Denver, Colorado … Several hundred people attended opening presentations of a multi-church evangelistic outreach called Catch 2020, a series involving Northeast Colorado churches “working together to fish for men,” explained Nestor Soriano, pastor for evangelism and worship from Campion Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Thirteen congregations from Akron, Brighton, Campion, Carbon Valley, Chapel Haven, Fort Morgan, Greeley, Holyoke, Loveland, Mountain View in Loveland, Sterling, the Adventure in Greeley, and Louisville’s Twin Peaks, are participating in the evangelistic initiative which opened on March 6.
Each church has the same theme: Discovering Revelation. Churches participating in Catch 2020 have their own preachers, in most cases, pastors. The only churches using a streaming service are the five congregations under one senior pastor, Don Lopes Jr., in the eastern area of Colorado.
Lopes reported from Fort Morgan church that on the first night “37 people attended our meetings in Fort Morgan and 15 of those were visitors from the community. I have been presenting these meetings through live streaming over YouTube to Holyoke, Sterling, Akron and Fort Morgan,” he explained.
Karen Sweney, member of the Fort Morgan Church remarked, “These meetings are really good.” Two of the guests that came said they were looking for a church home, Lopes added.
The Campion church welcomed some 170 people on opening night, including 50 guests. “We have met a total of four nights already, and we have 15 to 20 guests who are regularly attending the presentations,” said Nestor Soriano.
Their presenter is Ronnie Mills, Bible worker from Campion Church (pictured). “He has been doing a phenomenal job presenting the Discovering Revelation theme,” Soriano added.
Liesl White, Campion Church member, commented, “I have been enjoying the meetings, and have been especially blessed by Ronnie’s ability to tie current events with prophecy.”
Lee Lee Dart, lead pastor of The Adventure congregation in Greeley, reported that
50 people attended the opening of the series on Friday night with 15 guests among them. “We had 100 Bible study requests from the invitation mailings. We are doing Discover Course classes on addictions, suicide, mental health, and marriage throughout the month,” she said.
In the Carbon Valley Church, Pastor Frank Wilson, is responding to 29 Bible study requests and among other attendees, eight guests participated in the opening of the series.
Greeley Church pastor, Jason Logan reported that they had 93 people attending the meeting on the first night. Thirty of the attendees were not church members.
“I’ve talked to several of the guests who say they are loving the presentations. One guest in particular I had a conversation with her for a few minutes. She made it very clear how thankful she was to be hearing these presentations. As I was walking away, she got my attention again and said to me very sincerely, ‘I’m so thirsty’,” Pastor Logan shared.
In Brighton, “we had 65 people join us for opening night and 18 of those were guests. We’ve had a great spirit of warmth and fellowship, both before and after the meetings and are definitely creating new friends,” said Pastor Wayne Morrison. The Brighton Church received some 60 Bible study requests.
Morrison shared that Amanda, mother of an 11-year old girl, commented, “I brought my daughter because I want her to learn that [the book of] Revelation is not scary, but it is about Jesus and His love for us.”
In preparation for the series, churches mailed more than 200,000 Bible study interest cards and have received more than 650 Bible study interest cards over the last four or five months. Church members have been trained in visiting with these interests and giving Bible studies.
The length of the Catch 2020 series is decided by individual churches. The Campion Church plans for two weeks of meetings (five days each) and three weekends.
—RMCNews; photos by Nestor Soriano, Don Lopes Jr. and Wayne Morrison
