Loaves and Fishes Principle Helps Fire Recovery Four separate lightning strikes on July 14, 2014, in central Washington's Methow Valley began the Carlton Complex Fire, which would become the largest wildfire in Washington state history as it burned 350,000 acres. In the months following, God’s ... Read more
Youth Rush Summer Changes Lives “Youth Rush has changed my life completely,” says Emilie Carr, a high school senior from Yakima, Wash., who was participating in her first summer of the annual student colporteur program in Upper Columbia Conference (UCC). “I now understand how im... Read more
Young Adults Hold 'Digging Deeper' Retreat “Lord, what would you have us do to reach young adults in our area?” This was the question that was on the hearts of a group of young adults as they met once again to talk about their plans for ministry in Spokane. Actually, this question had been... Read more
Arlington Enters Street Fair For the first time in its history, the Arlington (Wash.) Church entered a street fair as an outreach tool to the community. The Downtown Arlington Business Association sponsored its annual street fair July 10–12 at the same time as the Experimenta... Read more
Camp Paxson Offers 'UNBELIEVABLE' Week Montana’s summer camp this year was a huge success. The campers and staff had an amazing week, themed "UNBELIEVABLE," in June. Jim Jenkins, Bozeman Church pastor, was the camp pastor this year and went through the unbelievable life of Christ, from... Read more
Big Picture of Ministry Based on the command given in 1 Peter 3:15 “to always be ready to give and answer for the hope that is within you,” 43 VBS agents in Sequim practiced three Ds: Discover, Decide and Defend. The "special agents" gathered clues about Jesus' identity ... Read more
Big Picture of Ministry Washington Camp Meeting attendees are generous supporters of ministry. Last year, attendees pledged more than $243,000 for evangelism and ended up giving almost $360,000 throughout the year. This year, attendees pledged more than $200,000. Read more
NPUC Executive Committee Decides Against Special Constituency Session In its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, August 19, the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) executive committee voted 26-4 on the following motion: Read more
NPUC Executive Committee to Revisit Ordination North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) members have expressed varying concerns regarding the NPUC stance on the ordination of women following the action taken at the recent General Conference Session in San Antonio, Texas. Here are several facts th... Read more
