Auburn Academy Discovers History Repeats Itself Solomon, the wisest man who has ever lived, observed that “nothing is new under the sun.” He discovered in his last days that there was nothing new, only new versions of what has been.Auburn Adventist Academy, established in 1919, has seen many of... Read more
Puyallup Youth Pie and Starvation The Puyallup Church youth leadership was one of many groups represented at the Piece of the Pie youth seminar held in Bothell in January. Steve Case, Piece of the Pie Ministries president, led the youth leaders through a series of topics and activ... Read more
AnchorPointe Gives a Gift to the Community Anyone who lives in the Puget Sound area will know that “vacant retail space” has been a prominent feature of the economic recession. After searching in vain for a mall or department store that would allow church members to provide free gift-wrapp... Read more
Bethlehem Carpenter’s Son Pastors Pastors The Washington Conference Executive Committee has elected Bruce Koch to serve as ministerial and stewardship director, a position vacated when Doug Bing became vice president for administration.Born in Bethlehem, the son of a carpenter, it seems t... Read more
Monroe Church Sends Missionaries to the World Monroe, Wash., members gathered for an emotional farewell vespers for two families leaving for mission work in foreign countries.The Bartel family, John and Sue with children, Steven and Sarah, accepted the challenge of self-supporting mission wor... Read more
Seeds for the Harvest The little church in Forks, Washington, was blessed last fall by hosting a Laurelwood Academy pilot program called “Seeds for the Harvest.” Altogether 27 juniors and seniors and seven staff spent 12 days doing many outreach and community service p... Read more
Real Issues REAL GOD Rally the Troops! Wait, don’t you mean rally the youth? If you had happened upon the Auburn Adventist Academy gymnasium on Jan. 10 and 11, you would have been faced with hundreds of teens hanging out and praising God at the Washington Conference Y... Read more
Grandma’s House “Grandma’s House” is the home missionary outreach project of Stu and Joyce Neal, members of the Chehalis Church. It witnesses and offers practical instruction to mostly unchurched children ages 5 through 10 years of age. The Neal’s ultimate goal i... Read more
Washington Men Stand Firm Singing, praying, cheering, laughing, snoring. These were just a few of the sounds heard during the ninth annual Washington Conference Men’s Convention, Nov. 15–17, 2002. Held at Sunset Lake Camp and Auburn Adventist Academy, the convention follow... Read more
