Opportunity for Partnership

Dear Rocky Mountain High Alumni,

I pray that this letter finds you and your family doing well. I would like to take a moment to let you know some of the amazing things going on in our ministry as well as some opportunities for you to partner with us.

Last summer was an outstanding one for RMH. God blessed us with our highest attendance in over a decade. The truly awesome thing is that God didn’t just bless us with numbers, He blessed us with some amazing ministry that resulted in lives being impacted and changed for the Kingdom of God.

Last summer’s success has left us with a couple of needs that we would like to give you an opportunity to partner in with us. The first is in the area of scholarships. Last year we were given a generous gift of $5,000 for RMH scholarships, which allowed us to offer group discounts. This incentive was very successful, and helped lead to our record attendance, but utilized all of our scholarship money. We would like to replenish this account so that we can continue to offer this incentive.

The other glaring need we recognized last summer was in the area of our vehicles. The vehicles we have access to are limited, unreliable and aging. With the large numbers we achieved each session it was challenging to make sure we had the transportation we needed. We were lucky that when we needed extra vehicles we were able to borrow them from other programs. We would really like to purchase a late model used 15 passenger van or Suburban, which will give us the extra seating capacity to handle larger groups.

Our goal this spring is to raise $12,000 to replenish our scholarship account and to go towards the purchase of a new vehicle. We ask that you would prayerfully consider supporting us in meeting these needs. If you would like to make a donation there are two ways you can do it. If you would like to donate by credit card you can do so over the phone by calling the camp office at (719) 395-2328. If you would like to pay by check you can mail a check made out to Spring Canyon to Spring Canyon, ATTN: Mike McKean, PO Box 2047, Buena Vista, CO 81211. You will receive a tax receipt for any donation that you make.

If you have any questions about this please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time and your support of this ministry.

In Christ,

- Mike

Mike McKean

Outdoor Program Leader

Spring Canyon Christian Camp and Conference Center

outdoor@springcanyon.org

www.springcanyon.org

(719)395-2328

www.springcanyonrmh.blogspot.com

Just Do It

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.  Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at this face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.  But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.

James 1: 22-25

 

Have you ever done this?  Have you ever listened to or read the word of God, then walked away and not remembered what you heard or read?  Or even worse, have you walked away remembering what you heard or read yet didn’t act on it?  Unfortunately I have.  Why do we do that?  Why do we look at ourselves in the mirror then walk away and forget what we look like?  It makes the first action pointless.  If I’m just going to forget what I look like as soon as I walk away, why do I even look in the mirror in the first place.  If you’re going to walk away from God’s word without applying it to you life, than it’s pointless to read in the first place.  Man that’s convicting!!

 

So why do we do this?  Is it because we don’t believe what we read?  Is it that we don’t think that it really means what it says?  Is it that we are just lazy?  Are we just too comfortable with where we are?  I think that for most of us it’s just easier to ignore.  If we actually apply the word to our lives than that means we’re going to have to change.  There are old habits that we need to break and new habits that we have to start, and that hurts sometimes.  The awesome thing is that if are willing to die to ourselves, to face the pain and undergo the change, we will be better for it. 

 

I love football.  I love everything about football.  I am a diehard 49ers fan (keep your comments to yourself) and grew up watching Jerry Rice catch touchdown after touchdown.  Did he get to be the best wide receiver ever by listening to the coaches then forgetting what they said?  Did he get there by going to the gym and watching other people work out?  Early in his career was he content sitting on the bench while others played the game?  No, he wasn’t!  People that knew him said that his work out regiment was the most difficult they had ever seen.  After Jerry retired, a young pro-bowl running back went to work out with him, and said he could not keep up with Jerry and that after the work out his body was “killing him.”  But that’s the point of working out, you break down the muscle (and it hurts), but then it grows back and you are stronger. 

 

In the football game of life don’t be content sitting on the bench.  Train, listen to the coaches, improve, so that when the game is over you will be on the field and playing for the winning team.    For years Nike used the slogan “Just Do It,” their point was to get off the bench and into the game.  James said the same thing two thousand years ago.  “Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.”