Green Lake Youth Orchestra Enriches Sabbath Services The Green Lake Youth Orchestra, formed eight years ago, began with a handful of young string players and three adults.Those little ones are now accomplished young musicians. They rehearse weekly, conducted by Alex Gagiu, a Julliard graduate and co... Read more
Five Auburn Seniors Complete 12 Grades Together Amid the goodbye hugs and well-wishes of graduation this year stood a few Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) students who had a bit more history than the rest of their class — 12 years of history in fact.Michael Hanek and Rachel Kim first attended Bue... Read more
Donors Rally for Camp Scholarship Fund It was Friday morning at Sunset Lake Camp in Wilkeson, Wash., and the camp administration faced a difficult decision. At the end of business hours that day, Sunset Lake would be forced to turn away eight campers because of a lack of scholarship fu... Read more
Camp Meeting Offers Triple Focus Washington Adventist Camp Meeting, held June 14–23 in Auburn, Wash., had a triple focus this year: ministry training, evangelism and education."We believe strongly in the power of church members led by the Holy Spirit to reach out and help their f... Read more
Bellevue Partners with SAGE Volunteers A crew of more than 50 people showed up on a Sunday at the Bellevue (Wash.) Church for a special "tape ministry."With tape and ladders, they taped off segments of the church building for a huge painting project. Bellevue Church, built in 1966 and ... Read more
Traveling for God's Children Brings Blessings Across Conference If you live in Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) there is a good chance you will catch a glimpse of a His Travelers team trekking through your area to a nearby Vacation Bible School or day camp. The summer of 2012 marked three years for these energe... Read more
Richland Pastor Rides for Diapers Eric Shadle began a cross-country bike ride July 8 to help raise awareness of the need for diapers all across America. Beginning from the Adventist church in Richland, Wash., where he is the pastor, Shadle has been riding a route mapped through 10... Read more
Project Volunteers Make a Difference at UCA This marked the 13th summer that volunteers have been on the campus of Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash. Each summer a group of volunteers comes to UCA to work on special projects. Organized by Jim Mann, UCA maintenance director, they... Read more
Centenarian Still Serves Church Not every 100-year-old celebrates her birthday doing "business as usual," but Bessie Obert (Freeman) McGuire was at her volunteer post at the Milton Church, in Milton-Freewater, Ore., on her 100th birthday May 10, photocopying and stuffing inserts... Read more
