Weiser Ladies Prepare Bags for Foster Children Women in Weiser, Idaho, have an outreach project making bags for foster children, which contain a handmade quilt, stuffed toys, personal items, coloring books, crayons and other toys. Usually, when a child is taken from a home, there isn't time to... Read more
Gem State Academy Students Learn Family Living Skills Gem State Adventist Academy students have many opportunities to learn family living skills. For a few weeks senior Bible class focuses on marriage and family. In one activity the seniors care for babies. They take pretend infants to class, work an... Read more
Volunteers Rally for Computer Technology When Brian Setterlund, Gem State Adventist Academy's new network administrator, arrived on campus he found a Windows 2000 operating system and many vintage 1998 computers.To help Setterlund and the school, several friends of the school met a few w... Read more
Pacific Press Sets Up Library At Mexico Orphanage Maria Clara likes to read. Abraham loves to ride his bike. Ramiro wants to become a policeman, while Gabriela studies hard and dreams of becoming a psychologist. For the orphans at Hacienda Navojoa, Mexico, these aspirations just became a little m... Read more
The Experience Becomes a Church The Experience is the first place in my life that I have been visible as a person, not by what I can give or do. I am amazed at the total acceptance of who I am. It is as if I am seen for the child that God brought to this world…God's daughter, on... Read more
Vale Pathfinders Conduct Induction and Investiture In one service, Vale Explorers Pathfinder Club conducted their Pathfinder Sabbath, Investiture and Induction ceremonies on Oct. 25. Three Eager Beavers were inducted into the Adventurer Club, and four new Pathfinders were inducted into the Vale Ex... Read more
Heritage Group Seeks Stories and Memorabilia At Gem State Adventist Academy a new group is forming with the goal of preserving the heritage of this "light on the hill." More important even than preservation of the school's 91-year history is making it meaningful in today's world. Often in th... Read more
Plant Refuses to Grow on Sabbath After many years of praying for his grandfather, Jonathan Chitwood, a theology student at Southern Adventist University, had the privilege of assisting in his grandfather's baptism on Oct. 18, 2008, at the Mountain Home Church. This was a special ... Read more
Veterans Visit Timberline School Three of the five veterans from the Vale, Ore., church attended classes at Timberline Adventist Elementary School on Nov. 11 for a Veteran's Day program.Nadine Messer, head teacher, welcomed veterans David Moody, Thomas Hopper and Wayne Ervine, al... Read more
