Anti–Racism Team

Pastor Julie McNitt (Abiding Hope). Jody Hoelter, Atonement (Boulder) and Pastor Wes Dunbar (Evergreen) will be leading another tour of the Civil Rights Trail. We want to share our transformative story of walking where the heroes of the Civil Rights movement walked. This is our third and now expanded trip to Georgia and Alabama. We look forward to sharing our passion to keep this history alive in the hearts and minds of folks in our Synod.

Bethany Patchers Quilting Bee Open House

Location: Room 209

Join the Bethany Patchers to work on a tie quilt. The group looks forward to welcoming and meeting you.

Open House Times April 23, 12pm–2pm

ELCA Church Property Resource Hub  

Developed in response to requests from synod and congregational leaders, the Church Property Resource Hub offers support in navigating the opportunities and challenges that buildings and land represent for congregational vitality and the wider mission of the church. - Find resources and expand your knowledge of church property management through templates, guides, explainers; and courses. - Share advice and get support from colleagues with experience answering property management questions, all on our digital forum (forthcoming). - Be inspired by success stories of faith communities using underutilized space in exciting new ways to fulfill their missions.

Excellence in Leadership

Excellence in Leadership is a leadership formation ministry that was born, nurtured, and launched out of the Rocky Mountain Synod. As of February 1, 2026, we are our own nonprofit organization. We celebrate the past, present, and future relationship with the Rocky Mountain Synod and the people, congregations, and organizations in it! Excellence in Leadership offers several opportunities for individuals and groups to encourage, equip, and become healthy leaders for the sake of ministries and for the sake of the world. We offer topical workshops, ethics and boundaries training, council retreats, strategic planning guidance, courses and more to help people become stronger and more grounded in the work that they do, both in the congregation and in daily life. Our ministry is intentionally designed for clergy and lay people to engage together. So, all are welcome to participate – individuals and groups, people of all ages, formal leaders and future leaders. This ministry is intended for YOU. We seek to meet the needs that are currently present in your contexts and are happy to have a conversation with you about how we can accompany and support you. At our table you will find more information about each of these opportunities, along with samples of our curriculum, books that we use, and some swag to remember us by! Come check us out!

Global Church Network

Walking and working together, the Global Church Network seeks to accompany our companions. The ELCA lives out accompaniment in relationship with global companions, striving to share God's love and participate in God's mission together:

• Mutually: All of us have gifts to support God’s mission. There is no mission to, only mission with and among.
• Inclusively: We seek to build relationships across boundaries that exclude and divide.
• Vulnerably: Just as Jesus became vulnerable to us, we open ourselves to others.
• Empowering: We seek to identify and correct imbalances of power, which may mean recognizing and letting go of our own.
• Sustainably: To ensure local ministries last for a long time, we seek to embed mission in ongoing relationships and communities.

The Rocky Mountain Synod Global Church Network (RMSGCN) serves as an umbrella organization for the many ministries that span both our synod and our planet. 

• Border and Immigration Ministries: Partnering with our border congregations to offer a bi-annual border immersion experience for anyone who is interested. We also serve as the connection for Border Servant Corps, the Immigrant Accompaniment Network, AMMPARO (the ELCA's strategy for Accompanying Migrants with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities),
• Companion Synod: We strive to stay informed of the concerns of our Companion Synods in Madagascar as we accompany them.
• SUMUD: (ELCA strategy for Embracing Justice, Peace and Nonviolence.  SUMUD is the Arabic word for "steadfastness") 
• YAGM: (ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission) stay connected with the YAGMs from our Synod and to encourage young adults to serve in this capacity for one year. 

Each of these groups are blessed with talented and passionate people who do the amazing work of connecting this Synod with the world and in accompanying our companions in doing the work that Jesus calls all of us to do. 

Global Refuge

Global Refuge is the ELCA's refugee resettlement agency, ministry we have done for 87 years. Over these years, Lutheran congregations have resettled more than 770,000 refugees! Our display area will include information on our current ministries and the opportunity to sign up for regular updates on what is happening in the USA relating to immigrants and refugees - www.globalrefuge.org . Plus information on our new "Faith Alliance" training program for congregations. While the federal government is currently limited our traditional refuge resettlement work, we continue to be part of the long welcome for newcomers to our nation!

Innovative Confirmation Ministry

Descripton Pending

Lightwell of Colorado, representing Brotherhood Mutual

Providing ministries just like yours with: Property & Liability Insurance Auto Insurance Workers' Compensation Risk Management Resources & Training.

When your mission is protected, ours is fulfilled!

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a faith based, non-profit human services agency providing adoption, disaster relief, foster care, older adult guardianship, family support & education, and refugee & immigration services since 1948. We provide help and support to ALL children and families during their most challenging times. At LFSRM, we believe that all people, from the newborn to the most elderly, are valued members of our community.

With locations in Albuquerque, Billings, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Las Cruces, and Salt Lake City, we partner with communities to meet the unmet needs affecting their most vulnerable populations. LFSRM strives to recognize areas in need and to find ways to serve those who have seemingly become invisible. Every day, hundreds of people turn to LFSRM for refuge, help and hope. Stop by our table to learn more about our programs, meet team members, and learn more about how we are committed to strengthening our communites.

Bethany Patchers Quilting Bee Open House

Location: Room 209, 12pm–2pm on April 23, 2026

Join the Bethany Patchers to work on a tie quilt. The group looks forward to welcoming and meeting you.

New Beginnings Worshipping Community

Hope is Not Contraband

Stop by the New Beginnings table and discover how hope is taking root behind prison walls. We are a congregation that just happens to worship inside the Denver Women’s Prison and a community grounded in the belief that no one is beyond grace, and that transformation happens through connection, dignity, and love. Read More.

Nominating Committee

Interested in nominating yourself or someone else for a position on a Synod Committee or Council? Stop by and say hello to the Nominating Committee. They'll help you through the process and even help you have some fun considering your gifts and interests for serving in the synod.

Oaks Indian Mission

225 Years of Ministry: A Legacy of Hope at Oaks Indian Mission In 1801, long before Oklahoma became a state, Oaks Indian Mission was founded with a bold and compassionate vision: to care for children and families in need. Read More

Dan and Ashley Cooper

Oaks Indian Mission

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS) develops leaders in the Lutheran tradition for a complex and changing world, equipping people to put their faith into action for the work of justice in their communities. Located in Berkeley, CA, PLTS offers online graduate degree and certificate programs with in-person intensives through our Distributed Learning modality. PLTS also offers online continuing education courses and certificates in climate justice, racial justice, and church leadership. Stop by the PLTS table to learn more! I (Emma, Assistant Director of Admission) am excited to be with you at the Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly, my first synod assembly, and look forward to connecting with you!

Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp (RTLC)

Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp is a camping ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We offer our ministry in partnership with the congregations of the Rocky Mountain Synod. Our Mission Statement Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp creates holy spaces that embody God’s radical grace to affirm, empower, and transform all people to be Christ’s light in the world. Our Missional Motivators are: We value and are intentional about: • Holy spaces where God is at work • Genuinely living God’s profound grace and love • Actively engaging in the living Word of God • Authentic, safe, and quality relationships and experiences • Radical and abundant hospitality • All people being empowered to claim and live out their unique gifts. Summer Programs Our summer programs currently serve over 3,000 youth of all ages, teaching the good news of Jesus Christ. Summer camping ministries at Rainbow Trail contain four different programs: Onsite ministries, Backpack ministries, Day Camp ministries, and Bridging Borders ministries. Please stop by to meet our new Executive Director Dave Gunnlaugsson and learn more about everything RTLC has to offer!

Rejoicing Spirits

Rejoicing Spirits was founded on the belief that all people should have the opportunity to explore faith and spirituality. This innovative ministry works with congregations to provide a meaningful, inclusive worship service in a loving and supportive community for people with intellectual disabilities and the people who love them. People are free to be themselves while actively participating as contributing members in an inclusive Faith community.

RMS Campus Ministry

Campus Ministries of the Rocky Mountain Synod accompany young adults with caring community, faith exploration, and leadership formation. Meet leaders from your campus ministries throughout the synod and learn about how you can support young adults on campus.

Campus Ministry in the RMS

RMS ELCA World Hunger Network

Physical hunger is the manifestation of greater issues we all want to get to the root of! People also hunger for security, for justice, for a relationship with God and one another. Going strong for 51+ years, ELCA World Hunger works tirelessly to alleviate hungers in communities worldwide. Combining immediate relief efforts with sustainable development, we work to break the cycle of hunger and build healthier futures. Lutheran Disaster Response puts immediate and long-term boots on the ground when major disasters knock down communities. AMMPARO suppports immigrants and refugees, actively accompanying them on whatever stage of their journey to a better life they are in. Creation Cares focuses on environmental issues. Churches throughout our synod are actively working on these issues right now. The goal of our Hunger team is to coordinate our efforts, brainstorm new ideas, support your church's projects, and help you obtain long-term and Daily Bread grants. We are stronger together when we share our successes and challenges. Come over and join the RMS Rallyhood! Pick up some interesting swag, join in on some good conversation & music, and for God's sake, let's help feed the fire in all of us!

Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp

Description Pending

Story Gallery

Spend some time in the Bethany Chapel and experience stories from across the synod. Discover how people of all ages are living Life in Christ, serving God, and making a difference. The chapel will be open beginning April 23, 12pm through the entire assembly. Come anytime!

Thrivent Financial

Description Pending

Urban Servant Corps Project

Urban Servant Corps: A place to belong. A welcoming and affirming community. An opportunity to serve. At USC, we believe that people need people -- and that it is in community, we are able to live more faithful, simple lives that are in service to one another. Our full-time volunteers live in an intentional community house in downtown Denver with others who are committed to social justice, racial justice, and accompanying vulnerable populations. Urban Servant Corps is currently hosting full-time, young-adult volunteers for the 2025-2026 year of service. Throughout this year, the USC Board of Directors and staff have been in faithful discernment to identify a "Radical Restart" that will be impactful to the community and sustainable for the organization. We are eager to share these updates with you at the Assembly!

Veteran Servant Corps Project (VSCP)

Do Veterans feel God's love at your church? Please stop by the Veteran Servant Corps Project table so together, we can explore ways to reach over in the pews and out into the community to support military men and women the way Christ calls us to do. Larry and I look forward to talking with you!

Vicky Daub Executive Director Veteran Servant Corps Project

Wartburg Theological Seminary

Wartburg Theological Seminary is a worship-oriented community of theological formation. Located in Dubuque, Iowa and serving students and synods across the entire United States, Wartburg is delighted to have a strong relationship with the Rocky Mountain Synod. With residential, collaborative, and distance options for learning, the Reconciling in Christ Wartburg community is vibrant, engaged, and always learning. Deacon Kellie Lisi is a rostered leader in the Rocky Mountain Synod and Wartburg's Vice President for Leadership Formation. Fun fact: her son, Nolan, was baptized here at Bethany Lutheran Church in 2017 while she and her family were members here, (and her husband Jason Davis served as Bethany's Senior High Youth Director!).