Alaska Students Shine At LEGO Robotics Meet Teams of students from Nome and Anchorage traveled to Walla Walla College in April to participate in the college-sponsored LEGO Robotics regional competition. However, the five-member team representing Nome’s one-room Adventist school never expect... Read more
Frigid Temperatures Don't Stop Baptism When Geraldine Felder-Noongwook gingerly entered the steaming waters of the outdoor baptismal tank in Savoonga, Alaska, on March 25, the thermometer read five degrees! A relative of one of the original Adventists in Savoonga, she was determined to... Read more
Palmer Church Welcomes New Pastor Dave and Veronica Crocket Move to Alaska Members of the Palmer Church welcomed their new pastoral team, Dave and Veronica (Milward) Crocket, in April. Before getting his ministerial degree, Dave spent 15 years in the construction trade as a carpenter. For the past three years, he has pas... Read more
Ross Prevo Ordained Ross Prevo was ordained as a minister of the gospel on Sabbath, March 4, in Dillingham, Alaska.Prevo first felt the call to ministry as a student at Oak Park Academy in Iowa, where he preached his first sermon. However, after graduating from acade... Read more
Flood Destroys Palmer School Basement Church and Community Rally Builder Rob Carleson discovered a flood in the basement of the newly completed Mat Valley Adventist School (Palmer, Alaska) one Sunday morning in February. Overflow water from a nearby culvert came in such a torrent that the metal garage doors int... Read more
Heritage Homecoming Camp Meeting "We’ve Come This Far by Faith” is the theme for this summer’s Heritage Homecoming Camp Meeting in Palmer, Alaska. The Alaska Conference wants to celebrate 100-plus years of Adventism in Alaska with many former members and conference officers in at... Read more
City Council Honors Adventist Member for Services to Community Recently the City of Sitka declared Jan. 10, 2006, a special day to honor the services of Althea Buckingham, a member of the local Adventist church. The proclamation presented by the mayor cited “faithful and excellent advocacy and service on city... Read more