July/August 2018

About this issue:

When 16 young theology students and pastoral interns went on a mission to Guatemala this spring, they learned an eternally important lesson. Read about it in their own words in the July/August feature.

Feature

Young Adults on a Mission to Guatemala

July 02, 2018 |

Troy Wallace, Walla Walla University

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In Other Words

July 02, 2018

"This mission trip helped me to understand that I should rely on God instead of myself. It is easy to think I that I have everything put together based on my education here at Walla Walla University. I assumed because I am a theology major that I ...

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Why What Happened in Guatemala Matters Here

July 02, 2018

Sixteen young Walla Walla University students and pastoral interns learned something life-changing through their evangelistic trip to Retalhuleu, Guatemala, during spring break, March 22–April 1. They all knew it in theory, but for the first time ...

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2018 Regional Convocation

July 02, 2018

The annual North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) Regional Convocation hosted hundreds May 17–20, 2018, at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, Washington. With a theme of "Moving Forward in the Spirit," this gathering for regional members arou...

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Integrating Work and Mission

July 02, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fred Cornforth, president for the Northwest chapter of Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI NW), has a “day job” as CEO of Community Development Inc. (CDI). The CDI Group of Companies is a private, nonprofit organization ...

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Others

The Giant Must Fall

July 18, 2018, by John Freedman

We all face giant, challenging issues sometime in our life. We face them personally and as families, as individual churches and as a worldwide movement, as citizens and as a country.

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Northwest Member Named Miss Oakwood University 2018

May 03, 2018, by Denise Williams

For the first time in 26 years, Miss Oakwood University is from the Pacific Northwest — Kenalia Nichole Cooper, a member of the Sharon Church in Portland, Ore.

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When You Grow Up

July 12, 2018, by Dick Duerksen

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

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Caring Heart Award Winners for 2018

July 08, 2018

Thirteen Northwest academy students were each 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 s...

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GYC Northwest Holds Convention

July 08, 2018, by Seth Roberts

On March 21–25, 2018, more than 150 young people from across the North Pacific Union gathered at the Village Church in College Place, Wash., for the 2018 Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) Northwest convention. The main speakers, including Dee C...

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Equality and Submission: Contradictory or Compatible?

July 17, 2018, by Martin Weber

Christology — the study of Christ — has suffered theological conflict throughout church history. Lately some Adventists have raised questions about who Jesus is in relation to God the Father. A few on the fringe even believe Christ was derived fro...

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Testing Without the Stressing

July 16, 2018, by Seth Pierce

As I write this latest installment of my monthly column, I am embarked on preparations for my Ph.D. qualifying exams this fall. This means my brain is overloaded with random bits of information pertaining to Husserl’s phenomenology, Derrida’s crit...

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Right Outside Your Door

July 11, 2018, by Darin Patzer

My residence is in Washington, but I live in the state of Cognitive Dissonance.

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