July 2016 About this issue: Our July Gleaner features 14 stellar students who are their schools’ Caring Heart Award winners for 2016. They represent the best characteristics of Adventist education. Feature Caring Heart Award Winners for 2016 June 30, 2016 Fourteen Northwest academy students each were recipients of the $500 Caring Heart Award scholarship, made possible through three-way funding from the North Pacific Union Conference, local conferences and academies. Students were selected by their ... Read Online | Download PDF (9.43 MB) Others Encounter Jesus, Experience Excellence I have been to many Adventist academies in recent years for school evaluation visits. The highlight of every visit is a group interview with randomly selected students. We want to know what they, as the "primary customer," like about their school. Read more Letters to the Editor Generational Translators? Read more Pflugrad to Join NPUC Education Team Golda Pflugrad has accepted the invitation to serve the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) as a full-time coordinator for early childhood education and care (ECEC) and K–12 education projects. Upon joining the NPUC Office of Education team in J... Read more Appearances A few years ago, I did the unlikely improbable impossibility. That's descriptive, not redundant. Read more Reckless But Right Editor's Note: This article was written recently by Michael Jensen, Walla Walla University student, while he was finishing a year in Hong Kong as a student missionary. Read more Four Things Church Members Do ... That Would Get Them Fired at Work I debated on placing a lot of qualifications on this article. You know, things like, “just because you do this doesn’t make you a bad person” or “this may describe you, but Jesus still loves you” or “I know you have been hurt by someone, and I und... Read more Circus of Grace Rule No. 1 for law enforcement chaplains is to never interfere with an arrest. But one time I did. It was before I knew better, predating my volunteer ministry as a chaplain. Read more Should I Go Back to Church? I’m asked this question frequently by those who are not active in a church. In case you or someone you know is among them, my response is: "It’s probably a good idea to find a church home if you want to keep growing spiritually." Read more News Vivid: La Nueva Iglesia Multietnica de la Conferencia de Oregon WWGH Welcomes Medical Students Prophecy Seminar Makes Alaskans Fishers of Men Tok Officially Becomes Church Amazing Grace Academy Goes to Panama Nampa Church Hosts Discover Prophecy Seminar Vision Improves at BVAS TrueWind Leadership Class Spreads to MEA Montana Prayer Ministries Hold 2016 Conference Reckless But Right PAA Students Excel at AAPPL Exams, Language Proficiency Grants Pass Students Challenged to 'Be Like Jesus' Sunnyside Youth Reach Out in Los Angeles Tualatin Valley Academy Integrates STEAM Ground Broken at Livingstone Sharing God Makes the Difference for RVAA Girls' Team Discipleship Students Bring Solidarity Wall to U of O Called Together ... Members in Ministry Milo Develops Organic Agriculture Program Team Terabyte Discovers Technical Success Retired Teacher Continues to Inspire UCAES Students Use 3-D Printer to Give a Helping Hand YACS Continues Steadfast Mission Grandmas Support Brewster Readers Palisades Christian Academy Sends Students to the Dominican Republic Tri-City Undergoes Transformations MSAS Brings Learning to Life Music Offers Lifelong Blessing to UCA Students Students Experience Passover Walla Walla University: A Place to Believe, Belong, Become Big Picture of Ministry AAA Seniors Demonstrate Dedication, Determination PSAA Students Show Character Skagit Students Study History’s Call to Service Grays Harbor Students Dig Up Time Capsule OCS Podcasts Highlight Student Life Cypress Mileage Club Logs 1,500 Miles Buena Vista Elementary Likes to Give
Encounter Jesus, Experience Excellence I have been to many Adventist academies in recent years for school evaluation visits. The highlight of every visit is a group interview with randomly selected students. We want to know what they, as the "primary customer," like about their school. Read more
Pflugrad to Join NPUC Education Team Golda Pflugrad has accepted the invitation to serve the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) as a full-time coordinator for early childhood education and care (ECEC) and K–12 education projects. Upon joining the NPUC Office of Education team in J... Read more
Appearances A few years ago, I did the unlikely improbable impossibility. That's descriptive, not redundant. Read more
Reckless But Right Editor's Note: This article was written recently by Michael Jensen, Walla Walla University student, while he was finishing a year in Hong Kong as a student missionary. Read more
Four Things Church Members Do ... That Would Get Them Fired at Work I debated on placing a lot of qualifications on this article. You know, things like, “just because you do this doesn’t make you a bad person” or “this may describe you, but Jesus still loves you” or “I know you have been hurt by someone, and I und... Read more
Circus of Grace Rule No. 1 for law enforcement chaplains is to never interfere with an arrest. But one time I did. It was before I knew better, predating my volunteer ministry as a chaplain. Read more
Should I Go Back to Church? I’m asked this question frequently by those who are not active in a church. In case you or someone you know is among them, my response is: "It’s probably a good idea to find a church home if you want to keep growing spiritually." Read more