NPUC Strategic Plan Mid-Term Report When Jere Patzer was reelected as North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) president in 2001, he publicly introduced a 10-part strategic plan for the five year term. At the recent NPUC executive committee meeting in College Place, Wash., he tendered ... Read more
Portland Hosts Adventist Leadership Convention The Adventist Leadership Convention, "Growing a Family of Grace," was held in Portland, Ore., Oct. 16–19. More than 450 people attended the convention, which featured specific ministry tracks and more than 120 seminars tailored to fit the needs of... Read more
Academy Bible Conference Helps Youth Face the Real World This year's Academy Bible Conference brought academy, home school and public high school students from across the North Pacific Union Conference for an October weekend of spiritual enrichment at Camp Berachah near Auburn, Wash.The theme for the we... Read more
Libby Roundup Only a few times in a family’s history do memories and reality interface and create a moment never forgotten. One of those times was Labor Day weekend, when more than 90 Libby family members gathered at the remote and peaceful Granger Butte Ranch ... Read more
Music + Three Teens = 130 Baptisms Dad and Mom Herr (pronounced “her”) married in 1915 and settled in McClusky, N.D, a community of about 800. By 1935, they had 10 strong, healthy children. They worked hard and worshipped together at the Evangelical Reform Church. The oldest, Ted, ... Read more
Family Reunions Editor's note: While family reunions are notable events to family members they are not usually of interest to the entire GLEANER readership. However, last summer, two large, Northwest-based Adventist families held notable reunions. It is our hope ... Read more
The North Pacific Union Miracle Team: Teenagers Go on "Ultimate" Mission Trip Be proud North Pacific Union. Your youth were part of a miracle! Read more
Pacific Northwest Adventists Volunteer for Global Evangelism When I first saw Bob Marcus, he was preaching in a large tent not far from Dominican Adventist University in the Dominican Republic. Every seat was filled, and people milled around outside. It was a moonless night, but light bulbs strung overhead ... Read more
Foxworth Named Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth was named as the Portland, Ore., chief of police on Sept. 2 by Portland's mayor, Vera Katz. Foxworth’s appointment comes after the resignation of the former chief, Mark Kroeker.“Issues related to law enforcement over the years hav... Read more
