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After a two and a half year battle with lymphoma, Orlando Magana, born April 16, 1952, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at his home surrounded by his wife and sons. Viewing will be held Friday, February 5, from 4-8:00 pm, at the Olinger Mortuary, 8600 E Hampden Ave., Denver. Services will be Sunday, February 7 at 11:00 am at the LifeSource Adventist Fellowship (Denver First), 6200 W Hampden Ave., Denver. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Magana Mission Fund, RMC, 2520 S Downing St., Denver, CO 80210. Funds will assist students who could not otherwise participate in mission trips to Belize.
This past month was filled with many meaningful events. I visited the members and preached at the Cheyenne and Laramie churches in Wyoming, and the Aspen Park church in Colorado. Each of these churches had such a positive spirit, and members expressed their conviction to reach their communities for Christ.
The Denver South church hosted an ASI rally on January 23 with Peter Neri from the Paradise church in Las Vegas as the guest speaker. In the afternoon, stories were told of ASI members sharing Christ in the marketplace and around the world. In addition, January brought the beginning of our Town Hall journey. We have had Town Hall meetings in Casper, Denver Metro and Colorado Springs with the rest taking place over the next few weeks and months.
At the present time we have held town hall meetings in Casper, Colorado Springs, and the Denver Metro area. To date there has been a warm and appreciative response to the time shared in these meetings.
When one thinks of “Town Hall Meeting” the normal reaction is sharing of boring statistical reports by officers and departments of the conference. However, this time there is somewhat of a change in the presentation topics.
As the afternoon presentation begins, there is an emphasis on the centrality of the gospel in the Christian’s life. Nothing transformational will happen in our lives and churches unless we have experienced the good news that Jesus died for us and we have accepted his free gift of Salvation. Nothing that we do adds to or earns our right to heaven.
It is interesting that a study of tithe in the Bible begins and ends with the same illustration. In Genesis 14:18, it says, “Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was the priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, ‘blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.’ Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.” So Abram returns his tithe to Melchizedek who was a priest, but not after the order of the Levites because Levi had not been born yet.
Most pastors picked up after graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Theology, begin by pastoring for a few years in a church before being sponsored to the Seminary for their Master of Divinity degree. Last month, three of our sponsored "interns" completed their studies and are returning to RMC.
