UCC Members Plan Hospitality Weekends At the recent Upper Columbia Conference pastors' retreat at Camp MiVoden, Bob Folkenberg Jr., UCC president, shared an initiative to help members be intentional about their outreach efforts.The Share the Table initiative encourages members to plan... Read more
UCA Students Visit Churches Area Church Service Day There’s a van parked outside Upper Columbia (Wash.) Academy’s front campus promptly at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Four students get in and the van drives off. Then at 7:45 a.m., another group of youth get in another van and drive off. Another two groups ... Read more
Community Welcomes Post Falls Church Health Outreach Post Falls folks heartily received the health and vegetarian cooking classes in a row sponsored by the Post Falls Church in Post Falls, Idaho. Sixty-five people attended the Live Vegetarian Cooking Show presented by celebrity chef Mark Anthony of ... Read more
Becky Barts Fills Associate Superintendent Position The Upper Columbia Conference executive committee voted to invite Becky Barts to serve as associate superintendent of education. Barts, who is currently a teacher at the Spokane Valley (Wash.) Adventist School, has accepted the invitation and will... Read more
One Voice for God whether it’s singing for vespers, listening to music videos for worship, or participating in band, choir, bells or One Voice, music is a big part of Milo Adventist Academy.One Voice is a small singing group volunteering their time to produce extra... Read more
Hood View Junior Academy Goes Green! Sustainability and recycling are important in every aspect of life, but especially at school. Hood View (Ore.) Junior Academy has embraced this concept, and students, parents and faculty alike are all striving to go green. Students are recycling p... Read more
Mustaches for Men's Health While the mustache is a fashion statement of the past, this school year at Portland (Ore.) Adventist Academy it made a temporary comeback in honor of a worldwide effort for men's health.The annual November event, "Movember," is a movement started ... Read more
Springfield Church begins New Year with Prayer and Baptisms Soft music and candlelight provided a meditative background for the Springfield (Ore.) Church Jan. 14–15.Members participated in a New Year's Eve Prayer Vigil until midnight, praying quietly, thanking God for His provisions during the past year an... Read more
Students Turn Pillowcases Into Dresses Lace, buttons and bias tape helped students in Maurita Crew's 5–10 class at Three Sisters Adventist Christian School in Bend, Ore., transform 17 pillowcases into cute, functional dresses. Darlene Kelley and Kay Sanborn, volunteers from the Redmond... Read more
