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By Mic Thurber
I don’t know if you have the same reaction I do, but I cringe when I hear the first Christmas song being played in a store! Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas music, and I tend to listen to it all year long.
But if all I heard was department-store Christmas music, I think I’d lose all love for the season! It’s just plain hard for me to take the juxtaposition of sacred themes with mere commerce.
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Leandro Bizama – Loveland, Colorado … Listening intently to the story of how the Bible was made and how it was published, student clubs, church members and participants from the community got to experience up close what is arguably one of the most important world-changing inventions in history–the printing press.
“It was a blessing to have an exhibit from The Enduring Word Museum from Wetherford, Texas here on our campus on the anniversary of Reformation Day, October 31,”” said Leandro Bizama, pastor for evangelism and worship at Campion Adventist Church.
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Ciara Felix – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy is known as one of the most diverse schools in the area with students from across the globe. This past Sabbath, December 3, students had the opportunity to not only share their cultures with each other, but also with many of the members of the Campion Church during their annual International Sabbath.
The church service began with a parade of flags, followed by worship songs sung in many different languages, including German, Swahili, Chinese, Spanish and many more. Blet Htoo, a senior student, commented. “I liked how there was a lot of singing. It was nice to see everyone expressing their cultures and it just was cool overall.”
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Sue Nelson – Littleton, Colorado … On December 3, starting at 7:00 pm, some 29 teens from Front Range churches assembled for an all-night “lock-in” ending at 7:00 the next morning at the Littleton Adventist Church gym.
Roberto Mira, RMC Pathfinder Teen Coordinator, explains that “the lock-in is a yearly event that happens at the beginning of December. Run by Rocky Mountain Conference Teen Coordinators and trusted adult volunteers, this all-night event is meant to provide a space where teens from different Pathfinder clubs across the conference can intermingle through games, sports, and fellowship. They also enjoy a “share your faith” activity.”
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By Matt Hasty
“No Soliciting, No religion, No fundraisers” read the sign on the door. A second later, a voice from behind us said, “Can I help you?” We turn and see a man, Stacy, by his garage door looking at us with a frown. Our fearless Campion student, Sam Walton, walked up to Stacy with a smile and handed him a cookbook. Predictably Stacy cuts off Sam mid-sentence saying he’s not interested. Rather than leaving with his tail between his legs, Sam persisted by offering him one of our GLOW Bible pamphlets. With a visible look of confusion, Stacy said to Sam, “Wait! What? Who are you?”
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RMCNews – Denver, Colorado … In mid-September, channel 26.5, which covers a population of about 2.95 million throughout the Denver-metro area, began broadcasting Adventist programming from a wide variety of ministries 24 hours a day.
Unaffiliated with the Rocky Mountain Conference, The Good News TV is an independent media ministry broadcasting Adventist programming in the Denver Metro area for antenna television viewers.
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