By Campion Connections — Loveland, Colorado . . . The Campion church came together with HMS Richards school to host a special drive-in Sabbath Vespers for 8th graders.
As members entered the church parking lot, they were greeted by the Nelson family offering snacks.
The vespers began under a cloudy sky that threatened rain, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the 8th graders.
The evening began with praise music led by Pastor Morss, followed by Pastor Goetz who invited the eight graduates from HMS Richards school and the two home schooled graduates to share a different or awkward moment from the past year as well as a spiritual experience. They shared music preferences, falling off a horse, being shy, and passing out GLOW leaflets, and other results of the quarantine, but they especially thanked Mrs. Jordan and Mr. Bragaw for showing them Jesus and always being here to help them.
Pastor Soriano concluded the evening with a message based on the story of Daniel. He talked about his daughter Eliana liking to shape pancakes, and how God shaped Daniel like a pancake, and is shaping us as pancakes too, if we allow Him to.
HMS Richards school board chair, Jerry Ellquist, congratulated the graduates and announced thegraduation was set for Wednesday evening. Ellquist also thanked each teacher and emphasized their spiritual leadership.
HMS graduates were Gabriel Balbin, Maria Bass, Caleb Gann, Grace Garman, Seth Harmon, Kayli Olsen, Danny Werner and Dominic White . Home-schooled graduates were Celeste Rodriguez and Eden Phillips.
–originally published in Campion Connections; photos supplied
