PAA Fiji Mission Trip Participants Become the Hands and Feet of Christ Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy (PAA) students recently returned from a 16-day building and medical mission trip to the Fijian island of Rabi.The students worked with the Jabez Humanitarian Foundation (JHF) to complete the first phase of a missi... Read more
Grants Pass Students Put 'SPIRIT' into Community Service There's been plenty of "SPIRIT" this year during Grants Pass (Ore.) Adventist School's monthly community service activities. Students incorporated SPIRIT into their pledge at school:Show love to others;Perform my best at school;Integrate the gifts... Read more
Meadow Glade Raises $1,300 for Girl With Leukemia Students at Meadow Glade Adventist Elementary School (MGAES) in Battle Ground, Wash., burst into applause as the physical education teacher and principal presented a $1,300 check to a very surprised 14-year-old girl and her family."It is so amazin... Read more
Students Return to the 18th Century RJA Style The blacksmith's hammer struck the anvil with a resounding ping as the craftsman fashioned a simple tool, tucking the metal in the forge then bringing it out glowing reddish-orange and sending a small shower of sparks to the ground as he pounded t... Read more
Hood View Junior Academy Expands Spanish Classes Habla espanol? The students at Hood View Junior Academy (Boring, Ore.) do! Or, at least they will by next year. Nohemi Marquez has been donating her time this year to teach Spanish for the seventh and eighth grades. She has offered to teach Spanis... Read more
MEA Seniors Project the Mission For seniors at Mount Ellis Academy (MEA) in Bozeman, Mont., much of the second semester is focused on a senior project that requires students to apply four years' worth of academic studies while using personal gifts to solve real-world problems. H... Read more
Happenings Improve Idaho Falls Church Inside and Out Idaho Falls Church has been busy improving their church inside and out.A garden party and luncheon on May 20 brought together ladies from the church, who planted flowers and plants outside.Inside, a new 16-by-10-foot screen in the sanctuary allows... Read more
Caldwell Adventist Elementary Receives Go On Award Caldwell Adventist Elementary School (CAES) was one of 27 schools in Idaho which was recently awarded funds through the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation's Go On Schools initiative, aimed at resourcing and supporting Idaho schools committed to... Read more
Valdez Church Creates 'Bags of Love' for Domestic Violence Victims The Valdez (Alaska) Church women's ministries department adopted the local community's Advocate for Victims of Domestic Violence Agency and is working with the agency to reach out by providing hand-quilted blankets to children and women who are vi... Read more