Adventist Health Portland Receives National Recognition Maria drove her son to Portland, Ore., so he could spend spring break with his grandparents. While seated at the dining room table reconnecting with family, she suddenly felt a loss of balance and weakness on one side of her leg. Read more
Three Oranges Save $100 for VBS As the camp meeting team loaded eight totes of Vacation Bible School (VBS) crafts, fresh fruit and warm clothes onto the baggage scales at the Anchorage International Airport, one of the totes was 3 pounds over the 50-pound limit. “You’ll need to ... Read more
PAA Joins Care for Cuba “Nobody in Cuba is rich, but this church was poor. I mean poor, poor. And that was the church that ended up stealing our hearts," says Rita Barrett, or "Profe" as she is called by her Spanish language students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) i... Read more
UCA and LCA Form Much-Needed Partnership Over the past three years, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA), a 220-student boarding school south of Spokane, Wash., and Lake City Academy (LCA), a 150-student junior academy in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have been in discussions regarding a concerning tren... Read more
Education Professor Conducts Research on Small Schools Maria Bastien, Walla Walla University assistant professor of education, is conducting research in order to establish best practices for teaching in schools that have three or fewer teachers. Read more
Western Washington Churches Continuing to Grow Young “Growing Young isn’t about changing youth ministry. It’s about changing church culture.” — Brad Griffin, Fuller Youth Institute associate director Read more
5160 Proves Unforgettable The phone rang in the church office one cold February afternoon. I picked up the receiver on the third ring to hear a frantic voice of a teen on the other end: “Ms. Lynette, I need your help. I’ve lost my cell phone, and I need to use your phone t... Read more
An Evangelistic Paradigm Shift in Idaho The Idaho Conference recently finished a series of evangelistic meetings with Brian McMahon. We praise God for the dozens of people who made eternal choices during those meetings. But what happened in the months leading up to these meetings also s... Read more
Lamberton Recognized for Commitment to Service Dan Lamberton, Walla Walla University professor of English and humanities program director, was awarded the 2018 WWU Community Service Award at the 136th annual Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. Read more
