Richie Brower

Fires ignited all across the Pacific and Inland Northwest on Labor Day 2020. Fueled by high winds and low humidity, they devoured vast areas with incredible speed. While most of those fires burned in Oregon conference territory, several raged in U...

Like millions of parents, I remember the day the governor of our state closed all the schools in an effort to slow the COVID-19 virus. Suddenly spring break got really long.

Saturday evening at Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Men’s Summit, our speaker was finished and I was looking for the prayer team to finish out our meeting. Though they were sitting in plain view, I didn’t see them. In that moment, I felt prompted ...

What do kids miss if your church doesn’t have a Pathfinder club? The answer came home to me in a flood recently.

What happens when teens and adults partner to serve people and communities right here in our own conference territory? Bridges of appreciation and curiosity are built.

How would you like to see the young people in your church adding six of Paul’s books to memory? Maybe the entire book of Daniel? That’s just what Pathfinder clubs across the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) have been doing since school began ...