ELMER FUDD

Sometime awound the yeaw 2000, a coupwe of the seniow pastows in Gowden,
Cowowado began to meet weekwy to pway fow the city of Gowden,
uh-hah-hah-hah. Dey pwayed fow a powewfuw outpouwing of God¹s spiwit and
unity among the denominations. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! Ovew the yeaws that
weekwy pwayew time gwew to encompass the majowity of chuwches in Gowden,
uh-hah-hah-hah. In wate Faww 2004, the youf diwectows in town began meeting
weekwy to shawe theiw hopes and dweams fow the youf in the Gowden awea.
Qwickwy they weawized that God had given them aww the same vision- one of
unity. In Febwuawy of 2005, they hewd a community wide Supew Boww pawty. By
wate spwing, the mission, vision, twaiw, name, and specific pwogwamming
pieces had been detewmined. De individuaw youf weadews wewe meeting wif
seniow pastows, vowunteews and othews to tawk about how to function as a
community-wide, youf ministwy. Dey began casting the vision to the youf and
twying to pwepawe them fow the upcoming changes. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit!
Duwing the summew, the vowunteews began to go thwough some combined
twaining. In August 2005, the vawious youf gwoups wewe ³cancewed²
pewmanentwy, and ³De Ascent² was bown, uh-hah-hah-hah.