Top 10 Things Westcliffe Has To Offer

10.) Some cities offer historical monuments, famous statues, such as the Statue Of Liberty, howerver Westcliffe offers extra large wooden lumberjacks.

9.) While most coffee shops offer coffee, along with the occassional pastry, Westcliffe's Coffee shop offers Coffee AND ....?

8.) Most towns have Cinamax 10 or Hollywood 15, but here at Westcliffe we have Jones Theatre 1. Were you get one movie per weekend and if your lucky it might even stick around for the following weekend. Movie Discussions and free coffee also take place after each movie, actually only on Friday night. If so desired season passes are available.

7.) Along with our lumberjuack friend we have another famous statue, The cowboy who smokes cigars while reading. This statue brings alot to the Westcliffe community.

6.) Westclife has a lot to offer in terms of fine dinning. If you are in the mood for somthing fast you can choose between the local Hungry Bear, or the Subway located in the gas station. If you are in the mood for a late night snack you better hurry because it closes at 8:00 p.m.

5.) Most stores close for the night and even on holidays but around her they close for entire seasons.

4.) A place where you will find yourself often is the Westcliffe Super Market. It is the only grocery store in town but it does have alot to offer. Such as movie rentals, discount racks, and a small selection of flowers. Make your selections fast because along with subway and the rest of the town it cloes at 8:00 p.m.

3.) Pedristrians, bikers, and children at play are all signs that can be seen in most cities. How many cities to you know that have the Warning sign to beware of the Omish buggie.

2.) Located past Wanda's Garden and the Mennonite Bakery you will come across a public bathroom. Just another public service that Westcliffe has to offer.

1.) In case you were wondering curbside internet literally means curbside internet. Westcliffe is on the forfront of technology. Providing internet....all the way to the curb.

Intern Retreat

After returning from our Easter break where everyone was able to take nine days to go home or visit friends; we all met up at Jeff's cabin in Breckinridge, CO for an intern retreat. The retreat was designed to fulfill several purposes: to bring us all together as a group, to have some fun before we transitioned back into work, and ultimately to get our hearts focused and prepared for the fast approaching summer. The three day retreat consisted of snow shoeing for some, a Rockies game in Denver, and enough food to feed a small country! Our afternoons were filled with discussions on articles that we had read, mixed in with some affirmations. With most of the interns praying for discernment for what God has next for our lives, we have been using our meeting time to take one individual intern to affirm and challenge them in personal areas of their lives that we have seen over the course of this year. These timeshave proven to be very fruitful as we get to have our peers both affirm us on what they see our strengths to be, and yet challenge us in areas thatwe could work on. The entire retreat was interwoven with prayer; prayer for individual interns, prayer for the internship as a whole, and prayer for this summer and the challenges that may arise. One of the biggest topics of the weekend was getting our hearts ready for the summer and the summer staff who will be arriving in just a few weeks. We as the intern staff have an incredible oppurtunity to minister and be ministred to by these summer staff. All the interns are going to be leading a small group on sunday mornings for the summerstaff, and since most of us are in leadership positions this summer, we will have plenty of intentional interaction with them as we work.Probably the most impactfulpart of the retreat for me was meditating on an article we read. The article was talking about the necessity of being rooted in Christ. I realize that this seems so obvious, and something that my five year old niece could challenge you with, but it is a biblical truth that I forget so often. In my life it is all too easy for my identity to be put in things or other people, and if im perfectly honest with myself, I would go so far as to say that I care about what certain people in my life think about me more so than what God thinks about me. Isaiah 7:9b says that "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all." I can't tell you how quickly my faith shifts form God to man, and then to see how quickly i fail to stand.Trying to put that in context of working here, living here, and even in regards to investing into the soon to arrive summer staff, I cannot be obedient to God's voiceif my ears aren't aimed at Him. All in all I would say it was a good time together, the rockies pulled out an overwhelming victory, pounds of beef and chicken were consumedin the form of fajitas, and God was able to meet us there and speak to our hearts.



Emily, Karn, and Kelsey at a Rookies Game



Karen, Christian, Jeff and Lauren...ice cream is always a must!

Did not get the ice cream that he ordered...

But Alex did!