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EDUCATION THROUGH ADVERSITY
By Steve Schwartz …This summer while following the front bumper of my Jeep to explore what I thought was a new-to-me mountain forest track, I suddenly I realized that I had been in this place before. Instantly I remembered when. And a deluge of somewhere-stored, vivid childhood memories caused this now quiet forest to come alive with the decades-ago activities of the four people who make up the family I grew up in.
It was Memorial Day weekend. I think I was 9 and my brother Joe was 7. The school year had just come to an end and we both were advocating for some summer adventure, specifically camping. I mention this to absolve my innocent parents of responsibility in the events described below, as a 9 and a 7-year-old highjacked our parents’ four-day holiday weekend.
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TWO ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CHURCHES WORSHIP TOGETHER IN DENVER
By Rajmund Dabrowski – Highlands Ranch, Denver, Colorado … When two pastors became close friends, they decided to bring their churches together in a joint worship.
Aware of COVID pandemic regulations, the attending believers registered ahead for the worship service, and more than 300 of them from Littleton and Denver Park Hill churches gathered on the Mile High Academy sports field on Sabbath, October 3.
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THE ABBEY OUTREACH MEETINGS ATTRACT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CAÑON CITY
By John Davidson – Cañon City, Colorado … After months of delays, evangelism outreach meetings in Cañon City Church attracted some 30 attendees, mostly from the community. The Discovering Revelation series began October 2.
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BIBLE STUDY GROUP MEETS IN HAIR SALON
By Ruben Balaguer – Grand Junction, Colorado … Several community members are gathering in a hair salon to study about Jesus and the salvation he offers.
For the past year and a half, these meetings have been held at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Grand Junction and have been led by Ruben Balaguer, pastor of the Grand Junction Hispanic district.
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UNION COLLEGE STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
By Jon Roberts – Lincoln, Nebraska … Union College COVID precautions immediately went into effect after a number of students tested positive for COVID-19.
The COVID precautions implemented after Covid tests for some students came back positive include quarantining students who have been in “close contact” to those who contracted the virus and isolation for those who tested positive.
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LONNIE HETTERLE TO RETIRE AS RMC EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT
By Jon Roberts – Denver, Colorado … In a presentation filled with tears and laughter, Lonnie Hetterle, VP of education, announced to RMC employees during their monthly staff meeting on October 6, his desire to retire at the end of December.
Holding back tears, Hetterle struggled to read the statement recalling the past 25 years of education in RMC, while staff listened in shock trying to absorb the news. He moved to his present position as RMC superintendent of education after serving as RMC assistant superintendent of education from 2001 – 2003. Prior to joining the conference, he worked at Mile High Academy where he served as principal for many years.
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CAMPION ACADEMY COMPLETES A HEALTHY FIRST QUARTER IN PERSON
By Jill Harlow – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy was among the first high schools in the United States to reopen for in-person classes on August 9. Now, eight weeks later, they’ve completed the first quarter without a positive COVID case.
School nurse, Jenny Gann, was instrumental in developing the health and safety policies which have helped Campion manage the risk of an outbreak. For starters, mask wearing is required at all times, even outdoors. “As frustrating as they can be, I believe masks and limiting our students coming on and off campus have been the main policies which have kept our students healthier this quarter,” Gann commented.
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GRAND JUNCTION STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO BE FULLY ALIVE IN JESUS
By Kiefer Dooley – Grand Junction, Colorado … Intermountain Adventist Academy (IAA) students learned how to become “Fully Alive” in Jesus during the week of worship, September 20 – 25, hosted by the RMC youth department.
Each morning, students met to learn what the Bible has to say about living life Fully Alive. Telling stories from his life, Kiefer Dooley, RMC youth director, was able to connect with the students while also coordinating messages that supported the biblical foundation message and bottom line from either the life of Zacchaeus or Esther.
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EIGHTH-GRADERS SCRAMBLE TO THE TOP AT MHA
By Logen Meyers — Highlands Ranch, Colorado … It was a hot day on the soccer field for the recent Mile High Academy (MHA) middle school Junk Scramble on October 6. The screams of 46 students, plus administration and judges, were the only things heard in the sea of green, black, and red shirts showing class spirit.
Junk Scramble is an annual event comprised of middle school students bringing random household items, placing them in a pile by their class, ready to present them when such an item is called out. Due to the pandemic changes this year, the Junk Scramble was hosted on the soccer field instead of in the gym.
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