GSAA Alumni Reconnect, Celebrate and Advance the Mission Nearly 1,000 alumni, family and friends headed for "the school that we love in the hills of Idaho" the first weekend in April for Gem State Adventist Academy's 53rd homecoming reunion. An additional 61 people viewed the homecoming programs via liv... Read more
Idaho Conference Welcomes New President David Prest Jr. The Idaho Conference welcomes David Prest Jr., as conference president. Prest comes from the Montana Conference, where he was ministerial, church ministries, and planned giving and trust services director since 2001. His first days in his new offi... Read more
Alaska Camp Meetings Go Beyond Arctic Circle The Alaska Conference hosted its third-area Native convocation this spring. Planes arrived from Anchorage, Alaska, and around Arctic Alaska on April 8. A blizzard had just passed, leaving a foot of new snow. Despite temperatures in the teens, peop... Read more
Grace in Carhartts Recovery Group Forms in Wasilla Drugs, Sex, Gambling and Chocolate, the book title read. Ignoring the first three words, a Sabbath School member breathed out a painful, "Oh, and chocolate!"The Sabbath School lesson was on addictions, and the discussion turned to real life and re... Read more
International Communications New Major Opens Worldwide Doors For Cassy Collins, language has always been a passion, but the big question is: What do you do with a language major?The creation of the international communication major at Walla Walla University fit her interests perfectly, finding the medium wh... Read more
Larry Dodds Celebrates a Career Dedicated to Mission After almost 40 years of dedicated service at Adventist Health, Larry Dodds, executive vice president and COO, is retiring. While he is looking forward to trading his suit and tie for something better suited for spending time with his grandchildre... Read more
Donors Fund Campus Improvements Visit Auburn Adventist Academy in Auburn, Wash., and you'll notice some changes on campus. An avenue of flowering pink cherry trees lines the front roadway, an attractive brick security fence surrounds the front perimeter of campus, and the single... Read more
Adventists Continue Involvement with VegFest Each year, thousands of people who follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle or who are curious about vegetarian food attend VegFest in Seattle, Wash.Vegetarians of Washington, one of the largest vegetarian organizations in the United States, produce... Read more
