Alpine Echoes ECHOES News Jan 2018_Web | Page 3

THOUGHTS

– Joel Rude , Executive Director

Have you been to a Work and Worship weekend at Alpine ? Well , here is your invitation ! We have two coming up : one in May and one in September . It ’ s free of charge , and here ’ s why we do it :

Alpine exists to help churches disciple their children . That task is not meant to be left to professionals alone . It is meant for parents , aunts , uncles , grandparents and others in the “ village .” Work and Worship Weekends at Alpine are ideal for the building of relationships with each other and with Jesus . These weekends are designed to strengthen church families while preparing and improving the buildings , grounds and recreation options of Alpine for its next season of either summer camps or retreats .
Why work AND worship ? The Greek word “ latreuo ,” used in the New Testament , is translated both as “ service ” AND “ worship .” Thinking about that gives deeper meaning to the term “ worship service .” As a child , I couldn ’ t wait for my camp ’ s Work and Worship Weekends … it meant being with families and friends I loved , playing at a place I loved and eventually helping to improve that place as my abilities developed under the guidance of many mentors from many families over many years .
A hard-working , fun-loving group of families at Work and Worship pause for a photo op
Working AND worshiping in the same place produces a unique familiarity and ownership . Parents come to build , paint , clean and serve while their children work ( or play ) alongside them . Either way , over the years , children and adults have worshiped while they worked … or played … at Alpine and at many other camps , because God ’ s creation , and His presence , simply brought it out of them .

GIVING SMART
“ A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit .”
– D . Elton Trueblood Quaker Theologian

At Alpine , we are gratefully dependent on the generosity of others . Checks in the mail are our most common source of donations . We also encourage online giving through www . alpine-cc . org , a convenient and safe option . Alpine can also receive gifts of stock , legacy gifts ( in your will or trust ), qualified charitable distributions from your IRA , as well as grants . If you are interested in donating in a new way , but would like counsel on the process , Ingrid Prater , our regional rep from Covenant Trust Company , would love to be of assistance with no obligation . Please contact her at ikprater @ covenanttrust . com , or call 1-619-376-4969 .

The Many Faces of Giving

Memorials and In-Honor donations given to Alpine during 2017 totaled $ 4,240 .
Financial gifts were donated in memory of the following dear people :
• Virginia Carlson
• John Erling Fredrickson
• David Johnson
• Stan Moore
• Motoy Nakamura
• Jim Stayboldt
• Bob and Maryann Swanson
• Phil Thorsell
Peace to their memory …
Donations were also made in living honor of the following :
• Barbara Colvin
Many thanks to those who gave these gifts which benefit scholarships , special projects and daily operations for the ongoing ministry at Alpine .

Nick Von Stein , Youth Pastor and Alpine ’ s

Board Chair , and his wife Breanna , are major donors to Alpine because “ I know my gifts are making an impact . I see that impact tangibly lived out in my students ’ lives and I experience that impact personally every time I go to Alpine .”
Find out how you can join the champions of Alpine through giving . Check us out online at www . alpine-cc . org , or call 1-800-350-6289 .
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