Dayton Day Camp Connecting Children with Christ The Dayton (Wash.) Church struggled for years making a significant impact in their community. Time and again they tried reaching their neighbors but kept finding closed doors. That’s when they decided to try something different.Members decided to ... Read more
Bible-worker Training School Launched The Church Growth department of Upper Columbia Conference launched its first SHINE Bible Worker Training School in Spokane this year. The four-week course, held at the Upper Columbia Conference office, teaches people the skills needed to be a succ... Read more
Youth Rush Students Touch Lives For Christ For the past two years, the Upper Columbia Conference has hosted a summer youth ministry called Youth Rush. Youth Rush is a 10–week summer program where students get involved in literature evangelism, work with a team of other students and learn v... Read more
Communion with 300 UCA Kicks off the Year Many of us have had people over for worship to bring in the Sabbath. However, have you ever had worship and communion at your house with 300 of your friends? Troy Patzer, Upper Columbia Academy principal, welcomed the entire student body, staff, f... Read more
Hearts Directed to God During Vacation Bible School Last May, Ron Hart, Hood River (Ore.) Church pastor, asked each church-board member to report on his or her activities for the past month, as is his custom. Jessica Bailey, acting personal ministries director, had a particular burden on her heart ... Read more
Eugene Adventist Korean School at Eugene Korean Church Every Sunday morning, people gather at the Eugene (Ore.) Korean Church, not for Sunday School but Korean School. This year, 40 students have enrolled in the school with the majority of students not being church members. Currently there are five cl... Read more
An Icon Says 'Good-bye' To the End of an Era They say the only thing that stays the same is "change," but for the last 32 years the only one who stayed at Columbia Adventist Academy through all those changes was Reavis Belin, teacher. Call him a landmark, an icon, a fixture ... but whatever ... Read more
Sutherlin Adventist Christian School Opens Aug. 24, marked the opening of the Sutherlin (Ore.) Adventist Christian School. The school has a long history in the community, dating back to 1919. Three years ago, much to everyone's regret, the school was forced to close its doors because of a ... Read more
PAA Welcomes New Staff Member Portland Adventist Academy is pleased to welcome a new staff member.Jessica Glover joins the PAA staff part time to fill needs in the library, as a tutor and librarian, and in the administrative office with payroll. Glover is a credentialed teache... Read more
