PAA Students Practice In-Person Learning Portland Adventist Academy students made PAA history as the first to attend in-person class during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Fighting for Those Who Fought for Us Retired Navy Commander Mike Judd is on a mission: to help and encourage veterans in need to get the benefits they were promised by Uncle Sam. Read more
Montana Adventist Lay Leader Dies in Firefighting Helicopter Crash Tom Duffy, 40, a firefighting pilot and Seventh-day Adventist lay leader, was killed Monday in a helicopter crash while helping fight a wildfire in the Mount Hood National Forest. Read more
Oregon Conference Plans for Reopening Schools While the beginning of a new school year always brings a measure of excitement and uncertainty for students and staff, the start of the 2020–21 school year is like no other. The 32 schools across Oregon and Southwest Washington in the Oregon Confe... Read more
NPUC Welcomes Carr to Education Department The North Pacific Union is pleased to welcome Carisa Carr to the office of education. Wednesday, August 19, 2020, the union executive committee unanimously voted to invite Carr to serve as the next associate director for early childhood education. Read more
High-Tech Classrooms Support Teaching and Learning New high-tech features were installed in several classrooms on the Walla Walla University campus this summer thanks to generous donations to the WWU Fund from alumni and other friends of the university. These new classroom features create spaces t... Read more
St. Lawrence Island Adds to Christ's Kingdom In mid-March, Arctic Mission Adventure volunteer Petu "Chris" Koonooka, elder of the Gambell Seventh-day Adventist Church, started Bible studies with Ina Koonooka, 19, and Ila James, 17. Fear of the COVID-19 pandemic inspired them to study in prep... Read more
UCC Loves People Through Online Hispanic Ministries The COVID-19 plague arrived, and it was recommended we cease congregating in our church buildings. We quickly figured out this was going to be long and tedious experience, so our Hispanic pastors, along with their Upper Columbia Conference adminis... Read more
