Shoebox Ministry in Palmer One of Billy Graham’s sons, Franklin, started the original Samaritan’s Purse/Operation Christmas Child on the east coast many years ago. In his program, shoeboxes, filled with items children need, were collected at a site back East, then transport... Read more
Eagle River Valley Church Dedication Members and friends of the Eagle River Valley Church gathered on Sabbath, Feb. 22, to dedicate their church with programs glorifying God who has guided in the growth of this church family. The celebration of dedication is the result of years of la... Read more
Alaska’s Pastors Take Wing to Anchorage Alaska’s seventeen multi-national pastors converged on Anchorage to attend the annual Pastors’ Conference on Jan. 5. Guest presenters, Treavor O’Reggio from the Andrews University theology department, and Jon Dybdahl, Walla Walla College president... Read more
Be Kind to Me, I Gave Blood Today Two Anchorage Adventist churches hosted blood drives on Sabbath mornings in November and January. Forty units were collected by the Blood Bank of Alaska.Some Hillside–O’Malley Church members were surprised to see the Mobile Blood Bank bus in the c... Read more
Benefit Dinner For Dee Dee Jonrowe Sonia Brock, a member of the Palmer Church, hosted a spaghetti dinner in the fellowship room of the church for her friend, Dee Dee Jonrowe, the Iditarod dog sled racer. Jonrowe suffers from breast cancer and is not able to compete at this time.Jon... Read more
Alaska Photo Stories Northern OutingGolden Heart Christian School students pose in front of the rustic lodge used as the meeting place during their annual fall campout, under the direction of Barbara Quaile, grades 1–4 teacher, Oct. 11–13, 2002. Located in Fairbanks, ... Read more
Nome Students Participate in Disaster Drill November 6, 2002, was a normal Wednesday afternoon just like every other in Nome, Alaska, except for the bodies laying on the airport tarmac. Victims from a 747 crash littered the runway as rescue personnel rushed to assist them.Perception shifts.... Read more
Midtown Fellowship Reaches Out to Needy Midtown Christian Fellowship, an Adventist congregation that meets at a public school in Anchorage, recently conducted a Halloween-night food drive, collecting nearly 300 cans in one hour.They then used the canned goods and other food items to pre... Read more
Aleknagik Baptism Jasmine Kritz, 9, gave her heart to the Lord at summer camp, last year, and then faithfully studied each Sabbath afternoon for a year, preparing for baptism.On summer camp Sabbath, this year, she publicly declared her decision to follow Jesus, thr... Read more