New Hispanic Coordinator Joins Upper Columbia Conference A new Hispanic coordinator, Walter Pintos Schmidt, recently started work for the Upper Columbia Conference. He and his wife, Liliana, and their two children, Karel and Nikolas, moved here from Beltsville, Md.Pintos attended the River Plate Univers... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Hosts Inaugural Camp Meeting The first Northeastern Washington Camp Meeting was held at the beautiful, newly purchased Sheridan Meadows campgrounds. What was formerly a 55-acre golf course is located about 5 miles west of Republic, Wash. About 200 people in attendance Sabbath... Read more
Creation or Evolution Seminar Impresses Attendees Most of the 250 attendees were surprised when they entered the gym at the Kettle Falls Middle School and saw the 14 tables loaded with artifacts brought by Doug Newton, M.D., to illustrate his lectures on creation or evolution. For 10 hours, the p... Read more
It's All About Jesus Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinder Fair It started with a vision. After listening to her church pastor preach about the sanctuary, Jeri Hicks was inspired. She shared this with her husband, Wayne Hicks, UCC Pathfinder director, and together with Richie Brower, JoySpring pastor in Spokan... Read more
It's All About Jesus Sidebar #1 Community ResultsNumber who visited the Sanctuary: 3,987Number requesting Sanctuary study: 210Number of Bible study requests: 149Vacation Bible School requests: 143Studies in Bible prophecy requests: 104Health seminar interests: 82Breathe Free req... Read more
It's All About Jesus Sidebar #2 Messiah's MansionMessiah's Mansion is a life-size replica of the Mosaic Sanctuary that God gave instructions for Moses to build in the wilderness. It is a to scale copy of what it would have looked like to the children of Israel to the best of our... Read more
Maximum Perspectives Presidential Blog A recent addition to the front page of the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Web site is the presidential blog, Maximum Perspectives. This interactive site provides a venue for Max Torkelsen, UCC president, to share his perspectives on a variety of ... Read more
Young Disciples' Seventh Mission Experience Participant Decides to be Baptized I've always wanted to be a missionary. I got a glimpse of mission work on Young Disciples' (YD) Seventh Mission Experience to Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, from Feb. 27 to March 29. We held 14 nights of evangelistic meetings using New Beginnings f... Read more
Finding Peace and Safety A Client's Story After 17 years of marriage, my husband's controlling and domineering behavior exploded in a terrifying episode of abusive anger. My young son locked himself in the bathroom during the abuse.During the next few days while I tried to hide the bruise... Read more
