ACS Alaska On Christmas Day 2010, a severe storm hit Savoonga, Alaska. High northeast winds carrying salt spray from the ocean, froze on electrical equipment. This combined with extreme cold slapped electrical lines and produced a power outage.The Alaska Div... Read more
Alaska Conference Changes The Alaska Conference executive committee voted to draw conference and church leadership closer and align administration with ministry. Two pastors were appointed to fill the recently vacated position of executive secretary by creating two half-ti... Read more
Kairos Prison Ministry The Kairos Prison Ministry is a structured weekend with talks, chapel visits, prayer, singing, laughing and home-cooked meals. Adventist women, along with women of other denominations, went into Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River, ... Read more
Sitka Church Reaches Out to the Community Many months before October 2010 plans had been laid for an evangelistic outreach to the city of Sitka, Alaska's fifth-largest city. Believing in reaching out to the city, the Sitka Church did several activities prior to the meetings.The Sitka Chur... Read more
Juneau Youth Ask "MIQ" The Juneau (Alaska) Church just completed "Most Important Questions" with Doug Batchelor. From Oct. 8–16, 2010, young people came to the Juneau Church each night for supper, fellowship and then study. "Most Important Questions" is a series of meet... Read more
Octogenarian Missionary Makes an Appeal Dan Rotthoff, a missionary in Arctic Alaska, has dedicated the rest of his life to winning souls to Jesus. He has just finished his second year in Togiak, Alaska, a small village on the Bering Sea. Here is an excerpt from a recent letter he wrote ... Read more
Ghetto Preacher Engages Youth with GPS "God ... People ... Service ... GPS. Your journey as a youth will be more meaningful if you will allow God to make you more compassionate to your neighbors and serve your communities with enthusiasm." Willy Ramos, a.k.a. the "Ghetto Preacher," bro... Read more
New Bible Workers for Gambell Mike and Fran Hansen spent more than 25 years in the Springfield, Mo., area serving as Pathfinder leaders, directors and area coordinators. They had been on mission trips to La Vida Mission and the Bristol Bay area of Alaska and fell in love with ... Read more
Lifestyle Check at the Alaska State Fair The Alaska State Fair, home of record-setting giant vegetables and beautiful flower gardens, is nestled in the heart of the Chugach Mountains in the fertile Matanuska-Susitna Valley just an hour's drive north of Anchorage. Each fall, the fair prov... Read more