Capitol Ministries

28 CM 2018 | State Ministries Con nued on page 30 CALIFORNIA I T HAS BEEN SAID THAT EXPERIENCED MOUNTAINEER MIKE SHREVE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO THE SUMMIT. MIKE, WHO HAS BEEN MINISTERING TO LEGISLATORS AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE CAPI- TOL SINCE JANUARY, 2015, IS ALSO FONDLY KNOWN AS MOUN- TAIN MIKE. He's climbed the vertical granite monolith El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and slept in a hammock hanging off its face. Many times he's hiked the 215-mile John Muir Trail that stretches from Yosemite across the Ansel Adams Wilder- ness and ends at Mount Whitney which, at 14,496 feet, is the highest peak in the Continental United States. He founded Ultimate Wilderness Adventures ministry which offered 3- to 8-day backpack trips where participants fellowship and worship the Creator in the midst of rugged beauty. New to the capitol community, Mike found it difficult to es- tablish a formal sit-down Bible study right away, so every week he walks the capitol, going from office to office to offer Scrip- ture and pray with about 200 people from all political parties. "Lawmakers need to have a biblical core and know that Jesus Christ is the way, the Truth, and the life," Mike said. "ey can be considered very good men, but if they are following pseudo- truths they can be three degrees off and where will they end up over 10 years' time? I want to give them a reference point." Now that he has become friends with many people in the capitol, Mike intends to plant a formal, weekly, in-depth ex- egetical Bible study in the near future. In the meantime, he walks the Sacramento Capitol ministering. Atop one of the more prominent buildings on the capitol campus, this poi- gnant quote is engraved: "Bring me men to match my moun- tains." "I am a shepherd," Mike said. "at is who God wired me to be. I've been up in the mountains shepherding sheep, and now God is bringing me down to the valley to shepherd giants." Yosemite Merced River and El Capitan in Yosemite National Park capital: Sacramento population: 39,557,045 governor: Jerry Brown legislature: 120 Members Mike Shreve Ministry Leader California State Capitol

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