Torkelsen Gets a Firsthand Look When Max Torkelsen, North Pacific Union Conference president, arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, on a warm spring weekend recently, his first comments were "this beauty is amazing. I want to see a moose!"After preaching at the Northside Church, Torkels... Read more
ShareHIM Motivates 'Ordinary Guy' Doug Blair, a member of the Anchorage Northside Church and a sheet metal worker, calls himself "just an ordinary guy." Blair caught the ShareHIM vision during a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, and has been a main speaker at each Northside campaign sin... Read more
Answering the Call Bill and Elouise Hawkes were attending the Carolina Conference camp meeting at Lake Junaluska, N.C., and responded to an appeal to be missionaries. Every evening they listened to Ken Crawford, Alaska Conference president, give an ongoing mission s... Read more
Sitka Teacher Rings Chimes in Tobago The Mt. Pleasant Adventist Church had a problem. In their small West Indies' town on the island of Tobago, illiteracy and drugs are rampant. Unwilling to lose youth, church leaders made a plan: Operation Mustard Seed. The church would start a musi... Read more
Family Promise Fosters Hope One Family's Story Johnny White was on his way to pick up Maria and Gavin Lee, their two-and-a-half-year-old son, from a baby shower for Maria when he totaled the truck in a snowy motor vehicle accident. Maria was eight months pregnant and the sole support of the fa... Read more
Arctic Mission Adventurers Receive Bible Worker Training With more than 250 remote Native villages in Alaska, the Alaska Conference is intentional in its efforts to train and place lay workers in the areas beyond the reach of pastors. In January, 13 people from across Alaska gathered for training.A few ... Read more
Christmas Program Comes Alive Mary Lee Campbell, choir member, waited for the director to give the cue. The Anchorage Northside Church had practiced and prepared for weeks for this Christmas program. This year celebrated Campbell's 87th year. She has been active in the church ... Read more
Bible Worker's Testimony Fuels Passion for Evangelism Tony Sherman recently presented an evangelistic series for the Delta Junction community. Sherman is a young Bible worker who worked with the local pastor and is now providing spiritual leadership to the Adventist group; the full-time pastor was re... Read more
Thanksgiving Miracle Blesses Juneau School Every one-room teacher knows the challenges of fund raising, budgets, and stretching every dollar. And the dreams you have for your school—a paved parking lot, a paint job and more. My dreams included desperately needed new front doors and new pla... Read more
