don and asked him what he thought of “visiting” all the church members, as she missed seeing them. He said “yes” and that he “would even be her driver.”
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TRAGEDY IN THE AMAZON BASIN OF PERU
By Greg Hodgson — Iquitos, Peru . . . Few places capture the modern American imagination like Peru…land of the Incas and the mesmerizing Machu Picchu; the towering Andes mountains with peaks above 22,000 feet; and the mysterious Amazon jungle which still holds undiscovered indigenous peoples, plants and animals.
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ADVENTISTS AND THE 1918 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
By Michael W. Campbell — Keene, Texas . . . By all historical accounts, the 1918 Influenza pandemic, sometimes erroneously called the “Spanish Flu” (most historians credit the beginning of the disease to rural Kansas), was a global disaster. Historians debate just how many people died—estimates range from 50 to 100 million people. In contrast to the ravages of World War I, it is significant that many soldiers survived the war only to die from this contagious disease! Between the war and the flu, it was a one-two punch that caused a great deal of anxiety in the early part of the twentieth-century.
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CAMPION CELEBRATES THE CLASS OF 2020 AT UNIQUE DRIVE-IN CEREMONY
By Jill Harlow — Loveland, Colorado … It was a unique ceremony, with Campion Academy celebrating the accomplishments of the 39 members of its senior class with a drive-in graduation on Sunday, May 24. As expected, the ceremony included speeches, special music, awards, photos, diplomas, and all the traditional aspects of a typical graduation despite the fact that the attendees were mostly regulated to their vehicles. And there was a drone flying above the parked cars, adding a bit of buzzing noise and … wonder. |
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TOGETHER, BUT SEPARATE AT MILE HIGH ACADEMY GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS
By Karrie Meyers — Highlands Ranch, Colorado … Graduation ceremonies for Mile High Academy’s Class of 2020 are complete. And while they didn’t resemble the traditional MHA celebrations, the teachers and staff made it their mission to ensure each graduate felt special in spite of the mandated restrictions. |
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GRAND JUNCTION COUPLE RAISES FUNDS FOR INTERMOUNTAIN ADVENTIST ACADEMY
By Rachel Skaife – Grand Junction, Colorado . . . Two Grand Junction church members plan to run the entire length of the Colorado Trail in 18 days this July to raise money for Intermountain Adventist Academy (IAA) in Grand Junction.
The Colorado Trial is 490 miles beginning in Waterton Canyon south of Denver and concluding in Durango. Runners Doug and Melinda McCaw will cross the continental divide several times on this route that includes elevations up to 13,271 feet.
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HUGS WERE MISSED AT VISTA RIDGE ACADEMY’S DRIVE THRU GRADUATION
By Marsha Bartulec — Erie, Colorado … Kindergarten and 8th grade Vista Ridge Academy graduates participated in a drive-thru graduation ceremony May 20, and teachers and staff showed their support by lining the school drive holding signs while waving and cheering as students drove by.
After Brittany McLachlan, photographer and VRA Board member, took pictures of each graduate and their family to capture the extraordinary event, students picked up their diploma and gifts from the table where kindergarten teacher, Sandy Hepp, and 8th grade teacher, Andrew Jones, stood socially distanced to congratulate each student.
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NAD PRESIDENT TO RETIRE JULY 1; REPLACEMENT PROCESS DEFINED
NAD Office of Communication — Columbia, Maryland . . .Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD), and his wife Donna, have announced their intent to retire, effective July 1, 2020. With the postponement of the 2020 General Conference (GC) Session, NAD administration has worked with GC leadership to establish a clear process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020.
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AN EMOTIONAL END OF THE 2019 – 2020 SCHOOL YEAR AT BRIGHTON ADVENTIST ACADEMY
By Jodie Aakko – Brighton, Colorado . . . With our fourth quarter converted to distance learning, a lot of tears were shed from children and adults alike. We missed each other. We missed our spring program, our track and field event, our SA banquet, and many field trips. Last week, students returned to their classrooms for the first time since March. One of my seventh-grade girls just put her head on her desk and said, “My desk! I miss my desk!” And she remained at her desk, head down, in silence for a while, then sat up to write little notes for her classmates to discover at their own desks.
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