June 2016

About this issue:

Adventist Community Services volunteers encompass all ages, genders and nationalities. They are the heart and soul of every community outreach effort. Read more about what they do around the Northwest in our June Gleaner feature.

Feature

SIDEBAR: The ACS Quiz

August 10, 2016

Are you SURE? Take this True/False ACS quiz!

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Portland Adventist Community Services

May 31, 2016, by Brian Vistaunet

Portland Adventist Community Services is one of the largest Adventist Community Services centers in North America yet continues to meet clients’ individual needs with warmth and caring — physically, mentally and spiritually, following Christ’s exa...

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Adventist Community Services: Volunteering With a Purpose

May 31, 2016, by Cheri Corder

Strong and enduring, yet flexible enough to meet an individual community’s changing needs, Adventist Community Services (ACS) is one of our denomination’s longest-running ministries. While the ways we express Christian compassion must adapt in ord...

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Others

What Good Is Diversity?

August 27, 2016, by Max Torkelsen

When the Apostle Paul described God’s church as a body with differing parts, but of equal value, I believe he was onto something we too often forget. Diversity doesn’t have to pull us apart. Instead, it can add color and new insights to both our c...

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De León Begins Hispanic and Ministerial Role

April 11, 2016, by Steve Vistaunet

César De León will begin a new role in June as the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) vice president for Hispanic ministries and director of ministerial and evangelism efforts. De León will be coming to the NPUC from the Central California Conf...

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2016 NW Prison Ministry Retreat

April 06, 2016

This year’s Northwest Prison Ministry Retreat brought ministry teams to Gladstone, Ore., during the first weekend of April. Nearly 100 volunteers from churches around the Northwest welcomed this opportunity for fellowship and inspiration.

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Providence

August 27, 2016, by Steve Vistaunet

Providence has often been a stumbling block for the human experience. Advent believers in the early 1840s saw God’s providence in Scripture preparing an escape from the trials of a wicked world.

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Why You Need Church More Than Internet

August 27, 2016, by Seth Pierce

People stay “in touch” with machines more than people. Of course someone will protest this point, reminding me that people stay in touch with people by touching their machines; but that only proves my point. Our relationships have becoming increas...

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That's Grace

June 25, 2016, by Martin Weber

Out of breath and dripping with rain, I leaned on a back-alley dumpster as the man I just met in a bar aimed a heroin needle at his bulging vein. Just then a police SUV rolled around the corner and splashed to a stop before us. Wincing as the wind...

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