Looking for a unique and beautiful site to attend a summer camp or have a retreat? The Rocky Mountain Conference Camping Ministry has five different and diverse sites. We offer over 40 individual programs each year for adults and youth. In addition many of our sites are available on a rental basis to Churches and Organizations. Click on the individual sites to the left to find more information about the site of your choice.
7 Foundations of United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries ********************************
Provide intentional places apart to encounter God
Give opportunities for guests and participants to quench their thirst for God
Stimulate sacred sabbath time
Introduce silence and stillness as avenues for communing with God
Engage persons in Jesus’ practice of prayer and solitude
Extend genuine Christian hospitality and community
Welcome the stranger – extend holy hospitality
Covenant to love one another and to share the fruit of the spirit
Live out biblical principles of Christian community
Offer opportunities to contribute to the common good
Nurture Christian faith and discipleship
Provide environments and experiences of genuine grace
Encourage a growing trust in God and decisions of Christian faith
Inspire people to open themselves to the spirit’s transformation of mind and relationships
Develop Christian Spiritual Leaders
Teach, model and involve persons in servant leadership
Heighten the ability to perceive and to respond to teachable Moments
Provide persons with opportunities to grow in leadership by actually leading
Teach creation care and appreciation
Encourage people to listen in new ways, because the creation speaks of God
Provide people the opportunity to learn more about the natural world for it is a source of wisdom
Expand the meaning of beloved community
Introduce and implement practices of earth care that honor God’s covenants with creation
Collaborate with United Methodist churches & agencies
Help congregations fulfill their primary task
Support annual conference leaders in their primary task of preparing persons for specialized leadership roles
Become informed and collaborate with the exciting outreach work being done United Methodist churches and agencies
Inspire and equip all guests to do love and justice
Make the connection between the “Mountaintop” experience and the “Road to the Cross”
Embrace the “Already/Not Yet” nature of God’s reign
Covenant and engage persons in to doing love and justice
Support guests beyond our own faith tradition doing good and preventing harm
News & Needs
Beaver Creek:
Buckhorn: WE need volunteers who are experienced with using chainsaws. We have a lot of dead trees to cut down in a short time. Any help will be appreciated!