As a student pastor for the past 10 years I have found that experiences are key to a student's growth, maturity, and character. Becoming a chaplain at a local State-owned Youth Services Center (juvenile detention center), I have learned that students in crisis are in a perfect place to make a decision to change their negative behavior and turn it into positive behavior. They want to become leaders in this city, with integrity and character. These students have seen the consequences of their actions and have grown from them. We aspire to provide experiences through wilderness trips to allow students to make this discovery and change negative habits into life giving habits. They will learn respect for others in community, taking care of others needs, and to see themselves through others eyes that believe in them. Wilderness Experiential Ministry is in it's infant stages and will start by taking trips with Denver at-risk and/or detained youth. We are currently raising funds for this endevor. Please visit the website on the right side of this page to learn more. The above picture is a sunrise from the top of Mount Bierstadt, 1 of 54 fourteen thousand foot peaks in Colorado.