PAA's International Program Expands Both international and American students at Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) benefit from a new Smart Start Program.Organized by Maria Bibb, international director, Smart Start pairs new international students with American students before the sch... Read more
Record Crowds Turn Out for Journey to Bethlehem This year marked the 15th year the Kelso-Longview (Wash.) Church offered their production of Journey to Bethlehem. The event, which takes community members on a journey through which they can see, hear, smell, taste and feel a Bethlehem experience... Read more
The Cardboard Testimony Experience More than 60 Milo Adventist Academy students stepped out of their comfort zones during a recent worship experience and boldly declared what God had been doing in their lives. As music played and the audience watched expectantly, the students walke... Read more
Wednesdays in Gresham Wednesdays at the Gresham (Ore.) Church are very busy. A small group arrives early and works diligently to tie pre-assembled quilts to be shared where needed. A neighbor with cancer uses one quilt to keep warm following chemotherapy, while seven q... Read more
Industrial Design Takes off at WWU Jonathan Ive. Michael Graves. Hella Jongerius. Even if these names don't ring a bell, there's a good chance every household has products created by these designers (iPods, kitchenware, Ikea furniture) or, at the very least, products inspired by th... Read more
New Beginnings on 80th Anniversary at Bonners Ferry Church Bonners Ferry (Idaho) Church members had been planning, working and praying for this day: Two new members were baptized into their church Dec. 3, 2011, on the church's 80th anniversary.Jim Klaus and Casty Cain took their stand for the Lord Jesus a... Read more
United Prayer Comes to UCA A Little Twist to Week of Prayer Upper Columbia Academy’s (UCA) October Week of Prayer was something new for everyone. Normally students attend two meetings a day for a week. This time, however, the first meeting of the day was entirely dedicated to prayer. Tiana Woods, from ARME... Read more
A Half Century as a Librarian for the Lord Humble as she has always been, Mary Oliver Pick of Sandpoint Church in northern Idaho recently went past the half-century mark as a librarian for the Lord. And at age 92, she is still going strong.After completing graduate work in library science ... Read more
Spray's Newest Outreach Located in the quiet little town of Spray in Eastern Oregon, where deer roam the streets, is a little Adventist Church — the only one in the whole county. Their numbers are few, only seven, but their enthusiasm is great for the Lord's work. In the... Read more
