Capstone of the Call Eric Shadle Ordained to Pastoral Ministry "It was humbling and awe-inspiring…It was like the capstone to the long journey into pastoral ministry.” These were the words of Eric Shadle, M.D., as he reflected on the experience of ordination to the pastoral ministry.Indeed, the Sabbath aftern... Read more
Community Witness St. Maries Float The St. Maries (Idaho) Church entered a float in the town's Christmas parade Dec. 2, 2006. Several of the children from the church and from the St. Maries Christian School participated. Church members handed out 150 books during the parade. This f... Read more
Troy Church Celebrates 60th Anniversary By the mid-1940s, the Swedish Baptist Church on a Troy, Idaho, country road had long been standing empty because many of the members had moved away. Rumor had it that the church was going to be used for a chicken coop.Roy Nelson, whose father and ... Read more
Have a Homecoming And They Will Come Everyone has something that excites them—what they want to do for ministry. Steve Walker says, “Mine feels like it should be helping the community get to know each other—meaning the community in general and also 'community' meaning other church or... Read more
Free Market Groups Bring Members Together at Eastgate The Eastgate Church in Walla Walla, Wash., has started a program called Free Market Groups."We wanted to find a way to bring people together," said Eastgate Church assistant pastor Eric Sayler. "Everyone has hobbies and interests, so we thought, w... Read more
Amber Waves of "Whole" Grains Upper Columbia Academy Enjoys Success of Granola Industry Who doesn’t like a bowl of freshly baked granola, whether enjoyed with fruit, milk, applesauce, or yogurt? The students at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) are enjoying that fresh-baked goodness every day in the cafeteria, thanks to Kelly and Stacy Sa... Read more
The Hidden Disability Undetected Vision Problems "Eight-year-old Brooke passed the 20/20 eye chart test with flying colors—yet she saw letters move around on the page, words and letters disappear, and the print go in and out of focus. When asked if she had ever told her parents or the teacher th... Read more
Spokane Students Celebrate Japanese Culture SJA Shares with Japanese Students "Join us for Bunka no Hi,” Fumihiko Mori, Japanese Cultural Center director at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute (MFWI) in Spokane invited Spokane Junior Academy (SJA).Bunka no Hi is a Japanese national culture day, celebrated on Nov. 2 in 2006, at M... Read more
