Rocky Mountain Church

Rocky Mountain Church | Missions

BIG EVENT COMING UP

WHAT: Engaging Islam Weekend

WHERE: Rocky Mountain Church

WHEN: SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2010

COST: $25/person (includes seminar materials and Saturday lunch)

We believe that Jesus (and the Apostle Paul) were serious when they told us to look beyond our immediate neighborhoods and respond to the Holy Spirit's leading to become involved in the work of the Kingdom of God in the remotest parts of the world.

The Rocky Global Missions Team (GMT) priorities are focused on the Muslim and Hindu worlds. We are supporting Christian outreach in Central Asia and to Afghan refugees in Europe (Holland). Other Rocky-supported outreach efforts are conducted in France (EFCA ReachGlobal), Slovenia (Josiah Venture) and Australia (Torchbearers International).

Children in Darfur (Sudan) Refugee Camp
near El Geneina, Darfur, Sudan 2005
Photo courtesy of Global Business Assist

The GMT chairman visited S. Sudan and Darfur (Sudan) in 2003 and 2005 respectively with Global Business Assist http://www.gba.org/ with which Rocky is associated in providing micro loans to Christians to help them become self sufficient and to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through Horizons International (Boulder) http://www.horizonsinternational.org/ we are actively reaching Muslims for Christ on secular campuses in the USA and participating in preaching, teaching, and church planting in Muslim countries.

Rocky-Sponsored School - Upper/Lower Kindergarten

In India, we are actively working with the Dalit Freedom Network (DFN) http://www.dalitnetwork.org/ to sponsor a new Christian school. The school started up in 2006 with 55 LKG and UKG (lower and upper kindergarten) students from Dalit (untouchable and low caste) families. Today there are 136 students enrolled in LKG, UKG, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. We are co-sponsoring the school with the Christian Church of Estes Park (CCEP) and hope to include other interested churches, organizations and individuals in the Estes Valley as we expand the school ... adding a new class each year to ultimately offer a full K-10 English medium education. Construction of a permanent building is well along on land that was purchased by generous Estes Valley donors. Construction is expected to be completed in January 2010. Interior finish is scheduled for February - March, 2010. The school will be ready for the new academic year beginning June 1, 2010. To enable the children to get from their homes in the village of Marakanam to the new school location which is 5 km (approx. 3 miles) away on a busy highway, a bus was purchased by the same generous Estes Valley donors in time for the June 1 opening date.

Permanent School Building Construction Underway - November, 2009

The permanent building fund reached the 100% ($133,200 including land purchase) goal in May, 2009. The school is one of 100 new schools (over 18,000 students) supported by DFN. Rocky's Senior Pastor and GMT Chairman were in India with a DFN tsunami relief medical team in March, 2005. The new school is located in one of the coastal fishing villages devastated by the tsunami. The first Estes Park visitors to the school spent the week of November 9-14, 2009, in Marakanam, India. The team of 8 represented 4 Estes Valley churches: Christian Church of Estes Park, Mountain View Bible Fellowship, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal, and Rocky Mtn. Church.

Estes Park Team at Marakanam School - November 2009

The Rocky GMT is involved in blessing Israel by partnering with two indigenous outreach organizations through visits, prayer and financial support. These organizations are key to bringing hope and stability to Israelis living under constant threat from hostile government and terrorist organizations that surround the Holy Land. At Rocky, we believe that the roots of our Christian heritage are in the First Century (Jewish) Church, and only with the mission to the Gentiles, approved by the Jewish Church in the Council of Jerusalem described in Acts 15, did the Gospel of Jesus Christ enter our Gentile world.

Closer to home, Rocky's GMT is involved in mission work in Arizona among the Hopi Indians and in Mexico. A Rocky-supported worker is assisting in a new E Free church plant in Los Banos, California.

Our Global Missions Team is comprised of interested folks at Rocky who come from a variety of backgrounds and interests but share a common passion to change the world for Christ. You are certainly welcome to visit us at our next meeting. To find out when that will be, you may send an email here. For a timely reply, be sure to include your return email address. Email Missions Team

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