Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting of the Friends Church

Building the Kingdom of God through obedience to Christ

4575-B Eliot Street, Denver, CO 80211. (720) 855-8727 phone/fax

Stanley Perisho, General Superintendent, (303) 363-0116

Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting of the Friends Church Outgoing Epistle

In a spirit of expectancy, unity, celebration, and worship, Rocky Mountain Yearly Meeting met in its 4Sth sessions, June 7-9,2002 at Quaker Ridge Camp in Woodland Park, Colorado. Nearly 200 men, women, and children gathered at the newly remodeled facility celebrating the hard work and unified effort of the camp staff and friends of the camp throughout the past year.

The theme for this yearly meeting was "What in the World is God Doing?" The speakers for worship sessions enhanced the theme by way of messages and stories about how God has been at work around the world through their experiences and ministries. Speakers included Mike Steele (Dawn Ministries), Dick Lawson (Compassion International), Bob Adhikary (Evangelical Friends Mission/Nepal), and Dr. Rochunga Pudaite (President, Bibles for the World).

The shortened yearly meeting format still provided ample time for business, worship, fellowship, a missions rally and banquet, and a rededication service for the completion of the Ethel Clark Conference Center at Quaker Ridge. Volunteers Jen Street, Janette Barber, and Dawn Koreleski planned and directed the Early Childhood Program and Junior Yearly Meeting. Karen Fulbright with Jimmy and Ericka Meyer provided leadership for Youth Yearly Meeting.

Several missionaries and former missionaries through Evangelical Friends Mission were present at the 2002 sessions. These included Bob and Debbie Adhikary with their children Sarita and Deepak (Nepal); Carl and Peggy Hunerwadel with children Kristine, Nathan, and Seth (India); Jeremiah and Elisha Kutz (Rough Rock); and Mel and Sandy Harrold (Rough Rock).

We were deeply impacted by the messages of Friends who have recently traveled to other parts of the world. We were challenged to open our eyes to the needs of our global brothers and sisters and to pass along the blessings we have received in Christ.

We know that God is at work around the world. It is our hope and prayer that God is at work in each Friends Yearly Meeting and that the love of Christ will continue to draw us together as participants in God's Kingdom.

Presiding Clerk John Brawner