Abigail Brown – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy (CA) in Loveland, Colorado, held a Week of Worship (WOW), October 21-25, with Pastor Lucas Lujan, head pastor at Colorado Springs South and Woodland Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Colorado Springs and Woodland Park, Colorado, respectively. Lujan shared a powerful testimony about his past and focused his messages on the school year’s spiritual theme, “I AM.”
Lujan grew up in a world of violence and gangs. However, when he gave his life to Christ, he began to change. He learned about Seventh-day Adventism through studying Voice of Prophecy’s Bible guides while in prison. He gave up his old lifestyle, accepting the love and forgiveness of Jesus, and he is now a pastor.
Brayden Marroquin, CA student chaplain, reflected, “His story impacted me the most because, essentially, it shows God’s ability to transform people’s lives.”
The main point of the Lujan’s talk was how God wants us to come to him no matter where we are at because God loves us, forgives us, and desires to have a relationship with us.
Lujan engaged with the students outside of the meeting times through participating in student volleyball intramurals and getting to know them personally. During the Bible classes and Fusion on Wednesday night, October 23, the students wrote down questions for Lujan to answer in his talks.
Each meeting started out with praise songs including the theme song: “Who you say I am.” Lilly Resz, CA junior student, shared, “I appreciate how the theme song brought my mindset into the worship and allowed me to focus on the message. I liked how he explained to us that it is okay to ask questions about our beliefs and why things happen. It was also fun when he came to talk with us one-on-one and answered questions for us.”
Jasmine Smittick, CA senior student, commented, “I enjoyed how he emphasized the thought ‘I am who I am because I AM’ (the Great I AM), and I also appreciated how he was real with his past.”
—Abigail Brown, Campion Academy Student News Team. Photos supplied.
