PAA’s Senior Project Builds Skills for 21st Century Portland Adventist Academy’s (PAA) senior project challenges seniors to use interests like beekeeping and music-writing to develop skills that will serve the 21st century. Read more
UCA Foundation Founder Retires Tom Stanyer, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) class of 1950 and a founder of Upper Columbia Academy Foundation, recently stepped down after serving the foundation for more than a decade — first as a key visionary, then as its first vice president, its... Read more
Alumnus Brings Musical Legacy to Life A box of reel-to-reel audio tapes sits untouched in a forgotten closet. Crisp, typewritten letters read “Pacific Union College, 1962” and “Walla Walla College, 1966,” identifying a collection of musical efforts by choir conductor and musician Haro... Read more
Lents Church Hosts Island VBS An island paradise turned out to be the setting for Vacation Bible School in the Lents Church’s Activity Center in Portland, held July 7–11 using the SonTreasure Island program introduced by the Oregon Conference. Read more
Spokane Youth Help Feed Homeless Children If you had visited Spokane Valley (Wash.) Church on Wednesday evenings or the Spokane (Wash.) Valley Adventist School on Thursday mornings, you would have heard the snappy rustling of paper bags being stuffed with food. The school kids were fillin... Read more
Teen Has Zeal for Missions Caleb Rittenour hails from a quiet corner of north Idaho. He is 16 years old, the middle sibling of five, all home-schooled by their mother. Caleb is a junior deacon at the Spirit Lake Church in Idaho, where he spoke recently about his second miss... Read more
Pin Trading Brings Conversation, Fun, and Memories Pathfinders at the “Forever Faithful” International Pathfinder Camporee in Oshkosh, Wis., cannot go anywhere without someone approaching and asking if they want to trade pins. The exact number of pins traded is unknown but the passion for trading ... Read more
Lewistown Celebrates Baptism The Lewistown Church had a beautiful baptismal service on Jan. 4 as Hank Slining of Lewistown was welcomed into their congregation. A couple of years ago, Slining attended evangelistic meetings organized and preached by Zeke Kleinsasser. After the... Read more
"The Hideout" Film Comes to Portland At the 2014 SONscreen Film Festival held back in March at Southern Adventist University, a film was debuted titled The Hideout. The film tells the story of Holly, a young girl whose life is turned upside down when she is molested by her favorite t... Read more
