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Thearon Staddon, Thearon Staddon

Anchorage Sabbath School leader

By Thearon Staddon, Thearon Staddon

  • 2011 Men's Retreat

    November 01, 2011, by Thearon Staddon, Thearon Staddon
    There is probably no men's retreat on the face of the planet which is as clearly designed for men who love the Lord and the great Alaskan out-of-doors than the Alaskan Men's Retreat. For this, men must relish the challenge of getting there — whate...
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  • The Biggest Little Sabbath School Class in North America

    March 01, 2010, by Thearon Staddon, Thearon Staddon
    "Just last Sabbath, a member of my Sabbath School class asked another, 'You live about a mile east of the center of the runway in Galena, Alaska, don't you?' When the second member responded 'Yes!' the first member said, 'Then that means you live ...
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  • Men's Retreat in Alaska Wilderness

    September 01, 2007, by Thearon Staddon, Thearon Staddon
    It was only after I'd survived the first half-dozen hog wallows on the trail into the Alaska Men's Retreat that I began to really understand that this wasn't just romantic, guidebook Alaska—I was hip-deep and more in Alaska as she really is, in al...
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