Kelso-Longview Student Honored as Top Youth Volunteer Skyler Lee, a sixth grader at Kelso-Longview (Wash.) Adventist School, is being honored as one of the top two youth volunteers in the state of Washington. She is a 2012 winner of the Spirit of Community Award given in collaboration between Prudent... Read more
Gladstone Park Church Member Writes Award-winning Book The story of Gladstone (Ore.) Park Church member Hedi Jones' miraculous deliverance from wartime danger and near-death is chronicled in her recently published, award-winning book, Under the Shadow of the Almighty.The daughter of an Adventist pasto... Read more
Parenting the Second Generation Project PATCH Helps Grandparents Project PATCH presented a weekend seminar in Portland, Ore., to answer a growing need for equipping and empowering grandparents to become effective parents to their grandchildren."In one week we received seven phone calls from grandmothers raising... Read more
Area Leaders Dedicate New Oasis Facility Adventists from four area churches helped Oasis Christian Center, an Adventist fellowship in Vancouver, Wash., celebrate their move into a new, larger worship facility Feb. 10–11.More than 50 people gathered at the new building on Friday night for... Read more
Montana's Pathfinders Compete in Bible Achievement Program Misty rain turned to snow as forecasted on Feb. 18. It was right on time to kick off the second-annual Montana Conference Pathfinder Bible Achievement program in Bozeman, Mont.The program's 90 questions covered in detail Isaiah 1–55, along with th... Read more
Montana Women's Ministries Celebrates 20 Years The 20th anniversary of Montana women's ministries was celebrated Oct. 7–9 at Fairmont (Mont.) Hot Springs Resort. Great excitement buzzed as women from across Montana arrived and greeted their friends, prayer partners and sisters in Christ. Some ... Read more
Knauft Footprints in Idaho Two years ago Emil and Marguerite Knauft could regularly be seen sitting in church on the front-left side. Now home-bound, the Knaufts have 12 precious years of fellowship with friends at the Nampa (Idaho) Church.When I was in the eighth grade, fo... Read more
Heaven's Gift Celebrated in Nampa The Nampa (Idaho) Church Choir, directed by Wilker "Max" Maxwell, was joined by the Kuna (Idaho) Church Choir, under Candi Zappia's direction, to present its 20th-annual Christmas concert. The concert, "Heaven's Gift," was given on Dec. 10, 2011, ... Read more
The Spirit is Moving in Caldwell The Caldwell (Idaho) Church has seen the Spirit of the Lord move on the hearts of a number of its young people in recent months. They have taken their stand for Jesus and been baptized along with three adults. The congregation welcomed into God's ... Read more
