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WHEN MINISTRY IS CHALLENGING – AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
By Nathaniel Gamble — My words below reference pastors, but my message is meant for all Seventh-day Adventists, including lay members and leaders. It is a stark-but-necessary wake-up call that we need to be more interested in passionately and deeply loving Jesus than in hating and bullying each other. According to Jesus, the clearest witness to his deity and union with God is the unity and love of the Church (cf. John 17). When we lack these attributes, we become the best evidence that Jesus isn’t real. By the mercies of God, let us embrace the Advent mission to love Him and each other. |
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MINISTRY PARTNERSHIPS HELP NAVAJO COMMUNITY THROUGH LA VIDA MISSION
By Dorie Pangananiban – Farmington, New Mexico … La Vida Mission continues to provide basic needs for the community, even though the Navajo Nation is under another lockdown.
The Navajo Nation has been an epic center for the pandemic. In the months of April and May, they had the highest per capita COVID infection rate in the country, surpassing even New York City.
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WHIPPED CREAM, KARAOKE, FILMS, AND MEMORIES AT CAMPION FALL GATHERING
By Tiffany Dien – Loveland, Colorado … It was a “sea of flannel” as students gathered for fun, films, and food at the annual Campion Academy student association (SA) fall party.
The party centered around a short film festival where students watched both funny and serious videos complied by those who had gathered and focused on the theme fall and rise.
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STUDENTS PROVE THEY CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT CELL PHONES
By Jayce Treat – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy boys dorm surrendered their cell phones and other electronic devices to disconnect for a weekend and to deepen friendships among each other through fellowship and face-to-face communication, while growing deeper in their spiritual faith.
How did students react to surrendering their devices?
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CAMPION GRADUATE CONTINUES WILDFIRE EVANGELISM AT SOUTHERN
By Angela Berg – Collegedale, Tennessee … In 2016, Campion Academy transformed their student-led week of prayer into a student-led evangelistic series for the community. The students voted for peers they wanted to lead the series, and Xander Assa was among those selected. Xander thought it was a cool opportunity. Little did he realize it would change his life.
The series was called “Wildfire Evangelism.” Students selected to preach were mentored by a pastor who helped them prepare for the series. Xander, a member of the Colorado Indonesian-American Seventh-day Adventist Church, was mentored by Pastor Nestor Soriano.
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WHEN “ALL OF IT” IS FAVORITE IN OUTDOOR EDUCATION AT SPRINGS ACADEMY
By Michelle Velbis – Colorado Springs, Colorado … Building forts, bird watching, hiking, playing in a stream, building windmills, and learning about renewable resources…sound like a day at school?
For six students at Springs Adventist Academy (SAA), this was part of their outdoor education field trip to the Catamount Institute in Colorado Springs.
What was their favorite part? “All of it,” said fifth grader, Andrew Parris.
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ADVENTIST SCHOOL’S HEALTH IS TIED TO HEALTH OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
RMCNews – Highlands Ranch, Colorado … Meet Michael Armstrong. He has a weekend home in Manitou Springs, is married to a dental hygienist, has two children who graduated from Union College, walks to work, and loves working in education. Oh, did we mention? He is the new VP of academics at Mile High Academy, his fourth school in the Adventist education system.
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LOYALISTS VS. PATRIOTS. A MATCH-UP 244 YEARS IN THE MAKING TAKES PLACE AT MHA
By Amelia Eno – Highlands Ranch, Colorado … History came alive for Mile High Academy as tenth grade students were divided into American Revolution groups–Loyalists and Patriots.
The sophomores studying the Revolutionary War were tasked with researching and forming arguments for a debate. Students were to face off as Loyalists and Patriots from 1776 by putting themselves in the shoes of our founding fathers and revolutionary fighters.
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TIMES OF THE SIGN
By Stephen Hall … What can we do? That thought occupied my mind as I watched the nation again turn its attention to another senseless killing of a Black individual in America at the hands of the police. What could our churches do, in this moment, to address the continued injustice and oppression faced by the Black community?
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A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
By Carol Bolden – Trinidad, Colorado … Walter Williams was a pilot for Piedmont Airlines when he met Michelle, a flight attendant for the same airline. That was in 1984. It wasn’t until a year later that they met again, and he asked her out. Many dates followed that first one and by the time eight months had passed, they knew they were on the path toward marriage. Ten months later, they were ready to tie the knot.
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HISPANIC WOMEN UNITE ON ZOOM
By Patty Rivera – Denver, Colorado … Hispanic women from RMC joined together virtually on September 26 for their annual women’s retreat, which included participants from nine countries.
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