April 2006 About this issue: Feature Our Church April 01, 2006 During the October 2005 Annual Council at the Adventist world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, delegates voted to create the Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures. This group of 100 people, including representatives from... More Features Young Disciple Ministries Young Disciple Ministries Read more Young Disciple Ministries Young Disciple Ministries Read more Managing the Mission This is the first of a three-part series of interviews with the officers of the North Pacific Union Conference. These interviews are presented with the hope that they will provide the readers a greater understanding of the scope, structure and wor... Read more Managing the Mission This is the first of a three-part series of interviews with the officers of the North Pacific Union Conference. These interviews are presented with the hope that they will provide the readers a greater understanding of the scope, structure and wor... Read more Our Church During the October 2005 Annual Council at the Adventist world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, delegates voted to create the Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures. This group of 100 people, including representatives from... Read more Others What's an Esdeeay? The term “SDA” as a short form of Seventh-day Adventist is an ingrained part of the church’s subcultural lingo. Church leaders, however, are now encouraging members and church organizations to instead use the single word “Adventist” as the only ap... Read more To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Read more To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Read more Next Month Youth who are not positively connected with the church's mission have no reason to stay as they graduate and move into the mainstream of society. Next month we'll dialog on how we can integrate our teens and young adults into the life and mission ... Read more What's an Esdeeay? The term “SDA” as a short form of Seventh-day Adventist is an ingrained part of the church’s subcultural lingo. Church leaders, however, are now encouraging members and church organizations to instead use the single word “Adventist” as the only ap... Read more Perfectly Off-key The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 when vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape. The band immediately attracted a strong word-of-mouth following by touring the country cons... Read more Next Month Youth who are not positively connected with the church's mission have no reason to stay as they graduate and move into the mainstream of society. Next month we'll dialog on how we can integrate our teens and young adults into the life and mission ... Read more Academy Awards Foundation Rewards Quality Education In 10 years, a record five academies from the North Pacific Union Conference have been awarded recognition as schools of excellence. Since 1997, the Alumni Awards Foundation has been rewarding Adventist academies that demonstrate excellence. Of th... Read more A Hero For God Carl Wilkens Receives Outstanding Achievement Award Carl Wilkens has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Alumni Awards Foundation for his selfless demonstration of God's love during the Rwandan genocide and for his untiring efforts since then to help Americans understand what real... Read more Upper Columbia Academy Named 2006 "Academy of Excellence" Read more Helen Conard Early Adventist Educator Whether you live in the Willamette Valley, the interior of Alaska, downtown Seattle or eastern Montana, chances are you spent several years in a small town in eastern Washington called College Place. The reason is simple—Walla Walla College. Read more News Finding Angels in Unexpected Places A Heart for Aleknagik's Kids Heritage Homecoming Camp Meeting Camp meeting Ad New Plymouth Brings Light To Ontario Prison Caldwell Student Wins Pacific Press Alice Doll Contest Shopping for a Church? Try the Mall! Students Portray Bible Characters For Mt. Ellis Week of Prayer Mt. Ellis Academy Food Fair Brings the World to Montana Winds of Change Bring Good Things to Havre Academy Awards Foundation Rewards Quality Education A Hero For God Carl Wilkens Receives Outstanding Achievement Award Upper Columbia Academy Named 2006 "Academy of Excellence" PAA Students Collect Food for PACS Milo's Early Morning Church Service Provides Glimpse of the Future Prayer Quest Rains Blessings On Grants Pass Vancouver 98672 Youth Initiate and Conduct Church India Land of Contrasts and Challenges Trio of Baptisms Celebrated in Hood River Livingstone Students Hold Evangelistic Series Church Under the Pines A Spokane Youth Ministry UCA Hosts Band Clinic For Upper Columbia Schools Russian Exchange Planned for Camp MiVoden Empowered A God-given Gift Neil Nedley Gives Hope To Hundreds in Richland Two Out of Three Isn't Good Enough Weekend Highlights Black History and Culture Footsteps of History Students Reenact Underground Railroad SAGE Ministers Abroad and at Home Inside Out Teen Pathfinders Get a Makeover New Russian-speaking Company Formed in Tacoma Hot Chocolate, Fruit Baskets and Sweets AAAs Recipe for Ministry Eight Weeks to Wellness Presented at North Cascade Church Women Find Fresh Impact For Small-group Ministry Ready to Help Arlington Assists in Flood Control
Managing the Mission This is the first of a three-part series of interviews with the officers of the North Pacific Union Conference. These interviews are presented with the hope that they will provide the readers a greater understanding of the scope, structure and wor... Read more
Managing the Mission This is the first of a three-part series of interviews with the officers of the North Pacific Union Conference. These interviews are presented with the hope that they will provide the readers a greater understanding of the scope, structure and wor... Read more
Our Church During the October 2005 Annual Council at the Adventist world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, delegates voted to create the Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures. This group of 100 people, including representatives from... Read more
What's an Esdeeay? The term “SDA” as a short form of Seventh-day Adventist is an ingrained part of the church’s subcultural lingo. Church leaders, however, are now encouraging members and church organizations to instead use the single word “Adventist” as the only ap... Read more
To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Read more
To Praise or Not to Praise Part I Music: The War Department of the Church Music: The War Department of the ChurchAn evangelical pastor once quipped, “If I were to change my theology, I’d lose 10 percent of my members. If I changed the music style in my church, I’d lose 50 percent.”Why is this topic such a lightning rod ... Read more
Next Month Youth who are not positively connected with the church's mission have no reason to stay as they graduate and move into the mainstream of society. Next month we'll dialog on how we can integrate our teens and young adults into the life and mission ... Read more
What's an Esdeeay? The term “SDA” as a short form of Seventh-day Adventist is an ingrained part of the church’s subcultural lingo. Church leaders, however, are now encouraging members and church organizations to instead use the single word “Adventist” as the only ap... Read more
Perfectly Off-key The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 when vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape. The band immediately attracted a strong word-of-mouth following by touring the country cons... Read more
Next Month Youth who are not positively connected with the church's mission have no reason to stay as they graduate and move into the mainstream of society. Next month we'll dialog on how we can integrate our teens and young adults into the life and mission ... Read more
Academy Awards Foundation Rewards Quality Education In 10 years, a record five academies from the North Pacific Union Conference have been awarded recognition as schools of excellence. Since 1997, the Alumni Awards Foundation has been rewarding Adventist academies that demonstrate excellence. Of th... Read more
A Hero For God Carl Wilkens Receives Outstanding Achievement Award Carl Wilkens has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Alumni Awards Foundation for his selfless demonstration of God's love during the Rwandan genocide and for his untiring efforts since then to help Americans understand what real... Read more
Helen Conard Early Adventist Educator Whether you live in the Willamette Valley, the interior of Alaska, downtown Seattle or eastern Montana, chances are you spent several years in a small town in eastern Washington called College Place. The reason is simple—Walla Walla College. Read more
