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e-companion!
Communication
companion for Rocky Mountain CBA churches
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WYOMING-MONTANA MINISTRY RETREAT
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 It's not too late to sign up for
the Spring 2007 Wyoming-Montana Ministry Retreat taking place at
Capstone's Way in Lewistown, Montana April 15-17, 2007. Pastor Tim
and Cheryl Ketcham are excited to be hosting the retreat and have made
special cost arrangements with the Super 8 Motel (406-538-2581) and the
Yogo Inn (800-860-9646). Make sure to mention "Capstone's
Way-Pastor & Wives Retreat" when making reservations. Do
you plan to attend? Then call Tim at 406-535-9587 or 406-366-0888
so he can plan for you.
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SHEPHERDING THE TOWN AND COUNTRY CHURCH
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Leading Through Change
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 Marty Giese has pastored town and
country churches since 1977. During this time he has served as a
consultant to numerous leaders in similar situations. He currently
serves as the senior pastor of the Faith Baptist Church in Park Rapids,
Minnesota. Marty has co-written "Leading Thorugh
Change"-Shepherding the Town and Country church in a New Era.
Marty was a contributing author to Abundant  Harvest
and has written for Leadership magazine. Marty has graciously
accepted our invitation to speak at the first ever Spring Leadership
Training Retreat for church leadership taking place at Camp Bethel just
outside of Dayton, Wyoming on May 7th & 8th, 2007. Cost per
person is only $35.00 which includes one night's lodging and 3
meals. Call the Rocky Mountain CBA office at 303-772-1205 or
877-640-1814 for registration information. Visit Camp Bethel for lodging information.
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CHURCH IN A HOUSE
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Rocky Mountain CBA Church
Planting
by Harry Olsen, Directory of Church Planting
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 The "House Church"
movement in this country is making the existing average size, more
traditional church, quite uncomfortable. The movement speaks of
great triumphs around the world and leaves the impression that the
existing mid or average size church is history.
If one follows closely however, one notices that few, if
any, of these triumphs are in the American House Church.
One can also go on to notice other things in the American House Church
that should make the existing church look elsewhere for the source of its
woes.
A danger we face in all of this is the tendency to
over-react. We forget that most of our existing Evangelical churches
in this country began in houses before they progressed on in to rental
spaces and then their own buildings. This is the way that early
stage church growth has been occurring since the time of the book of
Acts. The truth is. because of current economic and societal
dynamics, we will have to plant more, not less, churches in houses,
especially if they are church plants that do not have a sponsoring or
mother church.
There is an approach to Church Planting not spoken of much
in church planting circles that works well for planting churches in
homes, whether from a mother church base or from an unsponsored
base. We are using this approach, along with other approaches, in
our Rocky Mountain Church Planting. If you would like to know
more about planting a church in a home, without having to join the
"House church" parade, then call or e-mail me at 303-710-1063
or harry.olsen@rmcba.org
Let's not be afraid of the "Household of Faith"
beginning in the household.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH BIRTHS HISPANIC MINISTRY
IN UTAH
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Fabian and Elvia
Molina Pastors Hispanic Church
by Hank Green, Missions Pastor, Washington Hts Baptist Church
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 In
recent months, Fabian and Elvia Molina, have been getting to know the
Latino people of Ogden, Utah. Through Open Hand Food Pantry, a
Bilingual Sunday School Class, a Young Couples Class and other avenues,
the Molinas have met needy Latino people, Hispanic day-laborers and
others who are looking for a relationship with Jesus Christ and/or other
Latino believers.
On February 11th, the yet to be formed Latino church
hosted a Valentine Celebration. God was faithful as 125 people came
for this time of inspiring worship, praise and preaching. Fifteen
people indicated that they were accepting Jesus as Savior and an
additional ten people renewed their commitment to Him! A wonderful
meal and great fellowship followed.
The next Celebration will be held on April 15th. The
format will be much the same as the Valentine Celebration only this time
the celebration will mark the start of the new church - Neuva Cancion
Communidad Cristiana (New Song Christian Community). And then the
following Sunday, April 22nd, regular Spanish weekly meetings of the new
church will begin. Young people and adults will be invited to this
meeting spoken in Spanish, while nursery, preschool, and elementary
children will attend the English speaking children's programming offered
by Washington Heights Baptist Church. The meeting will be somewhat
informal in tone and will feature the singing of 2-3 praise songs, a time
of praising the Lord, the giving of prayer requests, receiving of an
offering and a Bible study led by Fabian.
Celebrations on Sunday evenings, which feature an
evangelistic message by Fabian, music led by a larger praise band and a
meal with fellowship will continue on approximately a bi-monthly
schedule.
Please pray as Neuva Cancion Communidad Cristiana is
birthed!
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WHATEVER IT TAKES!
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We have been promoting the next "Growing Healthy
Churches Cluster Meetings" for the last few weeks now and have come
to realize that some of you would be interested in participating, but the
$3000 fee is just a bit more than you and/or your church can handle right
now. We want you to know that we hear you and will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to
assist you in participating. THAT'S
HOW MUCH WE BELIEVE these meetings will benefit you as a
pastor and greatly affect the future of your church. So, we at
Rocky Mountain CBA would like you to reconsider being part of these
monthly cluster meetings under the following new fee format:
For $75
per month you will be able to attend the monthly meeting conducted by
"Growing Healthy Churches" trained leaders. You
will receive a different book each month - the monthly reading
assignments. You will be challenged to take what you learn and
apply the principles to your life and your church and YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
Call Edie at 303-772-1205 today
if you are even thinking about particpating. We want to hear from
you. The first meeting is scheduled to begin on June 25th.
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NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
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 The
National Day of Prayer is taking place on Thursday, May 3rd. "America is in desperate
need of prayer. Our nation continues to reject the biblical values
of our Founding Fathers, placing our freedoms - and future - in jeopardy.
Given the strain on the moral fabric of our country, how
good it is to know that we are not without hope. 2 Chronicles 7:14
assures us that if we humble ourselves before the Lord with repentant
hearts, He will hear from Heaven and be faithful to forgive us and heal
our land. There has never been a more critical time in our history
to lift our needs to God, and as we do, we can have full confidence in
His willingness to respond in ways that are "immeasurable more than
all we ask or imagine" (Ephesians 3:20)."
Shirley Dobson, National Day of Prayer Chairman.
For more information on the National Day of Prayer click here.
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WEEKEXTREME COLORADO 2007 - YOUTH CAMP
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"MORE THAN A WEEK-LONG CAMP EXPERIENCE - A
LIFE-CHANGING JESUS EXPERIENCE"
 WeekExtreme-Colorado
is a Christian camping opportunity for youth in grades 6-12 in the
beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
The WeekExtreme-Colorado experience is for any youth who
desires a passionate faith with Jesus Christ in a unique worship and
learning environment.
WeekExtreme-Colorado
2007
"HOW TO
STAY CLEAN IN A DIRTY WORLD!"
Dates:
Monday, July 30th - Friday, August 3rd
Place:
Golden Bell Camp in Divide, Colorado
Speaker:
Ken
Freeman
Band:
Forty
Day Flood
Camp
MC and Nightlife: Drew Worsham
Bible
Studies: Josh Martin and John Barnes
Chalk
Talk: Cory DeVivo
AND
the INCREDIBLE college REC team!!!
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Questions! Call John or Christie Barnes at
970-396-2648 or 970-396-2701. Visit WeekExtreme 2007 for more information and registration
detail.
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WELCOME FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - LA JUNTA, COLORADO
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We want to welcome our newest member church to the Rocky
Mountain CBA - First Baptist Church of La Junta, Colorado. This
church of about 60 attendees has a long history as one of the oldest
churches in the area  having
been founded in 1888. Formerly associated with the ABC-USA, the
church voted to affiliate with the Rocky Mountain CBA in March
2007. The church has been pastored by Rev. Paul Gleason
since early 2004. Paul graduated from Biola with a BA and received
a MA from Talbot Theological Seminary. Both degrees are in
Christian Education. While at Biola, Paul met his future wife,
Karen and they married in 1974. Besides being a great partner in
ministry, Karen has been an elementary school teacher for 19 years and
presently teaches 4th grade. The Gleasons have two grown
children-Joshua, who is a restaurant manager in Yuma, AZ and Joylene, who
with her husband, Jeff Green are in ministry in Dalton, Georgia.
Paul and Karen live on 4 acres out in the country north of La
Junta. Paul enjoys taking care of their chickens and cattle.
Together they love to camp in their motorhome when the opportunity arises
and they enjoy to company of their three small dogs. Welcome!
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"CHAPLAIN ANDY"
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CBAmerica Gains New Fulltime Guard Chaplain
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 Since 1994, Andy Meverden has
served the soldiers and families of the Colorado Army National
Guard. Better know as "Chaplain Andy," this 31 year
military veteran knows what it's like to balance church ministry and now
a second career along with part-time ministry to Colorado Guard
members. A three-day "temporary duty trip to Washington, D.C.
on September 11, 2001 landed him literally across the parking lot from
the Pentagon when the terrorist-guided airliner slammed into it's North
Face. "After notifying church and family that I was safe, I
spent the next 6 hours helping with the evacuation of disoriented
Pentagon employees." Five months later, he received warning
orders to prepare to serve as the chaplain to a Special Forces battalion
of Green erets heading for Afghanistan. After a fruitful year-long
deployment, he returned to a painful ministry change back home.
While continuing his part-time Guard chaplaincy, he pioneered the
implementation of Readjustment and Reintegation (R&R) weekend family
retreats for returning soldiers and their families. He's supervised
R&Rs for over 10 units over the past three years.
Simultaneously, he helped prepare most of these units and their families
for deployments, developing briefings to aid in the separation. The
saddest part of his duties included serving on eight casualty
nofification teams for the next-of-kin of those killed and wounded in
action who reside in Colorado.
Pray for Chaplain Andy as he takes his substantial Guard
and Active Duty ministy experience and ramps into his new position as
fulltime support chaplain and chaplain recruiter, trainer and
mentor. He currently has 8 chaplain candidates in different stages
of the application process. Pray that he might be a faithful
servant and representative of Christ in the Colorado National Guard
community.
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Edie
Cooper - Editor
Rocky Mountain CBA
303.772.1205-877.640.1814
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