Anchor of Selfless Service Alice Hansen Retires After 44 Years When Alice Hansen was baptized four months before attending Walla Walla University her sophomore year, she had no idea God would lead her to a 44-year career as an administrative assistant for the Adventist Church.As a young adult, she took Voice ... Read more
Cle Elum Member Awarded Eagle Scout A Court of Honor was held Jan. 28 at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Church to present Arill Bartrand, a Cle Elum (Wash.) Church member, with the rank of Eagle Scout. This is the highest rank that can be earned as a Boy Scout, for which Bartrand had to fir... Read more
Easter Outreach Events Reach Thousands and Plants Seeds for the Kingdom The doors of the Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) Church opened Easter weekend to receive more than 700 people who came to experience The Borrowed Tomb, an Easter musical. With a cast of more than 50 people, colorful costumes, professional lighting, special ... Read more
Pastors Discuss Elephant in the Room Pastors and Bible workers from across the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) met recently to talk about the proverbial elephant in the room. The issue at hand is that many churches across North America are stagnant if not slowly dying.According to Ge... Read more
Small Church Reaches Kids for Jesus Where do you begin when your church hasn’t held a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for more than 12 years? Where do you find the leadership, the program resources and materials needed? That’s what the Irrigon (Ore.) Church had to wrestle with last July... Read more
Uniformed Master Guides Take Over Pasco Riverview Church The Pasco (Wash.) Riverview Church service was led by the Pathfinder Master Guide class on Sabbath, March 10.A highlight was a speaking choir, focusing on celebrating Jesus’ soon return. The morning message included more than 100 pictures of Earth... Read more
UCA Students Benefit from TIP Program Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., is preparing to enter its third year of the Tuition Incentive Plus (TIP) program. The program is designed to make Adventist education more affordable for families after students have outgrown their l... Read more
Follow the Lamb Easter Dramatization in Gladstone Park Easter weekend, the Gladstone Park Church led out in the second presentation of Follow the Lamb, a dramatization and musical portraying the final events of Christ's life and His resurrection. Held in the Holden Convention Center, in Gladstone, Ore... Read more
Sharon Church Honors a Matriarch One of the earliest members of Sharon Church (Portland, Ore.), Marie Crane, enjoyed the company of nearly her entire family on Sabbath, April 14, as they honored the exemplary Christian life that she has led and for being the light on the light-ho... Read more
