Rick and Becky Olmstead founded the Vineyard Church of the Rockies in 1982. God put the city of Fort Collins on Rick and Becky's heart after eating Shakey's Pizza in Cheyenne while driving through to meet a friend. Multiple confirmations of this calling prompted Rick and Becky to move to Fort Collins. The first meeting consisted of only seven participants. In the two decades since, the Vineyard has grown to 2,000 participants on Sundays and over 3,000 overall in Fort Collins and Windsor.