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Through the coaching process, Terry Bate found that as a volunteer he learned more about himself than he expected. In addition to shepherding participants through the IMPACT program and seeing them change the course of their lives, he also learned new things from the Money & Me and Boundaries classes which he has applied to

Love INC meets the needs of people in the community by relational transformation. This means volunteers using their gifts to build relationships with clients God can transform their lives. Steve Lucas is one of those volunteers. Steve has been working with Love INC Littleton since one of the early directors came to the church he

7/12/19 – Today would complete our July outing and would require the steepest climb and descent of our CT adventure thus far.  The trail would climb from the Silver Creek Trailhead, 2,450 vertical feet in 3.3 miles, and descend an equivalent elevation and distance to the Avalanche Trailhead and the end of our hike. Segment

Segment 12 passes through the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness area and is characterized by 2 steep ascents and descents.  The trail passes near numerous fourteeners, including Mounts Oxford (14,153′), Harvard (14,420′), and Columbia (14,073′). After a brief 0.5 mile flat section, the trail began a relentless 4.5 mile climb from 8,916′ to 11,653′. During the climb

7/10/19 – For breakfast the next day, I had biscuits and gravy with sausage (dehydrated).  It was pretty tasty!!  Today, we would finish segment 10 and meet up with friends Bruce Houtchens and Mark Ely to continue our adventure.  We had a short, downhill hike remaining to reach the Mount Massive Trailhead (end of segment

7/9/19 – The next day dawned bright and sunny!  We had our standard breakfast of oatmeal and coffee, packed up and were on the trail again by about 8:30 am.  From our camp, the trail descended rapidly for about 2 miles from 11,100′ to the end of segment 9 at the Timberline Lake Trailhead (10,043′). 

Shortly after entering the Holy Cross Wilderness area, we met a Denver family coming the other way who had crossed the snow field successfully.  There were 3 kids in the family ranging in age from about 8 to 14.  If they can do it, surely we could as well!  As we ascended from about 10,900′,

Segments #9 and #10: 26.7 miles – 5,317′ elevation gain, 5,680′ elevation loss click here for Jerry’s Pledge Form 7/8/19 – Our friend, Lance Willoughby, joined brother Glenn and I for this trip, and Bruce Houtchens and Mark Ely would join us for the last few days.  Glenn and I left the house at 6 am and

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  What you’ll discover will be wonderful.  What you’ll discover will be yourself.” Alan Alda The goal of this second outing of 2019 was to go back and “fill in the blanks” – hike segments we had skipped in

“It is very rewarding to walk alongside believers from other churches and see the work of Christ in the community you live in,” Debbie emphasized. “The IMPACT team has been great and as we have grown and learned ourselves, it is only getting better.”