Umapine Celebrates 25 Years Fifty charter members planted a new Adventist Church in Umapine, Ore., in 1977, and on July 12 and 13, the now-90-member congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary.The congregation serves the Umapine area in the Walla Walla Valley with weekly Sa... Read more
Cookies Retreat Centeru Dedicated Sabbath, Aug. 24, was a big day in the Upper Columbia Conference and North Pacific Union.Polly’s Place Ministries of the Northwest held a dedication ceremony for Cookie’s Retreat Center, a Christ-centered healing retreat for women and children who... Read more
Preacher in the Paper Publishes Glad Tidings For more than two years, retired evangelist Dick Rentfro has written a weekly inspirational column for the “Daily Record” newspaper in Ellensburg, Wash.The popularity of the column has brought many opportunities for him to witness personally to re... Read more
Stanfield Group Organized as Adventist Company Members of the Stanfield, Ore., Adventist congregation celebrated their organization as an official company of Adventist believers, June 1.Speakers at the event included Max Torkelsen II, Upper Columbia Conference president; Pastor Kevin Wilfley, ... Read more
Wapatos Camp Lakayxitlama Focuses on The Light The All Nations Center’s mission in Wapato, Wash., is “to empower all people toward spiritual, physical, and emotional healing through service to the Creator.” By offering a summer day camp this year, members put that philosophy to work among youn... Read more
Omak Church Celebrates 80th Anniversary Members and visitors—a crowd of about 150—gathered June 22 in Omak, Wash., to celebrate the church’s 80th anniversary.Bannered by the theme “Welcome Home,” participants traced the Omak congregation’s history back to 1912, when the first Adventist ... Read more
MiVoden Singles Weekend Energizes Campers Singles from around the Northwest and as far away as North Carolina and Minnesota gathered at Camp MiVoden over Memorial Day Weekend.They will not soon forget the “Pondering from the Energizer Bunny,” presented by speakers Al and Beth Reimche, fro... Read more
Eastgate Ponders Lifestyle, Spiritual Gifts, Creation The Walla Walla, Wash., Eastgate Church recently hosted three sets of seminars—on lifestyle change, spiritual gifts, and creationism.Dan Ngaruiya conducted the lifestyle seminar each Friday evening for a month.Ngaruiya, who has a master’s degree i... Read more
Cascade Academy Group Tours Historical D.C. Twenty-three students from Cascade Christian Academy in Wenatchee, Wash., recently confronted humidity, blisters, and lots of walking as they studied the nation’s history in Washington, D.C.Led by Gene and Tonia Roemer, Jim and Tammy Martin, and M... Read more
