December 2003 About this issue: Feature Northwest Spirit December 01, 2003 | Richard Dower, Richard Dower One day when he was 14, Glenn Walters decided that he did not want to clean cow barns for the rest of his life. That decision would affect the rest of his life and the lives of countless other people.Glenn’s Adventist parents were dairy farmers. H... More Features The Widows Might: It’s Tuesday afternoon, and Jesus has spent a difficult day in continual conflict with Jewish leaders. Walking through the crowd at the temple for the last time, Jesus observes the long procession of worshippers dressed in finery and moving slowly... Read more The Widows Might: It’s Tuesday afternoon, and Jesus has spent a difficult day in continual conflict with Jewish leaders. Walking through the crowd at the temple for the last time, Jesus observes the long procession of worshippers dressed in finery and moving slowly... Read more Blessed to be a Blessing "Unless the Lord relinquishes me from my current obligation, I cannot move in another direction." This is the statement Rod made while considering an opportunity to engage in missionary work for a small church in Glasgow, Mont. A lifelong Adventis... Read more Blessed to be a Blessing "Unless the Lord relinquishes me from my current obligation, I cannot move in another direction." This is the statement Rod made while considering an opportunity to engage in missionary work for a small church in Glasgow, Mont. A lifelong Adventis... Read more A Lifelong Partnership A special partnership began on January 1, 1937, when wedding vows were exchanged between Lloyd and Gertrude Canaday. Other vows were taken that day also. Promises were made to never go to bed angry, to have both morning and evening worship, and to... Read more A Lifelong Partnership A special partnership began on January 1, 1937, when wedding vows were exchanged between Lloyd and Gertrude Canaday. Other vows were taken that day also. Promises were made to never go to bed angry, to have both morning and evening worship, and to... Read more Northwest Spirit One day when he was 14, Glenn Walters decided that he did not want to clean cow barns for the rest of his life. That decision would affect the rest of his life and the lives of countless other people.Glenn’s Adventist parents were dairy farmers. H... Read more Others A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more The Christmas Story Today? I used to believe that poor Mary and Joseph had it pretty tough. You know, walking and riding on a donkey 80 miles to Bethlehem all so they could pay taxes. Then finding no place to stay birthing their Son in a stall and cradling Him in a manger.A... Read more The Christmas Story Today? I used to believe that poor Mary and Joseph had it pretty tough. You know, walking and riding on a donkey 80 miles to Bethlehem all so they could pay taxes. Then finding no place to stay birthing their Son in a stall and cradling Him in a manger.A... Read more Venden Leftovers "Converts just don’t stick.” The speaker, critical of the conference spending money on public evangelism, was arguing that there are few lasting results from public meetings and therefore the money should be spent on more worthwhile things. You ma... Read more A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more How to Get Rich A fable is told in India of a poor beggar who lived in a state ruled by a maharaja. The beggar had no home but slept on a mat in a homeless shelter. On frigid evenings he covered himself with a treasured collection of tattered rags. Having no mean... Read more Academy Bible Conference Helps Youth Face the Real World This year's Academy Bible Conference brought academy, home school and public high school students from across the North Pacific Union Conference for an October weekend of spiritual enrichment at Camp Berachah near Auburn, Wash.The theme for the we... Read more Portland Hosts Adventist Leadership Convention The Adventist Leadership Convention, "Growing a Family of Grace," was held in Portland, Ore., Oct. 16–19. More than 450 people attended the convention, which featured specific ministry tracks and more than 120 seminars tailored to fit the needs of... Read more Venden Leftovers "Converts just don’t stick.” The speaker, critical of the conference spending money on public evangelism, was arguing that there are few lasting results from public meetings and therefore the money should be spent on more worthwhile things. You ma... Read more News The Gift of Hope: Bennett Finds Her Role in Health Care Satisfying Pathfinder Missionaries Visit Alaska Villages Conference Secretary Named Courageous Administrator Alaska Offers Many Mission Opportunities Women Retreat to Camp Ida Haven Creative Field Trips Inspire Desert View Students Church in the Park Emphasizes Friendship Brain Games Bring Smart Fun to Campus Montana Conference Office Moves To Quieter Location Mt. Ellis Students Visit Yellowstone Baptism Held at Special Site Libby Youth Writes Column in Church Newsletter Portland Hosts Adventist Leadership Convention Academy Bible Conference Helps Youth Face the Real World Milo Seniors Survive Wilderness Challenges PAA Students Test Stream Health Columbia Seniors Survive Paradise Dallas Team Builds Church in Dominican Republic Battle Ground Fire Department Announces CAA Senior Officers University Park Church Grows in Membership and Services Fourth Grader Delivers Lunch and New Class Project Ridge Dell Moves Forward in Faith Sutherlin School Celebrates Loan Burning Bend Members Complete Portland Marathon Oregon Youth Bring VBS To Alaska Parents Experience UCA Campus For Themselves Goldendale Welcomes Not-So-Retired Teachers Wenatchee Valley Holds First Camp Meeting WWVA Seniors Elect Officers Troy Church Enjoys Homecoming Lending a Helping Hand Fall Service Day 2003 Shelton Mixes Health and Good Food Buena Vista Breaks Ground On New Addition PSAA Students Jump To Help Farmer PSAA Celebrates Teacher's Life Eight Hands Bring Spark To Auburns Pianos From the Ashes Auburn Students Fight Skagit Floodwater Help Arrives from All Over Washington Women Experience God's Spirit Tragedy & Triumph Auburn's Nelson Hall Is Destroyed by Fire Graham Church Expands To Meet Neighborhood Needs Not a Drill NAD Pathfinder Camporee Heads Back to Oshkosh ACN offers great Adventist Preaching
The Widows Might: It’s Tuesday afternoon, and Jesus has spent a difficult day in continual conflict with Jewish leaders. Walking through the crowd at the temple for the last time, Jesus observes the long procession of worshippers dressed in finery and moving slowly... Read more
The Widows Might: It’s Tuesday afternoon, and Jesus has spent a difficult day in continual conflict with Jewish leaders. Walking through the crowd at the temple for the last time, Jesus observes the long procession of worshippers dressed in finery and moving slowly... Read more
Blessed to be a Blessing "Unless the Lord relinquishes me from my current obligation, I cannot move in another direction." This is the statement Rod made while considering an opportunity to engage in missionary work for a small church in Glasgow, Mont. A lifelong Adventis... Read more
Blessed to be a Blessing "Unless the Lord relinquishes me from my current obligation, I cannot move in another direction." This is the statement Rod made while considering an opportunity to engage in missionary work for a small church in Glasgow, Mont. A lifelong Adventis... Read more
A Lifelong Partnership A special partnership began on January 1, 1937, when wedding vows were exchanged between Lloyd and Gertrude Canaday. Other vows were taken that day also. Promises were made to never go to bed angry, to have both morning and evening worship, and to... Read more
A Lifelong Partnership A special partnership began on January 1, 1937, when wedding vows were exchanged between Lloyd and Gertrude Canaday. Other vows were taken that day also. Promises were made to never go to bed angry, to have both morning and evening worship, and to... Read more
Northwest Spirit One day when he was 14, Glenn Walters decided that he did not want to clean cow barns for the rest of his life. That decision would affect the rest of his life and the lives of countless other people.Glenn’s Adventist parents were dairy farmers. H... Read more
A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more
A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more
The Christmas Story Today? I used to believe that poor Mary and Joseph had it pretty tough. You know, walking and riding on a donkey 80 miles to Bethlehem all so they could pay taxes. Then finding no place to stay birthing their Son in a stall and cradling Him in a manger.A... Read more
The Christmas Story Today? I used to believe that poor Mary and Joseph had it pretty tough. You know, walking and riding on a donkey 80 miles to Bethlehem all so they could pay taxes. Then finding no place to stay birthing their Son in a stall and cradling Him in a manger.A... Read more
Venden Leftovers "Converts just don’t stick.” The speaker, critical of the conference spending money on public evangelism, was arguing that there are few lasting results from public meetings and therefore the money should be spent on more worthwhile things. You ma... Read more
A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more
A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more
How to Get Rich A fable is told in India of a poor beggar who lived in a state ruled by a maharaja. The beggar had no home but slept on a mat in a homeless shelter. On frigid evenings he covered himself with a treasured collection of tattered rags. Having no mean... Read more
Academy Bible Conference Helps Youth Face the Real World This year's Academy Bible Conference brought academy, home school and public high school students from across the North Pacific Union Conference for an October weekend of spiritual enrichment at Camp Berachah near Auburn, Wash.The theme for the we... Read more
Portland Hosts Adventist Leadership Convention The Adventist Leadership Convention, "Growing a Family of Grace," was held in Portland, Ore., Oct. 16–19. More than 450 people attended the convention, which featured specific ministry tracks and more than 120 seminars tailored to fit the needs of... Read more
Venden Leftovers "Converts just don’t stick.” The speaker, critical of the conference spending money on public evangelism, was arguing that there are few lasting results from public meetings and therefore the money should be spent on more worthwhile things. You ma... Read more
