John Kriegelstein Alaska Conference education superintendant and communication director By John Kriegelstein Mat-Su Signing Choir Produces DVD When the 31-member Mat-Su Signing Choir, directed by Dorothy Johnson and composed of students from Matanuska Valley Adventist School and homeschoolers, performed for camp meeting last June, the emotive appeal of the young people using the American... Read more Alaska Students Respond to Tsunami Victims Alaskan Adventist school students have joined children across America by opening their hearts and piggy banks in response to the news stories and photos of the devastation from the tsunami in Asia. In Sitka, Cindy Patten and her 11 students chose ... Read more American Far-West Frontier Mission Post Nome, Alaska Each Friday the Nome Adventist School upper-grade students move out of their classroom and set up the room for church. While the church members and students would rather not make this move each week, they see it as one of the sacrifices they can m... Read more Christmas Carols Across Alaska What would Christmas be without the traditional school Christmas program? Across Alaska, nervous students practiced lines and songs and prepared backdrops for their annual Christmas programs. Whether the program consisted of simple songs or comple... Read more Wibberding Ordained to Gospel Ministry Lonnie Wibberding was ordained as a pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Oct. 16. Wibbberding currently pastors two churches in southeastern Alaska. The service was attended by Ken Crawford, conference president; Jim Kincaid, conference s... Read more Olson Ordained to Chaplaincy Ministry Keith Olson was ordained to the chaplaincy ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at a special service Oct. 23 at the Midtown Church in Anchorage. Both local church members and conference officials attended.Olson currently serves as the spir... Read more Cheri Peters Speaks to Women and Youth The fifth annual Aleknagik Women’s Retreat was held Sept. 24–27 on Aleknagik Island, which is accessible only by a boat ride from the mouth of Lake Aleknagik. “God feels very close out there away from the noise and people of the town,” reported Be... Read more Palmer School, Korean Church Under Construction Someone has said that there are two seasons in Alaska—construction and winter. Since the fireweed has finished blooming, buildings under construction are being closed in for winter. Two major conference building projects within Alaska are progress... Read more Something for Everyone Found at Alaska Camp Meeting Approximately 600 people attended the 26th annual Southcentral Alaska Camp Meeting held near Palmer June 15–19. This was the first time camp meeting was held in June rather than the traditional August date. A full schedule of age-appropriate progr... Read more Alaska Students Enjoy Field Trips from Land of Dead-end Roads There are no roads to Nome, Dillingham, Juneau or Sitka. These towns, along with the majority of small Alaskan villages, are all accessed exclusively either by air or water. In fact, Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, has roads that only go 40 miles n... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ››
Mat-Su Signing Choir Produces DVD When the 31-member Mat-Su Signing Choir, directed by Dorothy Johnson and composed of students from Matanuska Valley Adventist School and homeschoolers, performed for camp meeting last June, the emotive appeal of the young people using the American... Read more
Alaska Students Respond to Tsunami Victims Alaskan Adventist school students have joined children across America by opening their hearts and piggy banks in response to the news stories and photos of the devastation from the tsunami in Asia. In Sitka, Cindy Patten and her 11 students chose ... Read more
American Far-West Frontier Mission Post Nome, Alaska Each Friday the Nome Adventist School upper-grade students move out of their classroom and set up the room for church. While the church members and students would rather not make this move each week, they see it as one of the sacrifices they can m... Read more
Christmas Carols Across Alaska What would Christmas be without the traditional school Christmas program? Across Alaska, nervous students practiced lines and songs and prepared backdrops for their annual Christmas programs. Whether the program consisted of simple songs or comple... Read more
Wibberding Ordained to Gospel Ministry Lonnie Wibberding was ordained as a pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Oct. 16. Wibbberding currently pastors two churches in southeastern Alaska. The service was attended by Ken Crawford, conference president; Jim Kincaid, conference s... Read more
Olson Ordained to Chaplaincy Ministry Keith Olson was ordained to the chaplaincy ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at a special service Oct. 23 at the Midtown Church in Anchorage. Both local church members and conference officials attended.Olson currently serves as the spir... Read more
Cheri Peters Speaks to Women and Youth The fifth annual Aleknagik Women’s Retreat was held Sept. 24–27 on Aleknagik Island, which is accessible only by a boat ride from the mouth of Lake Aleknagik. “God feels very close out there away from the noise and people of the town,” reported Be... Read more
Palmer School, Korean Church Under Construction Someone has said that there are two seasons in Alaska—construction and winter. Since the fireweed has finished blooming, buildings under construction are being closed in for winter. Two major conference building projects within Alaska are progress... Read more
Something for Everyone Found at Alaska Camp Meeting Approximately 600 people attended the 26th annual Southcentral Alaska Camp Meeting held near Palmer June 15–19. This was the first time camp meeting was held in June rather than the traditional August date. A full schedule of age-appropriate progr... Read more
Alaska Students Enjoy Field Trips from Land of Dead-end Roads There are no roads to Nome, Dillingham, Juneau or Sitka. These towns, along with the majority of small Alaskan villages, are all accessed exclusively either by air or water. In fact, Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, has roads that only go 40 miles n... Read more
