Dec 5, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: Summer staff display while visiting Eastern Mennonite University The beginning of November, Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp travels to Virginia, Indiana and Kansas for summer staff recruiting trips. Each year, camp invites 25 staff members for the summer...
Nov 18, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: Participants gathered for a group photo RMMC Fall Mennonite Quilters celebrated 20 years of quilt retreats Oct. 31-Nov 3. Twenty women gathered to stitch, talk, eat, and have fun together. Rocky Mountain quilt retreats began in 2004 when Barb Swartzendruber...
Nov 13, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: Deer worked to move around in the snow RMMC quickly went from fall colors to full winter last week. The storm system brought just under 4 feet of snow (44 inches) which was the wet/heavy kind vs. light/fluffy. Grateful for the moisture from previous weeks...
Oct 25, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories, Uncategorized
PICTURED: Quilter’s Retreat offers its own fabric store . . . in the Bern Dining Hall October is referred to as “Quiltober” here at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp with 3 of the four weeks/weekends of the month humming to the sound of sewing machines...
Oct 25, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories, Uncategorized
PICTURED: Crew piecing fallen tree for removal A good week with a really good group made the week of the MDS/RMMC fire mitigation tree project a success. Held October 7-12, there were seventeen participants and leaders who worked in the forest, and four who worked in...
Oct 2, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: At ponds edge towards the Dining Hall/Lodge It’s a beautiful time of the year with the changing seasons here in the sub-alpine zone. Weekend church retreats took in the range of colors as part of their time here in September. (Note: Posts can be...
Jul 20, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: Campers enjoying pond time as a part of their afternoon activity! Rocky Mountain was blessed with a bunch of volunteers this summer to help out with support duties and maintenance projects around camp. The first group to visit camp was 50 people large and...
Jul 6, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: Campers enjoying pond time as a part of their afternoon activity! Resident Camp weeks at Rocky Mountain were jam-packed with fun events this year with 213 campers visiting throughout the summer. Campers began their week this year with welcome games and the...
Jun 1, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories
PICTURED: 2024 Summer Staff Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp welcomed 25 staff members for the summer. The group consists of many returning staff members as well as some new faces. Zach Kennell, Jesse Magill, and Anna Millsap joined the staff as the Wilderness Camp...
Apr 30, 2024 | 2024, News & Stories, Uncategorized
PICTURED: Trout getting a chilly reception to their new home Some new camp residents arrived last week with the addition of 70 Rainbow trout (Donaldson strain). When the trout arrive from the hatchery, they are 9-11 inches long. This strain of trout come from a...
