GSAA Students Sponsor 11-Year-Old Savannah Byard, a sophomore at Gem State Adventist Academy (GSAA) in Caldwell, Idaho, says, "God put it in my heart to go on the Peru mission trip, but I knew that I could never raise the $2,500."Then one day Paul Opp, People of Peru Project direc... Read more
Women's Retreats Bring Well-being Women's retreats ... why do people go? Usually people have a strong opinion regarding the value of such events. After all, women cry at them and sometimes they even act silly and "frou-frou" — definitely not someplace most men would be comfortable... Read more
Spiritual Gifts of Leta Bertleson "Leta is the Gooding church!" the conference leader stated. Over the years Leta Daniels held about every job needed to keep a church operating. Leta admits that she even preached from time to time. Obviously Leta cared deeply and was heavily invol... Read more
Knauft Footprints in Idaho Two years ago Emil and Marguerite Knauft could regularly be seen sitting in church on the front-left side. Now home-bound, the Knaufts have 12 precious years of fellowship with friends at the Nampa (Idaho) Church.When I was in the eighth grade, fo... Read more
Heaven's Gift Celebrated in Nampa The Nampa (Idaho) Church Choir, directed by Wilker "Max" Maxwell, was joined by the Kuna (Idaho) Church Choir, under Candi Zappia's direction, to present its 20th-annual Christmas concert. The concert, "Heaven's Gift," was given on Dec. 10, 2011, ... Read more
The Spirit is Moving in Caldwell The Caldwell (Idaho) Church has seen the Spirit of the Lord move on the hearts of a number of its young people in recent months. They have taken their stand for Jesus and been baptized along with three adults. The congregation welcomed into God's ... Read more
Cove Church Presents Annual Poinsettia Tree Program The Cove (Ore.) Church members welcomed the entire community to their 27th-annual Poinsettia Tree Program in December 2011.Nearly 100 Adventists, community members, and members of the Lutheran Church (currently renting the Cove Church), filled the... Read more
Long Creek Creates Christmas Community Connections After years of caroling and distributing holiday treats to various groups in the community, the Long Creek (Ore.) Church members set the "over the top" goal to give a basket to every household in town this past Christmas. There were 91 baskets fil... Read more
Baker City Celebrates a Harvest A host of new members — 24 to be exact — are the result of a two-year sowing and reaping process at the Baker City (Ore.) Church under the leadership of Tony Brandon, pastor.The process started in January 2010 with Tim Roosenberg's Islam and Chris... Read more
