Women's Retreats Bring Well-being Women's retreats ... why do people go? Usually people have a strong opinion regarding the value of such events. After all, women cry at them and sometimes they even act silly and "frou-frou" — definitely not someplace most men would be comfortable... Read more
Spiritual Gifts of Leta Bertleson "Leta is the Gooding church!" the conference leader stated. Over the years Leta Daniels held about every job needed to keep a church operating. Leta admits that she even preached from time to time. Obviously Leta cared deeply and was heavily invol... Read more
Anchorage Spanish Holds Women's Ministries Meeting The Anchorage (Alaska) Spanish Church members gathered at the Eagle River campground for a special women's ministries meeting and potluck. Members and even a few nearby campers listened attentively as Jean Francis, Alaska Conference women's minist... Read more
Alaska Youth Active in Pathfinders, School and Music Alaska is a great place to grow up, and this state has been blessed with so many young people. Google it and you will see that with a population of 626,931, the median age is 32.4. The Alaska Conference is looking to support churches that mentor a... Read more
The Big Picture of Ministry Washington Conference's new School Work Alternative Program (SWAP) provides students with creative learning activities on bad weather days. Read more
The One Project — Seattle More than 700 people, including a large group of Walla Walla University faculty, students and church members, gathered for The One Project, a time of discussion-based programming and inspirational worship, held in mid-February in Seattle, Wash. Read more
Adventist Medical Center's Everyday Hero As a home-health physical therapist at Adventist Medical Center (AMC) in Portland, Ore., Tom Davis spends his days visiting patients in their homes, helping to put their lives back together after falls, breaks and other injuries that can bring lif... Read more
Anacortes Church Plant Discovers Identity As an "adolescent" church plant, Anacortes (Wash.) Adventist Fellowship, a company of approximately 50 believers meeting together since 2008, started to take a closer look at who they wanted to be when they grew up.Growth in any new church comes i... Read more