GleanerNOW! Let's Keep in Touch Career MissionariesDoes someone in your church keep in touch with missionary families who have gone out from your church to an overseas assignment?It doesn't matter if they are church employees, Adventist Frontier Missions volunteers, medical miss... Read more
Volunteers Build a New Campus For Thriving Youth Ministry Project Patch, a ministry dedicated to helping troubled youth, is expanding their outreach. A group of adult volunteers with Maranatha Volunteers International is helping to build a staff house and four cabins in a beautiful wooded area in Goldend... Read more
God So Loved Satellite Evangelism from Boise Rosa Aguilar was depressed. She says, "I had no hope, I had no peace; I felt empty, alone, rejected. I was in love with Jesus but had many doubts. I could not accept that it was so easy for Him to forgive. I thought I deserved to be punished and t... Read more
Cowboy Camp Meeting Celebrates 25 Years Crackling campfires, rhythmic hoofbeats, the jingle of boots with spurs, the soft nickering of horses, and the braying of a mule are all uncommon sounds for an Adventist camp meeting. That is, unless you are at the Cowboy Camp Meeting sponsored by... Read more
Patzer Appointed Board Chairman-Elect for Adventist Health Jere D. Patzer has been appointed board chairman-elect for Adventist Health's Board of Directors, according to outgoing chairman Thomas J. Mostert, who recently announced his retirement. Patzer, who has served as vice chairman for 11 years, will a... Read more
Forever Grateful The first two verses of Psalm 18 truly represent my feelings toward my God and you, my friends, "I will love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and... Read more
Solar Bibles Carry Great Promise Global Mission enthusiasts will be intrigued with a new project envisioned by Bruce Johnston, retired North Pacific Union Conference president and Medford (Ore.) Church member. It's called the Solar Bibles project.Recently Johnston discovered that... Read more
A Strong Faith for the Journey At the 31st Regional Convocation Arriving on the campus of Camp Berachah near Auburn, Wash., gave a feeling of anticipation and excitement during the 31st annual Regional Convocation, "A Strong Faith for the Journey," May 17–20.Organized by the North Pacific Union Conference (NPU... Read more
Luther Warren Crooker 19182007 Luther Warren Crooker, North Pacific Union Conference treasurer, 1962–75, died April 26, 2007.A native Northwesterner, Crooker was born in Missoula, Mont., the second of 11 siblings who survived to adulthood. He was educated in several schools in ... Read more