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
Brother and Sister Baptized at Gladstone Park Church Brother and sister Joe and Abby Azrak were baptized at the Gladstone Park (Ore.) Church during the Sabbath worship hour Nov. 19, 2011, by Bob Uhrig, Gladstone Park Church pastor."I would like to know more about the judgment," Joe told Uhrig during... Read more
'Trashion' Show Held at HVJA Hood View Junior Academy (HVJA) in Boring, Ore., is proud of their Oregon Green School status. However, students took it to a new level for Recycling Awareness Week Nov. 14–18, 2011.Students in preschool through eighth grade created fashions out o... Read more
CHIP Graduation The Clark County CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program) Association is proud to announce the graduation of 86 new CHIP participants at the Meadow Glade Church in Battle Ground, Wash., in 2011. Their graduation was a celebration with family and... Read more
