May 2016

About this issue:

When Melvin Oss helped establish Camp MiVoden decades ago, he saw it as an eternal investment. Others have made similar investments through planned giving opportunities. Read more in the May Gleaner.

Feature

The Benefits of Getting Older

June 20, 2016

For those of you more than 70 and a half years old, you have been given an opportunity to pay tithe, offerings or other types of charitable gifts with pretax dollars. During our working lives, we are encouraged to save pretax dollars in retirement...

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The Unspoken Thank You

June 20, 2016, by Kevin Emmerson

“Thank you is truly not adequate.”

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An Eternal Investment

April 29, 2016, by Andrew McCrary

Paul and Jeanne Oss are close to Camp MiVoden in Hayden, Idaho. From their living room window, they can look across Hayden Lake and see the camp just over 6 miles away. They are near enough that an ambitious and athletic granddaughter even swam ac...

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Others

Joy in the Journey

May 20, 2016, by Kimberley Schroeder

I have the pleasure of working with church members who have discovered the joy of giving, and it never ceases to amaze me how joyful these folks are. While attending a recent seminar, I learned why that is. Do you know that God designed us to be c...

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NPUC Pathfinder Bible Experience 2016

March 17, 2016, by Heidi Baumgartner

There’s no question the 11 Northwest Pathfinder teams who qualified for the union-level Pathfinder Bible Experience on March 12 worked hard preparing for a Bible quiz on the book of Exodus and the related portion of the Seventh-day Adventist Bible...

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Terror

June 24, 2016, by Steve Vistaunet

"The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” Helen Keller

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Eight 'Secrets' to Health

July 09, 2016, by Martin Weber

During my first West Coast pastorate, my son came down with a stubborn rash. Perplexed, our family physician referred us to Sang Lee as as “the best allergist in Orange County.”

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Little Sparrows

May 12, 2016, by Seth Pierce

In two weeks, 6-year-old Noah Alexander Russell accomplished more for the kingdom of God than most people who live to be 100. For my wife and I, the story began with texts and calls in the wee hours of a Monday morning. The messages let us know th...

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Stepping Over the Barbed Wire

May 21, 2016, by Mackenzie Thompson

We came upon an empty house, broken and chipping, sitting behind a barbed-wire fence. The sign on the fence read "Posted: No Trespassing," resting at the top of a hill in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Strong, bending, reaching pines stood ...

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