In the past, the Colorado Baptists have had a few resort ministries usually accomplished with a full time HMB/NAMB missionary. Vail/Beaver Creek and Winter Park/Tabernash are good examples. These were both good ministries and both developed churches and promoted evangelism. However, these became the models of resort work in Colorado suggesting that if a church or an area wanted to develop a resort type ministry they needed to make application for and receive a full time HMB/NAMB resort missionary. This was not planned, but it was the perception.
Posted Wed, 2013-03-13 13:06 by Church Planting...
By Karen Peck
In September 2012, Ponderosa was blessed by a total of 25 volunteers serving during our Inaugural Golden Days. Golden Days is the name we gave a group of senior adults that came from different churches and volunteered their services here at Ponderosa.
“It was a great opportunity for senior adults to have a mission experience that was affordable, without having to travel far, or stay a long time,” said Pastor Duane Trimble who leads groups of volunteers. “They had the chance to meet people from other churches and the staff at Ponderosa, and really enjoyed each other’s company.”
Posted Wed, 2012-10-24 12:02 by Church Planting...
Reggie McNeal will be the Keynote speaker at the Keystone Resort in Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Resort Ministries Institute and the Association of Resort and Leisure Ministers Semi- Annual Meeting. The Theme for our time together is CONFIRMING YOUR CALL.
As we serve out our calling there will always be times of change that will seem to challenge our calling. In fact, it would seem that almost every time I get "comfortable" with my calling to a particular ministry or place, I can expect that there will be a challenge. In these past few years there have been many challenging times. Did God suddenly change my calling? Did God suddenly decide that He did not want to use evangelistic ministry in the Resort Community? Did the denomination I have served for 25 years turn it's back on me? Is resort ministries dead?
These are questions that have been asked and with which many have had to struggle.
There have been many models of Resort Ministry through out the United States. Most are project based and last for the time period of the special project or event and then disappear. If someone is saved, they have little hope of further guidance unless they make special effort to find a church and avail themselves of the discipleship training. For this reason most pastors and church leaders have come to see resort ministries as a drain on resources and a burden to the church, not producing many lasting results. I believe there is a better way. I believe that when resort ministry is church based resort ministry, with a very broad target group, churches are started and strengthened. Church based resort ministry has Biblical precedence.
“When Jesus came into the world there existed no such thing as the Church.”
As Christ established the church it was unlike anything that had gone on before. It is not the reorganization of the synagogue. It is not another children of Israel wandering around in the wilderness. It is Christ, alive in the world through those He has chosen. We, the Church, are those called out of the world to be indwelt by the Living Powerful Holy Spirit of God. We are the Body of Christ empowered by His eternal Holy Spirit. As Christ walked on the earth so we are designed and empowered to walk on the earth. We first see the word Church mentioned in Matthew 16:14. The text reads as follows:.....
Posted Thu, 2011-04-28 08:48 by Church Planting...
As I look out the West Window this morning I am reminded of the overwhelming love that God has for all of mankind. The sky is rosy pink as the clouds move slowly across a turquoise sky. God does let us know He is there by the beauty of the world around us. He also lets us know of His love for us by the beauty of the changed lives around us. To the Father this beauty of a life taken from the absolute blackness of sin, where there is no color and no beauty to a sudden rainbow of color, shape and movement, is better than going just from night to a beautiful sunrise. Whereas the sunrises and sunsets will one day be done away with, this human soul will be beautifully His for eternity.
Colorado Baptists are partnering with the "More Than Gold" organization in sending ministry teams, providing funding and collecting items for hospitality bags.
There is much written and discussed these days about Globalization. If one gets on the Internet, looks at seminars for leaders in the business world or even watches CNN or any of the video news magazines, the term is used frequently. The difficulty comes when we try to nail down exactly what Globalization is. Webster’s New World Dictionary lists it as: glob-al-ism (-iz|m) n. a policy, outlook, etc. that is worldwide in scope --global-ist n. , adj.
Or glob-al-ize (globl iz) vt. -ized, -iz|ing to make global; esp., to organize or establish worldwide --glob|al-i-zation n.
Most business writings characterize it as a “global village” or “one world government”.
I wish us to look at globalization in a Biblical sense.
By Karen Peck
As I look out the West Window this morning I am reminded of the overwhelming love that God has for all of mankind. The sky is rosy pink as the clouds move slowly across a turquoise sky. God does let us know He is there by the beauty of the world around us. He also lets us know of His love for us by the beauty of the changed lives around us. To the Father this beauty of a life taken from the absolute blackness of sin, where there is no color and no beauty to a sudden rainbow of color, shape and movement, is better than going just from night to a beautiful sunrise. Whereas the sunrises and sunsets will one day be done away with, this human soul will be beautifully His for eternity.
