Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Leer más
Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Leer más
Slavic and Linwood Church Services Go Live on the Web The Spokane Slavic Church has experience with international broadcasting. For more than a year, the sermons from Volodymyr Nesteruk, pastor, have been broadcast on the Hope Channel Europe (HCE) and can be seen as far away as his native Ukraine. No... Leer más
Boot Camp 2007 Lay Evangelism Off to a Great Start More than 167 lay people joined a ShareHIM boot camp held Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2007, at Camp Mivoden. We arrived with a common interest, a hunger and thirst for soul winning. From opening night it was obvious the unity we felt, was fueled by our passio... Leer más
Moped Helps Pastor in Vietnam Go More Miles in the Ministry Imagine being a pastor, trying to serve a thousand members in more than 30 congregations, traveling on foot. Through stories told by Linnea Torkelson, Adventist Southeast Projects board member, the Spokane East Central Church youth group learned a... Leer más
Fall Festival for Spokane Linwood Church More than 100 people came to the Country Bumpkins Fall Festival on Oct. 28, 2007, sponsored by the Spokane Linwood (Wash.) Church. Activities included a treasure hunt for more than 100 mini candy bars, music by the Forever Country Singers, and a g... Leer más
Yakima Student Wins Award Jonathan Sharley, 16, won the Yakima/Ellensburg regional Young Pianists Award. The son of Harry and Lori Sharley, Yakima Church pastor and wife, performed Schumann’s "Piano Concerto in A Minor" in his bid for the award at the Dec. 2, 2007 event. J... Leer más
Fairfield Bikers Rally for Jesus Several years ago, a number of Fairfield Church members were semi-truck drivers, inspiring member and driver Doug Minett to hold a truck rally. One sunny Sabbath morning, a small fleet of gleaming tractor-trailers pulled in one by one making quite... Leer más
Winning Souls One at a Time In Omak's Native American Community Omak (Wash.) Church members have been active in reaching Native Americans in their area. Since April 2006, members have been involved in giving Native New Day Bible studies and showing the Native New Day DVDs to people in the Colville Tribal Conva... Leer más
