Hermiston Jr. Academy Eighth-graders Go South of the Border Joshua Aguilar and Joshua Peterson, two eighth-graders from Hermiston Jr. Academy with their teacher Randy Foss, his wife Jamie, and Lolita, Joshua Aguilar's mother, went to Ensenada, Mexico, for their annual eighth-grade mission trip this spring.... Read more
WWVA Seniors Serve in Florida If you had been in the Filsbury Neighborhood of Vero Beach, Fla., on the mornings of April 19 and 20, you would have seen a group of grinning young people, carrying black garbage bags and picking up trash, or wielding rakes and shovels. Clearly, t... Read more
Colleen Nilsson Dedicated Librarian for 39 Years At Milton-Stateline Adventist School Colleen Nilsson has completed her 39th year at Milton-Stateline Adventist School (MSAS). She has worked for MSAS for her entire career, filling the roles of librarian, teacher and administrative assistant. She has touched the lives of hundreds of ... Read more
Pure Royalty A Mission Experience Through the Eyes of One UCA Student The man walked unsteadily up to the front of the church. He didn’t look like much—his clothes were old and a bit dirty—and his 88 years were taking their toll. But to the listening ear, he had everything he needed because he was a follower of the ... Read more
Cle Elum and Ellensburg Churches Host Book Fair to Reach Community Outreach in a highly diverse community can be a challenge. Ellensburg is a farming community, a college town, and a retirement area, lacking the amenities of other towns of similar size, but having a friendly, small-town atmosphere.The Cle Elum an... Read more
Adventurers and Pathfinders at Deer Park Church "With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon coming Savior might be carried to the whole world! How soon might the end come—the end of suffering and sorrow and sin... Read more
Three Young People Baptized at Kettle Falls A special "Youth Sabbath" at the Kettle Falls (Wash.) Church on March 31 culminated in the baptism of three of its young people, Steven and Matthew Shaffer, and Hannah Steck. Kent and Belinda Lowry, who had joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church ... Read more
Safety, Security and Healing Cookie's Retreat Center Touches Lives Cookie's Retreat Center is in its fifth year of serving women and children of faith who are victims of abuse. Each month we receive touching letters from our previous clients. I thought I would share just a few with you here:A year ago this month ... Read more
Teddy Bears in Juvenile Hall? Members of the Athol (Idaho) Church handed out almost 100 teddy bears to residents of the Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Facility in Medical Lake, Wash., last Christmas.Here's how it came about: Janet Gage, an Athol (Idaho) Church member, received... Read more
