Women's Retreat Builds Trust in God Early on Friday, Oct. 9, more than 130 women trekked across snow covered roads and vast distances for the 2009 Montana Conference Women's retreat. Excitement built as friends made the trip together, laughing, talking, singing and praying to Fairmo... Read more
Meridian and Parma Churches Welcome New Pastor The Meridian and Parma (Idaho) congregations welcomed Michael and Karen Pearson as their new pastoral couple in October. Pearson was born in Kenya, Africa. As a fourth-generation Adventist, he was raised by missionary parents in several African co... Read more
Gem State Senior Survival A Student's Story I looked forward to this year's senior survival with my class, but I had no idea what adventures we would undertake.Together with sponsors and adult staff, we traveled to a wilderness area near McCall, Idaho. We started out doing team-building exp... Read more
Women's Retreat Brings Central Alaskans Together The Alaska Conference is very spread out, which makes connecting and sharing with each other a challenge at times. But from July 31–Aug. 2, women from the communities of Glenallen, Tok and Copper Valley came together at Red Eagle Lodge, in Chistoc... Read more
Samoan Youth on a Mission to Juneau Juneau Adventist Christian School hosted 27 youth from the Anchorage Samoan Church on July 29. Under the leadership of Masae Fanene, youth director, young people painted the school and completed work around the school, including a newly painted si... Read more
World News Briefs - December 2009 Because this section doesn't amount to much without its page design, it is not available here. You can see the World News Briefs page for this month by looking in the print edition of GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version. To get to the PDF ve... Read more
Beauty in Expression The Joy of Creating This is part three of a four-part series highlighting WWU's vision statement:Excellence in ThoughtGenerosity in ServiceBeauty in ExpressionFaith in God"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," Genesis 1:1.Visitors to Walla Walla Un... Read more
Finding Health "Where Pigs Fly" You might not think of finding health care "Where Pigs Fly," but the residents of Tillamook, Ore., did just that this summer. Thanks to the team at Tillamook County General Hospital, area residents received health screenings, wellness information ... Read more
