February 2017 About this issue: Congratulations to the winners of our 2017 Images of Creation contest. See who won online at GleanerNow.com. Feature 2017 Images of Creation January 31, 2017 Few areas of the world are as rich with the Creator's handiwork than here within the Pacific Northwest. Find in the next few pages a glimpse of our Northwest bounty offered in photos submitted for the 2017 Images of Creation contest. Along with th... Read Online | Download PDF (5.89 MB) Others Creator It was an image I’ll never forget, though it harkens back more than four decades. The sun was riding low in the west as I neared the iconic overlook to Yosemite Valley. On a clear day, the view stretches east from Bridalveil Fall in the foreground... Read more Letters Selfless Passion Read more The Walrus Hunter He was a hunter, a Siberian Yupik who lived in the village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the western half of the Bering Sea. An American, living 30 miles from Russia. A First Nation hunter, dying from the white man's disease, tuberculosis. Read more Giving Jesus Away First, let me acknowledge that this is a Christmassy article that does not appear in the December issue of the Gleaner. This is because the story itself happened over the holiday, meaning there was no time to submit it to the appropriate issue. An... Read more A Sanctuary From Racism Each February, Black History Month provides opportunity to take a searching and fearless inventory of interracial attitudes and relationships. Americans of goodwill aspire to make 2017 a better experience than last year’s national turmoil. Read more Full Circle It never ceases to amaze me how God uniquely works. Mary Klein’s story began in 1959, and my memories of my grandmother are still vivid and clear as if it was yesterday. When I would visit her, the aroma of fresh bread and caribou stew would fill ... Read more News La Iglesia Hispana De Kent Hace Amistades Para El Reino De Los Cielos News Notes Bethel Company Gains New Members Fairbanks Church Turns Hacksaw Ridge Into Mini-Evangelism Event Eagle Church Brings Nativity to Life Construction Begins on Long Creek Church Alums Give Back to MEA Southern Oregon Gets Foretaste of 'Latter Rain' Lord Leads to Debt-Free Lents Activity Center Parent Brings Ellis Island to Life for CGCS Students Better Life Center Hosts Healthy Holiday Tasting Theaters Give God an Opportunity Oregon Women's Retreat Reaches 30th Anniversary Linrud Accepts Oregon Presidency Following Reimche’s Retirement Creating the Future: UCA Students Attend NPUC Leadership Conference Decisions: Family of Distracted Driving Victim Visits UCA Blessings Come in Whispers at WWVA Gifting More Than Food at Spokane’s Better Living Center Upper Columbia Youth and Family Life Grows Otis Orchards Member Named Volunteer of the Year Community Enjoys Thanksgiving in Hayden Lake Omak Members Ring Bells, Raise Money Biology Teacher Expands Classroom Learning WWU Aviation Program Celebrates 50 Years Auburn Honor Society Hosts Creative Food Drive Angry Texts Turn Into Bible Study Connection Prophecy Seminar Changes Church Youth Mission Creek Seeks Community Input on Outreach Washington Conference Elects a New President
Creator It was an image I’ll never forget, though it harkens back more than four decades. The sun was riding low in the west as I neared the iconic overlook to Yosemite Valley. On a clear day, the view stretches east from Bridalveil Fall in the foreground... Read more
The Walrus Hunter He was a hunter, a Siberian Yupik who lived in the village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the western half of the Bering Sea. An American, living 30 miles from Russia. A First Nation hunter, dying from the white man's disease, tuberculosis. Read more
Giving Jesus Away First, let me acknowledge that this is a Christmassy article that does not appear in the December issue of the Gleaner. This is because the story itself happened over the holiday, meaning there was no time to submit it to the appropriate issue. An... Read more
A Sanctuary From Racism Each February, Black History Month provides opportunity to take a searching and fearless inventory of interracial attitudes and relationships. Americans of goodwill aspire to make 2017 a better experience than last year’s national turmoil. Read more
Full Circle It never ceases to amaze me how God uniquely works. Mary Klein’s story began in 1959, and my memories of my grandmother are still vivid and clear as if it was yesterday. When I would visit her, the aroma of fresh bread and caribou stew would fill ... Read more