Tamala Newsome Receives Miliken Award Tamala Newsome, Ball Elementary School principal in Portland, Ore., and member of the University Park Adventist Church, was the latest outstanding educator to be surprised with a $25,000 Miliken National Educator Award.The Milken Family Foundation... Read more
Pacific Press Selects Galusha as President Dale Galusha, currently vice president of sales and ministries for Pacific Press Publishing Association, has been selected as the successor to the current Pacific Press president, Bob Kyte.Kyte announced his decision last month to not stand for re... Read more
Honor Shown by Native American Tribe When Native American people take the initiative to conduct an honorary pow wow ceremony for a non-native person, you’ve got to know that person is very special. Thirty years ago, Verna Clay and her husband Lee (who later passed away) moved to the ... Read more
A Prodigal Daughter Comes Home Every missing and former member who returns to God has his or her own unique story of responding to a Savior who never gives up. Recently, at the Voice of Prophecy’s (VOP) VisionBuilders weekend held at Skamania Lodge, Lonnie Melashenko, VOP speak... Read more
NPUC Breaks Ground for New Office North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) officers, staff and executive committee members along with Ridgefield city council and port officials broke ground for the new Northwest Adventist headquarters office building, Wednesday, May 4.This ceremony c... Read more
The Costs of Building Churches in India During a conversation at the ASI Spring Fellowship, Merlin Fjarli from Medford, Ore., said that when they first went to India in October 2001, they could finance a church, built with the help of Maranatha volunteers, for between $3,500 and $10,000... Read more
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering to Benefit Northwest Evangelistic outreach potential in the Northwest will receive a direct boost from the June 25 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering overflow.This year's North American Division offering will in part benefit the development of an Adventist radio presence in ... Read more
A Renewed Sense of Urgency ASI Spring Fellowship A renewed sense of urgency permeated the members of the Northwest Chapter of Adventist-Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) as they met at the Eagle Crest Resort near Redmond, Ore., for the annual Spring Fellowship weekend, April 14–17. The them... Read more
