Adventist Volunteers Rebuild Hope in New Orleans Eighteen people from the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) participated in a homeland mission trip in November 2011 to rehabilitate homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.This was the third Katrina rebuilding trip hosted by the Adventist... Read more
Auburn Focuses on Community During Holidays Auburn (Wash.) Adventist Academy focused on the community during the holiday season as a way to give back and make a difference.The academy has partnered with the Auburn Academy Church for the last six years to bring the Nativity story to life at ... Read more
The Big Picture of Ministry 2012 prayer initiatives: church growth, financial stewardship, spiritual gift application, school enrollment and the Holy Spirit's outpouring.Discover more:washingtonconference.org Read more
Church Planting Thrives in Western Washington A congregation begins as a group, grows into a company and finally becomes a full-status church. This process can take a short or long period of time."We have a church-planting committee that works with people interested in starting a new Seventh-... Read more
Emerald City Reconnects With Members As part of its strategic plan for ministry, the Emerald City Community Church (ECC) in Seattle, Wash., identified a goal to reconnect with missing and inactive members who for various reasons stopped attending.The reclamation ministry team, led by... Read more
Rivergate Elementary Celebrates Centennial Alumni, friends, parents, students and staff gathered at the Rivergate Adventist Elementary School (in Gladstone, Ore.) Sept. 23 and 24 as the school celebrated 100 years of Christian education.The centennial included Sabbath morning services feat... Read more
An Oil Spill, a Match and an Emergency Phone Call While removing the old Columbia Adventist Academy (CAA) boiler building in the summer of 2009, the fuel storage tanks were exposed, and workers discovered that kerosene and diesel had overflowed sometime in the past, contaminating the surrounding ... Read more
God's Closet Launches New Chapter The Seventh-day Adventist Community Church of Vancouver (Wash.) opened their doors to more than 100 family units from the surrounding community on Nov. 11, 2011. Each unit received two shopping bags to fill with quality clothing items for children... Read more
Milo's Fall Festival Helps Worthy Students This year’s Fall Festival hosted by the Milo Adventist Academy (at Days Creek, Ore.) Student Association featured typical fundraising booths operated by classes and organizations. But this year there was an addition: a worthy student booth made by... Read more
