Daniel Gonzalez – Denver, Colorado … Hispanic churches from around the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC), under the leadership and guidance from the Hispanic Adventist Youth Federation (FEJA), gathered in both the Conference’s metro and mountain areas to celebrate and be a part of this global movement that mobilizes all the youth and the church in general, March 15.

The Denver South Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Church hosted the activities in the Denver metro area with great attendance. Similarly, the Maranatha Montrose Seventh-day Adventist Church in Montrose, Colorado, hosted activities in the regional mountain areas.

A total of 10 churches participated in and helped organize the events in both areas of Colorado, with more than 200 people, including adults and children, involved in this special day.

This year’s focus was “A Community Transformed,” emphasizing the importance of being a positive influence in the communities.

Prior to this day, several churches had a Youth Week of Prayer in which they learned the importance of evangelism in difficult territories and situations in the world. “One important thing that was learned and reaffirmed on Sabbath was that we should not let ourselves be influenced by this world and instead be transformed through Jesus Christ,” remarked Daniel Gonzalez, FEJA president.

During a Sabbath service, Clemente Martinez Jr. and Abimael Chavez delivered a message of faith and a call to action during the sermon in the respective areas. “We enjoyed a delicious meal and had a nice time of fellowship,” Gonzalez continued. During the evening, various youth groups split up into different parts of the host cities to give away food, bags with personal hygiene kits, Bibles and various literature, as well as offer prayer, hugs, and some form of compassion and positive messages to people in the community needing something special that day.

When the outreach activities had concluded, attendees ended the night with sports and a fellowship meal in the gyms at Mile High Academy in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and the Maranatha Montrose Church gyms.

Gonzalez reflected, “There is something beautiful when you see young people serving their community in even the simplest ways to our eyes, but to the people receiving it, it always makes a huge difference. This is the first time that the Hispanic youth of our conference gather in such a way and in such an amount of people, and we hope that this will not be the last time we do this.”

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—Daniel Gonzalez is RMC FEJA president. Photos supplied.