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2011 A U G U S T U P D A T E ISSUE 5

It’s hard to believe that

it’s August already. Sincethe last newsletter we’ve

visited friends and familyin Iowa and Canada;moved to a newapartment; spent time

with New Denver

friends at BBQ’s, Pool

Parties, and Rockiesgames; Matt’s taken two

classes and helped teacha “Spiritual Life Course”at church; Hilary’sstarted a new job; Matt’s

worked in the eastern

Colorado wheat elds;

we went on abackpacking trip, and we

celebrated our 5thanniversary. It’s beencrazy. We’ve had fun, builtold friendships and even

made some new ones!

Keeping Busy Throughout the Summer

AN UPDATE ABOUT THE PLACES,FACES, AND ADVENTURES OFOUR SUMMER

COLORADO WHEAT HARVEST ANNI VERS ARY AT PI KE’S P EAK NEPHEWS’ BIRTHDAY PARTY

R I T T G E R S I N D E N V E R

Hilary’s New Job:

I work with adults withdevelopmental disabilitiesas a case manager. Eightweeks in so far and it’sgoing great! I really enjoybeing a part of a bigger

organization where I can

gain new skills and work in a professionalenvironment. The four daywork week is also a plus!

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If you’ve been keeping up with ourprevious newsletters, you are pretty

familiar with Matt’s part-time job atNew Denver Church. Things havecontinued to go very well! He’scontinued to co-lead the Young Adultsministry, co-taught a “Spiritual Life”

course on spiritual disciplines, andhelped church services continue on byhelping lead weekend programming.

This fall we look to kick off YoungAdults again in a powerful way. We wantto see our regular attendees get

plugged in with small groups,discipleship, and service. We hope tobe a welcoming place for the many newfaces we see on a weekly basis. Last

evening we had a dinner after ourchurch service with 20 young adults--three of which were new faces!

We want to say a huge “Thank You” tothe 8 donors that generously donated.We have used the gifts so far to help us

pay for a portion of Matt’s seminary

education. This has been a huge blessingthat we will reap for years to come.

This year we would like to raise an

additional $500 a month that wouldhelp contribute to Matt’s salary(Currently all New Denver Staff members raise support for their

salary). If you haven’t given yet, wewould like to encourage you toconsider supporting Matt’s church work

for the 2011-2012 school year. Your giftwill help us in three ways:

• Enabling us to continueministry (meeting withpeople costs us gas, cups of coffee, and meals)

• Giving us more margin in our

budget to save forunexpected expenses anddaily life

• Sharing our giving load (many of our current givers only

committed to giving throughthe end of 2011)

How To Give

You can give a tax-deductible donationtowards Matt’s ministry work at www.newdenver.org/giving/ Simplylog-on and designate a one time orreoccurring gift for Matt Rittgers.

A Big Ask for Matt’s Ministry At New Denver

PLACES AND FACES

PIKE’S PEAK

GARDEN OF THE GODS

HILARY AND NDC FRIENDS

4TH OF JULY

YOU HAVE GENEROUSLYHELPED US SAVE NEARLY$8000 OF SCHOOL DEBT!