400 Teens Share Acts of Service If you drove around Kirkland, Wash., on a sunny day in mid-October, you likely would have seen nearly 400 teenagers in green t-shirts participating in acts of service in the community.Representing western Washington's junior and senior academies, ... Read more
Skagit Students Serve the Homeless Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Skagit Adventist Academy in Burlington, Wash., began their school year with a community outreach project on Sept. 8.The classroom of 28 students helped with the Connecting Homeless Project held at Skagit Commu... Read more
Faith in Action Northwest Christianâs Week of Prayer Features New Pastor The Northwest Christian School in Puyallup, Wash., featured Seth Pierce, new senior pastor of the adjacent Puyallup Church, as speaker for the year's first Week of Prayer, which was held at the end of September."Pastor Seth inspired the students t... Read more
Olympia Christian School Awarded New Van The Intercity Transit board of directors recently awarded the Olympia (Wash.) Christian School (OCS) a 12-passenger van, a grant based largely on demonstrated benefit to the community.The board said they are amazed at how many acts of service OCS ... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Walla Walla General Hospital Earns Top Marks from The Joint CommissionOut of more than 3,000 hospitals submitting data to The Joint Commission, Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) was recently recognized as one of 405 top performers on key quality... Read more
Destination: Rosario Researchers Converge at WWU's Marine Laboratory Walla Walla University's (WWU) Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, Anacortes, Wash., recently hosted the Sixth North American Echinoderm Conference — a truly international event, with more than a third of the 85 participants coming from 14 different ... Read more
2011 Men's Retreat There is probably no men's retreat on the face of the planet which is as clearly designed for men who love the Lord and the great Alaskan out-of-doors than the Alaskan Men's Retreat. For this, men must relish the challenge of getting there — whate... Read more
Fall Teachers' Meetings Early August finds Alaskan teachers traveling to Anchorage for the beginning of school teachers' in-service. This year was a special time. Alaska has added several new teachers and teaching assistants to make their staff the largest it has been in... Read more
Idaho Welcomes New VP for Finance John Rogers, former Oregon Conference undertreasurer, is serving as the new vice president for finance of the Idaho Conference. Rogers began his career at the North Pacific Union Conference in 1991 and moved to the Oregon Conference in 1999 to ser... Read more
