Winter Sports Retreat #1
2020-12-19 - 2020-12-26 | Spring Canyon Conference Center, 26000 County Road 344, Buena Vista, CO, 81211
Speaker(s):
Kim Hawthorne, Todd Plotner, and Andy Truitt
Kim Hawthorne is the Center Director of Spring Canyon Retreat and Conference Center in Buena Vista, CO, and President of the Christian Camp and Conference Association (CCCA) Rocky Mountain Section. A 1986 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Kim retired as a colonel after almost 28 years of service as a fighter pilot in leadership positions. Kim and his wife, Kari Ann, have three adult children, who have all served at Spring Canyon and now serve the Lord in other arenas.
Todd Plotner is the Director of Operations at Spring Canyon Retreat and Conference Center. Todd is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, where OCF and the Navigators were foundational in helping him take ownership of his faith and begin leading small groups. Todd served 21 years as an Army Corps of Engineers officer, retiring after serving as ROTC Professor of Military Science at Washington State University. Todd and his wife Andrea have been married 25 years and have three sons: Everett (23), Brian (20) and Nate (16).
Andy Truitt is the Director of Interns and Outdoor Leadership at Spring Canyon Retreat and Conference Center. A 1993 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Andy served as Finance/Budget Officer for six years, and then followed a calling to many diverse professional opportunities. Most recently, he served as National Director for a Christian, classical, home school organization. Andy and his wife, Heidi, who is a 1994 graduate of the Air Force Academy, have three sons: a senior in college, a sophomore in college, and a senior in high school.
Guest Ambassadors:
Josiah & Hannah Bedrosian
Topic:
Fighting the Good Fight of Faith
The Word of God tells us that while serving in life it will be a “fight.” What does that mean, and how should it impact your life and ministry? Looking at various Scriptures, three Spring Canyon Directors, Kim Hawthorne, Todd Plotner, and Andy Truitt, will characterize our “fight” and help us focus our daily walk to “finish” well and keep the “faith.” You will walk away with a deeper understanding of how to passionately serve and lead in the workplace, family, and in the community, as you strive to glorify God by finishing strong. We all desire to say, just as Paul did over 1950 years ago that; “I have fought the good fight, I’ve finished the race, I’ve kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness.”

Winter Sports Retreat #2
2020-12-27 - 2021-01-03
Speaker(s):
Col Dale Holland, USAF (Ret.)

Colonel (ret) Dale Holland is a 30-year US Air Force Veteran from Hooper, CO. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1987 and has commanded Special Operations Forces in Iraq, Africa and Europe as well as serving some of our nation’s key civilian leaders in the Pentagon, Washington DC. He is a seasoned combat pilot with over 6,000 hours of flying experience in both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft and continues to serve today as an airline pilot. His leadership experience over the last 40 years ranges from small teams to large complex organizations both overseas and here at home. Serving as the Vice Commandant of Cadets for the US Air Force Academy was one of the highlights of his career and an amazing opportunity to pass on his passion for leadership to the next generation. His greatest blessing; however, is his lovely wife, Debi, and their 5 children.

Guest Ambassadors:
Royce & Shawn Bervig
Topic:
God’s Peace in an Anxious World

The world around us has the potential of making us more and more anxious about life. We sometimes worry about things too much and can become focused on pursuing careers, status, power, or just about anything but what God would have us pursue. How can we effectively live in this world while being citizens of God’s Kingdom? The choices we each make everyday matter. Come let’s explore “God’s peace in an anxious world” as we look back on 2020 and look forward to 2021.

Spring Canyon Women's Retreat
2021-01-29 - 2021-01-31
Attention all military women and wives! You are invited to our first annual Spring Canyon Women’s Retreat, January 29-31, 2021. As we turn the page on a year with very few assurances, we need reminding that SURELY God is our help.

Join us for a weekend of deep encouragement from the Psalms (so applicable to military life). We are making plans to “do all the things” including fireside chats, fitness classes, quiet times of prayers & reflection, crafts, snowy hikes, high tea, board games and more. Can’t make it for the whole weekend? Join us for Saturday only!

Click here to sign up today!

Cost:

Friday-Sunday Cost: $195
Saturday Only Cost: $50

ROTC Retreat
2021-02-12 - 2021-02-14
Attention ROTC Cadets and Midshipmen! Come grow as a “Servant-leader” who integrates faith and profession at OCF’s western conference center, Spring Canyon, in beautiful Buena Vista, CO! Receive encouragement as a future Christian military officer and connect with other ROTC Cadets and Mids in the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond!
Speaker:
Colin Wooten, LTC, USA (Ret)
LTC Colin Wooten (USA, Ret) serves as OCF’s Director of Field Operations. Commissioned via ROTC at Wheaton College (IL), he served 22 years on active duty as an Armor officer. Upon retirement, he served three years as the OCF Field Staff Representative to the United States Military Academy. He and his wife Amy were both military kids and initially met as 15 year olds at Spring Canyon. They have three children ages 21, 19, and 16.
Topic:
Leading Like Jesus

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OCF Local Leader Conference
2021-03-26 - 2021-03-28
Gather with current and potential leaders of OCF local fellowships to advance God’s kingdom within the military community and to equip lay leaders with practical tools for everyday ministry. These conferences are hands-on experiences: attendees are participants, not just recipients. Participants can attend a variety of workshops presented by leaders in the field. Opportunities to exchange lessons learned are vital to ministry efforts. Come rediscover how your grassroots ministry contributes to the worldwide ministry of OCF!
Please note there us a children’s and teen’s program provided at no extra charge.
Keynote Speaker:
Col Scott Fisher, USAF (Ret.), OCF Executive Director
Pricing:
Adult (13+): $150 – Youth (6-12): $90 – Child (3-5): $45
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Climb Together #1
2021-04-23 - 2021-04-25

13th Annual OCF Chaplains' Family Conference
2021-05-14 - 2021-05-16
Speaker & Music:

CH (MG) Doug Carver, U.S. Army (Retired), Former Army Chief of Chaplains
Chaplain (Major General) Doug Carver, US Army, retired, is the Executive Director of Chaplaincy for the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board. An advocate for the religious liberty of service members, veterans, and their families, he oversees the professional and pastoral support to 3700 Southern Baptist Chaplains who minister in various institutional settings in the United States and around the world.
Prior to joining the North American Mission Board, he was the Army’s 22nd Chief of Chaplains (2007-2011), leading and serving over 2900 chaplains supporting the religious and pastoral needs of our 1.2 million soldiers and families. Chaplain Carver served at every level of the Army, from platoon to the Department of the Army Staff. At the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003, he served as the senior military chaplain in the combat theater of operations.
A native of Rome, Georgia, he and his wife, Sunny, celebrate 48 years of marriage and reside in Charlotte, North Carolina near their two
Cost:
$75 Per Adult (13+), $50 per Youth/Child (3-12)

Summer Celebration #1 (Homeschool Week)
2021-06-05 - 2021-06-12
Speaker(s):
Wesley Dickinson
Wesley Dickinson is a rare homeschool parent, because he’s a stay-at-home, homeschool dad. Moreover, he directs a Classical Conversations Foundations and Essentials community of almost 30 families near Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska, where his two children attend. His educational background, outside of homeschooling, includes a bachelor degree and a master degree in civil engineering with teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He and his wife, Mindy, will celebrate their 12th anniversary this year. She is patient, and his daughters are adventurous. Wesley also enjoys spending time in the woods, at the range, studying Latin, evangelizing classical education, and cooking as often as possible.
Topic:
“CC Practicum: The Art of Grammar”
Classical Conversations’ 2021 Summer Practicum focuses on Attending to the Essentials: The Art of Grammar. Our daily goal is to inspire and equip parents eager to become confident “everyday educators.” The encouragement of community, the insights of other lead learners, and the hands-on practice we’ll enjoy will build assurance and skills—for learning and for teaching! This summer, we will work on “attending to the essentials” of English grammar! As we dig into these basics, we’ll uncover the beauty in the foundations of our language, and we will discover the treasures waiting to be explored with our families. Together we’ll mine those riches waiting to be excavated, understood, and displayed as we become better readers and writers because we know our language from the roots.
Guest Ambassadors:
CH (Col) Paul and Debbie Sutter, USSF

RMH #1
2021-06-05 - 2021-06-12
Mentor:
Mr. Andy Truitt
Andy Truitt is Spring Canyon’s Director of Outdoor Leadership & Interns. Andy and his wife Heidi met at the Air Force Academy and married a year after Heidi graduated and were stationed at Mountain Home AFB, ID where Andy served as a Finance Services Officer and Deputy Budget Officer, and Heidi as a Services Officer. Next they moved to Sheppard AFB, TX, where Andy instructed the Financial Management Staff Officer Course, and Heidi served as the Deputy Lodging Officer. While there they started a family and Heidi became a stay at home mom while Andy went to work for Johnson and Johnson; and then on to be the director of a skilled nursing facility, then a financial planner, then a controller, then the national director for Classical Conversations overseeing all US communities. Heidi also worked for Classical Conversations for six years overseeing all international and military communities.

Summer Celebration #2
2021-06-12 - 2021-06-19
Speaker(s):
Jim Ellis, CDR, USN (Ret.), PhD
Jim Ellis is the Pastor in Residence and Adjunct Bible Faculty at Huntington University in Peoria, AZ. He spent 7 years in the Coast Guard and 24 years as a Navy Chaplain. Upon retirement from the Navy he was a professor at Union University for 7 years and a Department Chair and Dean at Arizona Christian University for 6 years. Jim was the Pastor of Counseling at Redemption Church in Peoria for 3 years and is still an active Elder. He has trained military chaplains and pastors who serve the military in Vietnam, Ukraine, Bulgaria and other countries. He has been married for 43 years to Shirley. They have 3 daughters, 2 sons in law and a grandson, Griffin.
Topic:
“The Drama of Marriage: Finding Our Place”
Stories are an important part of our lives. All stories have a bit of drama which is defined as “an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.” This aptly defines God’s unfolding plan of redemption in scripture and in our lives. We learn from stories where we came from, who we are and about our family background and roots. Stories inspire us, sober us and ground us. The Drama of Marriage weaves together the three most important stories in our lives. The Biblical story, your personal story and your married story. Common elements in all three are Beginnings, Brokenness, Wilderness, Gethsemane and Reconciliation. Where are you and your marriage in these 3 stories? This week will explore these stories intersections and be an encouragement to press on in the race marked out for us.
Guest Ambassadors:
Col PK and Lindsey Carlton, USAF

RMH #2
2021-06-12 - 2021-06-19
Mentor:
Lt Col Michael R. Weeks, USAF (Ret)

Summer Celebration #3
2021-06-19 - 2021-06-26
Speaker(s):
CH (LTC) Rod Mills, USA (Ret.)
Dr. Rod Mills (LTC-Ret) is the senior leader of AeroNova, a multi-national mission that develops spiritual leaders in the nations. He is a professor at Regent University, serves as a guest lecturer internationally, and is a Senior Fellow at the Center For Transformational Living. He served in the US Air Force with over 1,000 flight hours on the EC-130H and retired from the US Army as a Chaplain with several combat tours, spending more than four years deployed or away from His family. He has multiple assignments in airborne, air assault, and infantry units and as a US Army doctoral fellow and clinical resident at the US Army Institute For Surgical Research. He has served as a battalion, brigade, and airborne command chaplain with significant time with hundreds of wounded and dying Soldiers in intense combat. He also served on the White House New Initiatives Forum chaired by the First Lady, on the role of faith and community organizations in the Joining Forces Military Families Initiative. He served as the Chair of the Worldview, Culture, & Policy Exchange Forum in the Middle East and led many religious leader engagement teams.
Rod is an FAA Certificated Flight Instructor, holds a doctorate and several graduate degrees. He and his wife Beth have been married almost 34 years, have five children and fifteen grandchildren. They have a strong passion for helping families grow into robust and powerful relationships with God and each other; and helping parents achieve generational transfer of fervent faith and love in the lives of their children.
Topic:
“The Lifestyle of Renewal & Refreshing”
This series explores how to live life in sustained renewal and refreshing, as families and as individuals, in the context of the harsh demands of military life. Rod shares life lessons from scripture and experience as a family separated more than four years by military demands & deployments, along with many years of long-hour work weeks, while raising five children.
Guest Ambassadors:
LTC Jim and Christina Harbridge, USA (Ret.)
*If you are graduating from Fort Leavenworth CGSC in 2022, Summer Celebration Week 3 is ideal for you!

FTA #2 (Son)
2021-06-19 - 2021-06-26
Mentor:
Col Rick Kuhlman, USAFR (Ret.)
Rick Kuhlman is a lifelong Knoxvillian receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt in the USAF through AFROTC, where he served over 30 years, retiring as Colonel. Rick is a Desert Shield Veteran and currently serves as an Air Liaison Officer for the United States Air Force Academy.
He currently directs the Knoxville Fellows, a Christian leadership program for recent college graduates in Market Square for the last 14 years, leads several high school and college Bible studies. Rick is married to Beverley for over 46 years. They have one son Rick III, wife Jamie and 2 granddaughters, Ella Katherine and Charlotte.

RMH #3
2021-06-19 - 2021-06-26
Mentor:
LTC John Cross, USA (Ret.)

Summer Celebration #4 (Call for Availability)
2021-06-26 - 2021-07-03
Speaker(s):
Dr. Bob Ewell, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
Bob Ewell has a life-long passion to know God’s Word, obey it, teach it, and help others do the same. He and his wife, June, celebrated their 50th anniversary in September 2018 and have four grown children and eight grandchildren.
Bob graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from Clemson University, and during a 20-year career in the US Air Force, served in space operations, instructor at Squadron Officer School, Air Force Space Command Headquarters, and commander of a training squadron. He earned a Master’s of Education from Troy State, and an Ed.D. from Auburn. After retiring from the Air Force in Colorado Springs in 1990, he operated his own statistical consulting business for 10 years before serving as Minister of Discipleship at a church in Alabama. Returning to Colorado in 2006, Bob and June settled in Monument and began to serve full time with The Navigators, “equipping ordinary people to make a difference where they are and helping willing pastors do the same.”
Bob will be the primary speaker, but June is available and eager to engage with interested women, especially one-on-one.
Topic:
“Everyone on the Wall!”
Jesus observed a shortage of workers in Matthew 9.36 – 10.5. Nehemiah observed a problem with broken down walls. Their solutions were remarkably similar: full participation! Dr. Bob Ewell, Lt Col, USAF (retired) and currently serving with The Navigators, uses a ready smile and engaging style to encourage you to be involved in God’s great work. Bob specializes in simple, doable, “start small” processes, including, new for 2021, a “Secret Sauce” that Jesus lived by and we can too! Spend a week with us and return home not only motivated but also empowered to make a difference in your world.
Guest Ambassadors:
TBD

FTA #3 (Son) [Call for Waitlist]
2021-06-26 - 2021-07-03

RMH #4
2021-06-26 - 2021-07-03
Mentor(s):
TBD

Summer Celebration #5
2021-07-03 - 2021-07-10
Speaker(s):
Dr. Del Tackett, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)
Dr. Tackett served over twenty years on active duty in the United States Air Force, including four years on the faculty of Air University and as Deputy Commander of the 47th Communications Group supporting the multinational NORAD command. He also served on the White House staff during the George H. W. Bush Administration, and as Director of Technical Planning for the National Security Council. He served as Senior Vice President of Focus on the Family and President of Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs, CO. He Dr. Tackett developed and is the speaker of the Truth Project. He lectures extensively on developing a Christian world view and America’s Christian heritage for Summit Ministries and at conferences and churches around the country.
While Del was working in national security at the White House under US President George H. W. Bush, the Lord began breaking his heart for the state of the nation and the church. He was burdened that so many believers had lost their biblical worldview—they weren’t looking at the world around them through the lens of Scripture.
After leaving the White House, Del helped start a seminary where the founders hoped to begin addressing these shortcomings. To systematically teach a biblical worldview, Del compiled a comprehensive curriculum that became the basis for the Truth Project, a DVD curriculum distributed by Focus on the Family.
Topic:
“The Engagement Project”
In the Engagement Project, Dr. Tackett answers two important questions, Why did Jesus leave? and Why does God send? The answers to these questions may turn your world right-side up. In this new series, Dr. Del Tackett takes us on a series of worldview tours that reveal God’s endgame for all of us… what He is after. You’ll discover God’s world-changing mission for yourself and for your family and that Jesus has told us exactly what He wants us to do. In the Engagement Project, you’ll learn why & how this will change everything.
Guest Ambassadors:
Col Steve and Miriam Shambach, USA (Ret.)

FTA #4 (Son)
2021-07-03 - 2021-07-10

RMH #5
2021-07-03 - 2021-07-10
Mentors:
Maj Tim Tormey, USMC (Ret.) & 1st Lt Colin Bradley, USAF
Colin Bradley was born and raised in MD, then moved to SC for college and went through the ROTC program at Clemson University to earn his commission. He graduated there back in the spring of 2017 and will pin on Captain in May of 2021. Colin’s first station was JBSA-Lackland where he worked in the contracting career field. While in SA Colin transitioned into a flying training pipeline. Due to his career change it brought him to NM for some follow on training, where he is now; however, Colin will be coming out to RMH from NV, which will be his new permanent duty station. He met his wife, Emily, in San Antonio and they were married in March of 2019! A few fun facts include his love for traveling, outdoor activities and sports. Colin has been through RMH twice and is super stoked to come back!

Summer Celebration #6
2021-07-10 - 2021-07-17
Speaker:
Dr. Berkley Baker
Berkley Baker served as an Army officer and has worked in healthcare for approximately twenty years. He serves as an elder at Hope and Life Fellowship and enjoys studying the Scriptures and teaching. He holds a doctorate from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business, an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, and a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Berkley lives in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with his wife and three children.
Topic:
“Walking WITH God in a Post-COVID World”
Jesus’ parents left Him in Jerusalem. The rich young ruler walked away from Jesus. Even Saul, despite his religious lifestyle, missed God. It’s sobering to think about how often people living for God found themselves almost living with Him. Dr. Baker will explore the reality of loving people leaving Jesus behind out of misunderstanding His divine nature. He will explain how experiencing godly miracles may still leave us eternally separated. We’ll examine how abandonment is a necessary part of our Christ-like transformation. We’ll discover how Jesus’ response to a woman caught having illicit sex teaches us something about intimacy. God designed us to have a dynamic, personal relationship with Him. In introducing The Four Blends of Divine Nature®, Dr. Baker’s goal is to awaken us to grow beyond the scripted life of living for God and move us into the abundant purpose-filled life of living with Him.
Guest Ambassadors:
Royce and Shawn Bervig

FTA #5 (Daughter)
2021-07-10 - 2021-07-17
Mentor:
Col Kim Hawthorne, USAF (Ret.)
Kim became the sixth Center Director of Spring Canyon in December 2013. A 1986 graduate of USAFA, he retired with almost 28 years of service as an aviator in the T-37, EF-111, F-15E, and T-53. He commanded at the squadron and group levels. Kim first attended Spring Canyon in 1982 during a USAFA work party. He and his wife, Kari Ann, met at Spring Canyon and were married there in 1990. A Wheaton College graduate, Kari Ann first experienced Spring Canyon with her family in 1969. Kim served 15 years on the OCF Council, most recently as Council Vice President, and together he and Kari Ann served 25 years on the Spring Canyon Advisory Council. They’ve been blessed to pass this legacy on to their three children, Ki, Erin, and Amy Grace, third generation attendees who all served on Spring Canyon staff. The Hawthornes pray that Spring Canyon will be for you what it has been for their family all these years: a home away from home, where you can reconnect in the Rockies. When you come, may you taste of Christ’s Living Water and be refreshed on your journey, equipped with solid biblical teaching, and inspired to continue to serve where God has placed you.

RMH #6
2021-07-10 - 2021-07-17
Mentors:
VADM Dean Lee, USCG (Ret.), Mr. Rob Allen, and Col Tony Kim, USAF (Ret.)
Tony Kim is a retired USAF Colonel who works as an Emergency Physician in Colorado Springs. He graduated from the USAF Academy in 1992, from medical school at the Uniformed Services University (USU) in 1999, and completed residencies in both Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine. He spent half his career overseas and his assignments/deployments took him all over the world. He ended his career as faculty at the medical school where he started his medical career. Unique experiences include fighter squadron support as a flight doc and humanitarian missions to the Arctic as well as Indonesia. He and his wife Lisa have been married 25 years and have 4 children, 2 of which matriculated at the Air Force Academy. He loves the mountains as he feels closer to the Lord in them.

Summer Celebration #7 (Call for Availability)
2021-07-17 - 2021-07-24
Speaker:
Pastor Keith Peck
Keith and wife, Gale, who is also his ministry partner, have served the White Sulphur Springs, Spring Canyon, and the U.S. Naval Academy OCF communities for the past 35 years. Keith is a PCA pastor and is currently on staff at Mercy Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, VA. Keith and Gale have 5 children and 17 grandchildren.
Topic:
Hope: A Weary World Rejoices

“Unprecedented”…a word we have repeatedly heard in the media during 2020-2021. The unprecedented effects of the pandemic on our lives, our economy, our jobs, our medical community. The unprecedented speed with which the COVID vaccine was developed. Throughout these unprecedented times, another word on our hearts has been “HOPE”. Hope for a vaccine, for economic recovery, for our political party, for racial justice, for a return to the normal of family gatherings, school reopenings, group hugs. Someone has said we can live without almost anything, except HOPE. We are a hope-hungry people. The prophet Isaiah is called the “prophet of hope.” Together, we will unpack the gospel of Isaiah’s hope-saturated prophecies and explore experiencing this hope in our uncertain, painful world.

Guest Ambassadors:
Col Chet and Michelle Arnold, USMC (Ret.)

RMH #7
2021-07-17 - 2021-07-24
Mentors:
Col Hous Waring, USAF (Ret.) & CPT Josh Wiley, USA
Colonel Hous Waring was commissioned in 1988 upon his graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Days later he married the former Captain Tami Wilson, USAF. Over the course of the next 25 years they raised nine children and now have 14 grandchildren. Colonel Waring’s combat service included Operations DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM, SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, JOINT ENDEAVOR, JOINT FORGE, ALLIED FORCE and ENDURING FREEDOM. Hous finished his career as Director for Operations (J3), Alaskan Command (ALCOM) and JTF-Alaska (JTF-AK). In 2013 he and Tami retired from active duty to serve as Officers’ Christian Fellowship (OCF) Staff at Maxwell-Gunter AFB for five years, and now they serve as OCF’s Director of Field Engagement, encouraging lay leaders to labor faithfully around the world.

Summer Celebration #8 (Medical Week)
2021-07-24 - 2021-07-31
Speaker:
Roc Bottomly
Roc Bottomly is an Air Force Academy graduate finishing with a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering. As a cadet, Roc trusted Christ through the Navigators’ ministry and worked closely with them as a lay leader in military, collegiate and community ministries throughout his service years. While in the Air Force (1969-1976), he served as both a flight instructor and an intercontinental transport pilot. He then graduated with a Th.M. (Master of Theology) from Dallas Theological Seminary. From 1981 to 2001 Roc then served as senior pastor for multiple churches. In 2001, Roc moved to Colorado Springs to become the Senior Fellow for Marriage Studies for the Focus on the Family Institute. For the next seven years, he and his wife, Bev, taught biblical marriage to the 1800 students who passed through the Institute during their tenure. In 2008, Roc became the lead pastor at Our Lord’s community Church where he is working to help build a Word-Spirit church committed to “being and making disciples… starting right where we are.”
Roc married his wife, Bev, in 1974; and they have four grown children and thirteen grandchildren.
Topic:
“The Love of God”
THE LOVE OF GOD. It is the most important subject in the world! It is only as we realize and receive God’s love for us that we are able to do life’s most important thing… “Love the LORD your God… love your neighbor….”
God’s love…
· Ignites our desire. It is the engine of our life with God. It is what makes us want God and His way for our life. “… for Christ’s love compels us….” – Paul.
· Provides our direction. It is the steering wheel of our life with God. It is how we know what to do in the tumble of daily life. “A new command I give you…. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” – Jesus.
· Describes our destiny. It is our destination. It is how we will all be in the wonderful End. “But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him….” – John.
In our times together, we will explore what God tells us about His love from Him Word. We will ask the Holy Spirit to help us get it. We will think about where we need to reflect it to those closest.
God tells us that His love “surpasses knowledge”; so there is always more to understand and more to enjoy in this genuinely astounding wonder of life!
Guest Ambassadors:
Dr (COL) Arnie Ahnfeldt, USA (Ret.) and Dr (COL) Jeff Ginther, USA (Ret.)

RMH #8
2021-07-24 - 2021-07-31
Mentors:
Col Scott Fisher, USAF (Ret.) & Mr. Ben Baker
Scott Fisher recently retired from the United States Air Force after more than 27 years of faithful military service. He and his wife Christie bring a strong passion for the Lord and love for His people with experience across six continents. They have been involved in OCF ministry for over 25 years to include service as local leaders across the globe, on Council and to our chaplains. Scott and Christie have been married for 27 years and have three daughters and two sons, one of which recently became a Marine. Scott has led Bible studies for diverse groups for over twenty years, including youth, Harvard graduate students, young couples, fighter pilots and generals. He has also served as a youth pastor and lay minister. Christie has co-hosted Bible studies with Scott for over 15 years and served in leadership with Bible Study Fellowship for 11 years.
Prior to this current role, Scott served in the embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, and Baghdad, Iraq. He is an F-16 instructor pilot who commanded a group in Iraq and a squadron in Korea. He also has extensive legislative experience serving three different Secretaries of Defense and the Secretary of the Air Force.

Climb Together #2
2021-09-17 - 2021-09-19

Aspentime 2021
2021-09-24 - 2021-09-26
SPEAKER // LTC (Chap) Jon Knoedler, 4th ID Chaplain
Chaplain (LTC) Jon Knoedler is a native of Portland, OR and presently serves as 4th Infantry Division Chaplain at Fort Carson, CO. His previous assignments include 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk, LA; South Community Chaplain in Hawaii; Regimental Chaplain at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY; 75th Ranger Regimental Chaplain and Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade Chaplain at Fort Benning, GA. He is a graduate of the Army’s Air Assault, Airborne, and Ranger Schools. Most importantly, CH Knoedler has been married to his wife Sandy for 25 years and has three daughters: Karis (married), Faith (19), and Necia (16). He and Sandy have a 6-month-old grandson, Lewis. He enjoys spending time with his family, participating in outdoor activities, and listening to people’s life stories.
TOPIC // “Unchanging God in Changing Times”
We live amid constant change – seasons, people, jobs, culture, fads, and relationships change. There is only One who never changes. This weekend will focus on centering (or recentering) our azimuth on the unchanging God. Come know and rest in Him!
GUEST AMBASSADOR // COL Steve Shambach, USA (Ret.)

Connections and Conversations Retreat #1
2021-10-01 - 2021-10-04
The Connections and Conversations Retreat is for homeschooled students in grades 9-12 (ages 14-18). This retreat is designed to connect high school students to a larger community while engaging them in the art of discussion and building fun, new relationships. There will be opportunities for fellowship, discussion, games, rock climbing, hiking, possibly tubing if there is enough snow and more. This retreat is geared toward those enrolled in the Classical Conversations Challenge I-IV programs, but all homeschooled students are welcome.

Andy Truitt, former Classical Conversations National Director, will be leading the sessions and the parent chaperones will lead the breakout groups. Past students who have attended this retreat have said it was “life-changing” and “…wish I could do this several times a year.”
Our discussion will be based on the book “The Sword in the Stone” by T.H. White. This is an excellent, thought-provoking book that will also provide for great discussion. Every attendee (students and chaperones) MUST read the book BEFORE arriving on the first day of the retreat. You will not get much out of the retreat if the details of this book are not fresh in your mind, so even if you’ve read it before please do so again to refresh your memory. You’ll also need to bring a hard copy of the book to the retreat with you.
Please plan to arrive between 6pm and 7pm on Friday and depart at 10:00am on Monday.
Cost: $270 (plus tax) per student. $240 (plus tax) per chaperone. Due upon sign up. The cost includes, 3 nights lodging, 7 meals, and all activities. Transportation is on your own, but there is an option for a shuttle ride from the Denver airport for an additional cost.
Read “The Sword in the Stone” prior to arrival at Spring Canyon.
If you have any questions please call/text (303-406-8908) or email (heidi.truitt@springcanyon.org).
