New Birth Baptism For Born Pam Born was welcomed into the Tonasket Church on Sept. 26, 2002. The church doesn’t have a baptistry, so after a special potluck lunch in her honor, family and friends gathered at the Omak Church to witness her baptism by David Woodruff, pastor o... Read more
Miracle Squash And Investment Pumpkins When church members take God as a project Partner, amazing things can happen. After Otis Parks, retired pastor of the Troy, Idaho, Church, returned from a seven-week mission trip to Africa last year, he was determined to grow some pumpkins and squ... Read more
Exceptional Experience For Academy Biology Students Upper Columbia Academy’s advanced biology students recently had an unusual opportunity to simulate forensic studies with the latest of scientific equipment, thanks to the Howard Hughes Foundation and Washington State University.“They loaned us all... Read more
Cole Ordained In Pendleton Church Dan Cole was ordained on Nov. 30, 2002, at the Pendleton, Ore., Church where he is an associate pastor. During the ceremony Dan’s father, Paul Cole, pastor of the Albany, Ore., Church, gave the “Challenge to Ministry” sermon. He encouraged Dan in ... Read more
Echoes of Praise Church Activates its Outreach Elders of the Echoes of Praise Adventist Church in Kittitas, Wash., have helped their members put into practice ideas they learned during last year’s SPROUT conference.When weather turned cold last year, members passed out 250 pairs of one-size-fi... Read more
Family Festival Features Aviator, College President Jon Dybdahl, Walla Walla College president, challenged Upper Columbia Conference Family Fellowship Festival attendees to “love one another as Christ loved.”Dybdahl keynoted the annual conference-wide convocation, held at Upper Columbia Academy in ... Read more
WWVA Announces Senior Officers Walla Walla Valley Academy recently announced election of senior class officers. Shown in back, from left, are Scotty Ray, spiritual vice president; Clark Bassham, sports coordinator, and Crystal Englehart, secretary. In front are Joseph Ringering... Read more
New Members Visit Conference Office “The phone rang this morning and woke us up,” said Keeta and Amanda. It was Pastor Roger Cain reminding them to come to New Member Day.Twins, Keeta and Amanda arrived early with their noticeably pleased grandmother. They had been baptized the day ... Read more
New Pastoral Family Leads Sandpoint Outreach In one of their first outreach events conducted for the Sandpoint, Idaho, community since arriving recently as Adventist pastoral family, Matt Lombard and his wife, Judy, joined forces with local member Nancy Ward to lead a well-attended 9/11 comm... Read more
