VBX is just around the corner. 

 

 Kids, come to Kidsville June 6-10 from 9-12 noon.  Your child WILL Xperience Jesus in a variety of unique ways. Parents, please be sure to register at www.campionchurch.org.  It is quick and easy!  We can even help you at church with getting your child registered!  By preregistering now, it saves you time, and allows us to be able to plan accordingly!    

 

Want to help out?  We need volunteers to help make lunch for the staff each day.  We also need the following food items to be donated and brought to the church on June 5 for the VBX attendees.

 

Breadsticks (regular & gluten free), marinara and alfredo dipping sauce, watermelon, pineapple, cantaloupe, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, cheese, grapes, strawberries, berries, yogurt, and granola.

 

For quantity amounts, please contact Kari Lange at [email protected] or 720.255.7362.  Or keep your eyes open for a needs list that will be emailed church-wide very soon!  Want to volunteer in another way?  Let us know!

Rachel Hammond

HMS Richards 8th Grade Graduates' Plans for the Future

  by Richard Bass, 8th grade

Megan Michalenko

   Megan is planning to attend Campion Academy as a village student next year. She will most likely play her violin in the

orchestra and try out for volleyball and soccer. Megan wants to go to Loma Linda University to study for her nursing degree. Afterwards, she would like to work as a NICU nurse.

Ashley Halvorson

  Ashley will be a village student at Campion Academy next year. She is planning to play her violin in the orchestra and would like to try out for Koinonia. She'll most likely be

participating in both basketball and volleyball. Ashley would like to go to a college that

specializes in nursing. After college, she wants to work as a nurse.

Nolan Eickmann

  Nolan is planning on going to Campion Academy next year as a dorm student. He

wants to play in the orchestra as a cellist and take bells. He wants to play basketball, soccer, and baseball. After Campion, Nolan wants to study at Walla Walla University. Upon graduating, he'd like to be an electrical engineer.

Leilani Murguido

 Leilani is going to go to Campion Academy next year as a village student. She wants

to participate in both bells and choir. Leilani is planning to try out for soccer, volleyball, and basketball.  She's going to apply to Miami University. She's still deciding on her career.

Julia Barber

   Julia is registered to go to Campion Academy next year as a village student. She would like to take choir. She's going to try out for soccer and volleyball. She plans on going to Bellray University after Campion. After graduating from Bellray, Julia would like to be a veterinarian.

Ashley Herber

   Ashley is planning to attend Campion Academy next year as a village student. She

wants to take bells and choir, and try out for basketball and volleyball. Ashley wants to go to Union college. She's still deciding on her career choice.

Richard Bass

   Richard is planning on going to Berthoud High School next year. He's going to

participate in football, basketball, and soccer. After graduating, he would like to go to Union College. He's still deciding on a career.

  

Bryce Blankinship

  Bryce might go to Academy next year. If he does go there, he'd like to participate in

basketball and baseball. Bryce is likely going to apply to CSU. After graduating college, he wants to be an Air Force pilot.

Jacob Harrison

  Jacob is going to be a village student at Campion Academy next year. He's planning to

take part in basketball and soccer. He hasn't decided where he'll go to college, but he does know that he wants to be a neurosurgeon.

Naomi Boonstra

   Naomi is registered as a dorm student at Campion Academy. She will likely be in the

orchestra as a violinist and take art class. She's going to try out for volleyball and soccer. She wants to attend Oxford University, but will apply to a lot of colleges. Naomi's not sure yet what she wants to do for a living, but it will likely involve astronomy.

Sam is a CPA with O'Donnell and Dennis, CPA's in Longmont and Michelle graduated last year from the University of Southern California with a Master of Laws degree and a Certificate in Business Law. Prior to their move she worked in healthcare at Washington Adventist University.

Michelle's favorite text is "Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? ...to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?" (Isa. 58:5-7).

And Sam's favorite is Proverbs 3:5-7: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil."

The Dennis couple say they would like to be involved in the Campion Church in any way they can. We are glad they have joined us!

Rebecca Cline lives in Thornton but has chosen to join us at Campion, perhaps partly because her daughter Erin Johnson is a member here. Rebecca is a registered nurse who is a care coordinator and works with seniors after they've been in the hospital.

 

She is married to Doyle Cline, and besides Erin, she has a daughter, Carrie, who was just married. She has four stepchildren and five grandchildren, three of whom she brings to church with her. And when she has time she loves to quilt and to read.

 

Becky says her favorite Bible character is Peter. He loved Jesus, yet he had many flaws. Jesus saw past these flaws and loved Peter for who he was and the work he did. "I know I have many flaws but I know Jesus loves me and He continues to show me every day."

 

Although Becky has always been involved in the children's divisions of every church where she has been a member, she is not yet sure where she should be involved at Campion. She says, " I love this church. I feel that I am coming home. I am an alumnus of Campion Academy and part of the class of 1983." Born and raised a Seventh-day Adventist, Becky attended Brighton Adventist Academy and Campion Academy as well as Union College.

 

Interview by Ardis Stenbakken

 

Campion welcomed the Rodriguez family many months ago and they have really become fully engaged! You have undoubtedly seen Alex on the platform singing with the praise team. With four children, both Alex and Stacey are involved in children's programs, and Chase is one of the members of Campion's own championship Bible Experience team.

 

Alex and Stacey Rodriguez moved to Colorado from the Indiana Conference where Alex was a pastor and Stacey a nurse in the ICU and Cardiac ICU units. Alex and Stacey met at Southern University in Chattanooga, Tennessee and were married in 2000. Rounding out the family are Chase (12), Celeste (9), Carissa (8) and Cayliana (3).

 

Alex was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Miami, Atlanta, and Chattanooga. Stacey was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Following college, Alex worked as both a fireman and police officer before following his call to ministry.

 

Two years ago, Alex participated with other pastors in the Indiana Conference when the Voice of Prophecy (VOP) was holding a Revelation Speaks Peace series in Indianapolis. He had already been bitten by the evangelism bug, and enjoyed the opportunity to minister with the VOP team. Alex joined the VOP in early 2015 as the Associate Director of Evangelism and the worldwide Bible School which keeps Alex on the road a good deal of time.

 

Stacey now works as a pre-op and post-op nurse at Medical Center of the Rockies. Both Alex and Stacey are also very busy homeschooling their four wonderful children. Stacey enjoys gardening, canning, crafts, sewing, reading and scrap-booking--when there's time! Alex enjoys wood working, photography, and farming. The childrenk have their own farm-fresh egg business and are currently raising 52 laying hens that produce about 11 dozen eggs weekly. So, if you need any farm fresh eggs...you know who to see!

Bill Arrington Answers the Question

          How did you become an Adventist?

I was raised in the Baptist Church for most of my life.  My father is a Baptist deacon, and my maternal grandfather was a Baptist minister in the very church my dad belongs to now.  I learned of the Seventh-day Adventist Church when I married my wife Lynn who is a life-long Adventist.  When I first started going to the Adventist Church, I decided I would go every other Sabbath, so one weekend Sunday, one weekend Sabbath.  When I arrived at Sunday service, folks would ask "Where were you last week, because you missed a great sermon."  I would reply, " I was at my other program."  The following Sabbath, folks would again ask, "Where were you last week?  You missed a great program."  Once again I would reply "I was at my other program."  After several months of this, I decided I was simply missing too much, so started going to the Adventist Church exclusively.  I eventually joined the Adventist Church through Profession of Faith about seven years ago.