Tara VinCross Washington Conference youth ministries associate director By Tara VinCross A Heavenly Adventure The Washington Conference Adventurer program has been steadily growing. More and more churches have started their own clubs as they recognize the value of a family-centered children's ministry. To enhance and equip these ministries, the North Amer... Read more The Gatherings At the beginning of the year, the Washington Conference young-adult department began a series of “Gatherings,” events specifically for young adults 19–35, focusing on spiritual renewal, fellowship and service.Taking place in various cities all acr... Read more Public High School Retreat 2005 Every year on the first weekend in March, Sunset Lake Camp is alive with teenagers for Public High School Retreat. This year's theme focused on allowing Jesus to come in and be the light of your world, so that you can “shine” for God where you liv... Read more Learning to Walk Youth Rally 2005 Walking. It’s something we do everyday. Whether we’re feeling happy, sad, angry or content, most of us walk around each and every day. It’s so much a part of the way we live, that we wouldn’t dream of not walking.Is that how it is with our spiritu... Read more Washington Conference Adventurer Family Campout From all across Western Washington and even a few other states, families gathered together for the Washington Conference Adventurer Family Campout last September. Hosted at Sunset Lake Camp, this family-centered weekend allows kids and parents to ... Read more Youth Challenge Members Bless and Are Blessed Twenty-nine young people assembled June 13 in Renton, Wash., to begin a summer of adventure in service to God. Not knowing all that was in store, they followed God’s calling to be His hands, His feet, His eyes and His voice to the world during thi... Read more Congreso de Jovenes 2004 "El Amor Triunfa," the triumphant love of God, was the theme for the Washington Conference Spanish Youth Congress April 30–May 2. During the weekend, the Puget Sound Adventist Academy gym was filled with more than 450 guests who spent the day in w... Read more Slowing Down the Fast and the Curious More than 100 public high school students and 40 volunteer adult staff members spent March 5–7 at Sunset Lake Camp for the annual Washington Conference public high school retreat. This year’s theme, “The Fast and the Curious,” spoke to the many st... Read more Conference Hosts Adventurer Fun Fair "Come one! Come all! See Scruffy the Clown, play games, win prizes, eat snacks and look at the crafts other clubs have made. It will certainly be an evening to remember!”And that it was.It was a Saturday night filled with fun on March 20 when more... Read more
A Heavenly Adventure The Washington Conference Adventurer program has been steadily growing. More and more churches have started their own clubs as they recognize the value of a family-centered children's ministry. To enhance and equip these ministries, the North Amer... Read more
The Gatherings At the beginning of the year, the Washington Conference young-adult department began a series of “Gatherings,” events specifically for young adults 19–35, focusing on spiritual renewal, fellowship and service.Taking place in various cities all acr... Read more
Public High School Retreat 2005 Every year on the first weekend in March, Sunset Lake Camp is alive with teenagers for Public High School Retreat. This year's theme focused on allowing Jesus to come in and be the light of your world, so that you can “shine” for God where you liv... Read more
Learning to Walk Youth Rally 2005 Walking. It’s something we do everyday. Whether we’re feeling happy, sad, angry or content, most of us walk around each and every day. It’s so much a part of the way we live, that we wouldn’t dream of not walking.Is that how it is with our spiritu... Read more
Washington Conference Adventurer Family Campout From all across Western Washington and even a few other states, families gathered together for the Washington Conference Adventurer Family Campout last September. Hosted at Sunset Lake Camp, this family-centered weekend allows kids and parents to ... Read more
Youth Challenge Members Bless and Are Blessed Twenty-nine young people assembled June 13 in Renton, Wash., to begin a summer of adventure in service to God. Not knowing all that was in store, they followed God’s calling to be His hands, His feet, His eyes and His voice to the world during thi... Read more
Congreso de Jovenes 2004 "El Amor Triunfa," the triumphant love of God, was the theme for the Washington Conference Spanish Youth Congress April 30–May 2. During the weekend, the Puget Sound Adventist Academy gym was filled with more than 450 guests who spent the day in w... Read more
Slowing Down the Fast and the Curious More than 100 public high school students and 40 volunteer adult staff members spent March 5–7 at Sunset Lake Camp for the annual Washington Conference public high school retreat. This year’s theme, “The Fast and the Curious,” spoke to the many st... Read more
Conference Hosts Adventurer Fun Fair "Come one! Come all! See Scruffy the Clown, play games, win prizes, eat snacks and look at the crafts other clubs have made. It will certainly be an evening to remember!”And that it was.It was a Saturday night filled with fun on March 20 when more... Read more
