Aspen Gathering 2025 - Registration Now Open
YMCA of The Rockies - Estes Park Conference Center
September 29 - October 2, 2025
September 29 - October 2, 2025
Spend a few days in majestic Colorado in the shadow of Rocky Mountain National Park to hear from one another about the beauty of our Saviour. This conference, for pastors and elders (no spouses this time around), will include three plenary speakers, a handful of testimonials of God’s grace, two morning devotionals and time spent in small groups of no more than 4 men each to discuss the passages exposited by our plenary speakers and to pray for one another. We will feed you really well just ask anybody. Our speakers this year are Rev. Duane Cory, Dr. Rev. Irwyn Ince, and Rev. Robert Wagner. We encourage you to make a week of it, come early or stay late - you will have to make those arrangements. However, if you can’t include an extra day or two, we still provide ample time to hike, play golf, fish, or just drive through the park.
Our Speakers
Duane Cory
Duane is the founding pastor of Deer Creek Church in Littleton, Colorado and served as Senior Pastor for 35 years. He is married to Holly and they have four grown children and many grandchildren. Duane earned his bachelor’s degree from Covenant College and his Master of Divinity from Westminster Seminary. Duane and Holly both love the outdoors, the people of Deer Creek, and yes, after over 45 years together, they still love each other. Duane retired in December of 2022 and serves in a volunteer capacity helping with church planting.
Irwyn Ince
Irwyn was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. In 1987 he met the former Ms. Kim Shepard-El and they were married in 1992. Following his graduation from City College of NY in Harlem with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, he began his professional career as a systems engineer and project engineering manager in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan area.
Irwyn sensed a call to ministry and earned his Masters degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, DC on a part-time basis while continuing his engineering career. Following his graduation in 2006 Irwyn helped plant City of Hope Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MD. In 2016, he received the Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. His dissertation was on Identity Formation in Diverse Churches. He firmly believes that the ministry of reconciliation demonstrated in the local church by the gathering of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities, is the natural outworking of a rich covenantal theological commitment.
As the former Executive Director of the GraceDC Network Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission in Washington, DC. Dr. Ince worked to share his vision to equip churches and ministries with the confidence and competence to welcome others the way Jesus Christ welcomes us. His work at the Institute focused on developing the next generation of Christian leaders for cross-cultural ministry.
Irwyn is a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®) and certified in the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Assessment tool. Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince was unanimously elected moderator by the 46th PCA General Assembly – the first African American elected to the position, in 2018. In 2021, the Permanent Committee of Mission to North America unanimously elected Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince to be MNA Coordinator. In 2022 he was appointed as Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at RTS. Irwyn is author of The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, published in 2020 by InterVarsity Press.
Irwyn and Kim have been married for 30 years are the proud parents of four wonderful children and two beautiful, precious granddaughters. In addition to his passion for his family and for ministry, Dr. Ince enjoys coffee and Kettlebells.
Irwyn sensed a call to ministry and earned his Masters degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, DC on a part-time basis while continuing his engineering career. Following his graduation in 2006 Irwyn helped plant City of Hope Presbyterian Church in Columbia, MD. In 2016, he received the Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. His dissertation was on Identity Formation in Diverse Churches. He firmly believes that the ministry of reconciliation demonstrated in the local church by the gathering of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities, is the natural outworking of a rich covenantal theological commitment.
As the former Executive Director of the GraceDC Network Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission in Washington, DC. Dr. Ince worked to share his vision to equip churches and ministries with the confidence and competence to welcome others the way Jesus Christ welcomes us. His work at the Institute focused on developing the next generation of Christian leaders for cross-cultural ministry.
Irwyn is a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®) and certified in the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Assessment tool. Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince was unanimously elected moderator by the 46th PCA General Assembly – the first African American elected to the position, in 2018. In 2021, the Permanent Committee of Mission to North America unanimously elected Teaching Elder Irwyn Ince to be MNA Coordinator. In 2022 he was appointed as Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at RTS. Irwyn is author of The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best, published in 2020 by InterVarsity Press.
Irwyn and Kim have been married for 30 years are the proud parents of four wonderful children and two beautiful, precious granddaughters. In addition to his passion for his family and for ministry, Dr. Ince enjoys coffee and Kettlebells.
Robert Wagner
Robert and Michelle have been married since 1994 and have three children.
Robert survived the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After working as an engineer for a few years, he followed the calling of the Lord to prepare himself for gospel ministry. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in May of 2005 and was ordained in August of 2005.
Before coming on staff at Denton Presbyterian Church, Denton, Texas in 2015, he served as the youth pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Statesboro, Georgia for 10 years.
Robert was called to be Senior Pastor of Denton Presbyterian in January 2020.
Robert survived the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After working as an engineer for a few years, he followed the calling of the Lord to prepare himself for gospel ministry. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in May of 2005 and was ordained in August of 2005.
Before coming on staff at Denton Presbyterian Church, Denton, Texas in 2015, he served as the youth pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Statesboro, Georgia for 10 years.
Robert was called to be Senior Pastor of Denton Presbyterian in January 2020.