Rocky Mountain Conference

RMC's Mission:

The main objective of the Rocky Mountain Conference is to serve Pregnancy Center staff and volunteers; offering advanced training, the opportunity to renew spiritual strength, and fellowship with those who work in the Pregnancy Center ministry, thus equipping people to continue in the work God has called them to and thanking them for their service.

1. Advanced Training
2Peter 1:5-8 "For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge; self-control; and to self-control, perserverance; and to perserverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

2. Spiritual Renewal
Matthew 11:28-29 "Come to Me all who are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

3. Fellowship
Hebrews 10: 24-25 "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as
you see the Day approaching."

4. Staff and Volunteer Retention
Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

HISTORY OF RMC:

The Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) began as the Colorado Conference in the fall of 1986 with approximately 50 people attending. The first conference was held at Trail West in Buena Vista, Colorado and now, as we approach our 22nd anniversary we will again be at Trail West. Over the years the conference has been held in different locations, all in a country setting which allows for more of a retreat atmosphere.

After a few years, the Pregnancy Centers in Utah joined us and we became the Rocky Mountain Counselors Conference. In the Spring of 2007, in consideration of how the conference has grown and changed, with half of our attendees being staff and as many working in areas of the ministry other than counseling, we became the Rocky Mountain Conference. Now we have as many as 200 attendees coming from eight states, representing over 80 Pregnancy Centers. The RMC is a Christian, nondenominational, ecumenical event.

Our conference has a keynote speaker offering general sessions designed to provide spiritual encouragement and teaching, a variety of workshops led by PC Directors or others offering practical teaching related to our work in the pregnancy centers, and times of fun and fellowship. Our Keynote Speaker(s) and worship team are paid an honorarium, and everything else is done on a volunteer basis. Roughly twenty directors help by teaching workshops, preparing workbooks, planning activities or a variety of other jobs that go into making a well run weekend. We are unique in that we provide an excellent quality conference for our volunteers and staff, quite similar to various international directors conferences.

The costs of the conference are kept as low as possible, in 2007 it was $183.00 per person for the entire conference including two nights lodging and all meals. Many centers have special fund raising events to pay for all their staff and volunteers to attend and some centers offer scholarships. As can be seen, the directors believe in what they are doing and go to great lengths to make sure everyone has the opportunity to benefit.

We have had a variety of speakers over the years. Barbara Hammond was our first, she was director of the first crisis pregnancy center in the U.S. and is now with Youth for Christ running a pregnancy center in Uganda. In 1995 we had Pastor Gayle Erwin, author of The Jesus Style and other books, and we have been blessed by many others including Anne Pierson of Loving and Caring, Tina DiAsio, Sharon Hersh, Pam Pedrow, Gary Thomas, Dottie Wobb, Pregnancy Center Alumni Directors, and Jan Meyers, author of The Allure of Hope. In 2006, we celebrated 20 years with the drama team, Acts of Renewal and in 2007, Katie Brazelton blessed us, teaching from her bestseller, Pathways to Purpose.

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