World News Briefs - September 2009 Because this section doesn't amount to much without its page design, it is not available here. You can see the Did You Know? page for this month by looking in the print edition of GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version. To get to the PDF versio... Read more
A Slice of Heaven WWU's Marine Lab is Unforgettable Since 1954, Walla Walla University has enjoyed ownership of the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory near Anacortes, Wash. WWU's biology majors spend a summer studying marine biology at Rosario and all of them look forward to their turn with anticipati... Read more
Prayer Alerts Change Lives at Tillamook County General Hospital With the stressors of daily life bearing down, it can be easy to forget — God has the power to help anyone with any problem.That's why employees at Tillamook County General Hospital are making a conscious effort to create a culture of prayer, not ... Read more
SAGE Volunteers Paint Historic Adventist Village Since beginning 15 years ago, Seniors in Action for God with Excellence has made a difference in communities locally, nationally and internationally.Recently, nine SAGE volunteers from the Pacific Northwest, with an average age of 70, traveled to ... Read more
Medical Volunteers Treat 3,000 in the Philippines Greater Seattle Filipino-American Church members completed their seventh medical-dental mission trip to the Philippines this year. The 40-person, Seattle-based medical team, led by Grace Gamponia, a Seattle-area doctor, includes medical doctors, d... Read more
Russian Church Grows Spiritual Gifts The Tacoma Russian Center for Spiritual Development is one of the newest churches in the Washington Conference.The congregation began as a ministry of the Russian church in Bellevue when a number of members from the Tacoma area began a Russian-spe... Read more
Spirit of Service AAA's Auto Mech Class Impacts Community Every evening the sound of students hard at work in Spady Hall's auto mechanic shop echoes throughout Auburn Adventist Academy's campus.Joe McWilliam, instructor, informed his class at the beginning of the year that their assignment was to get a c... Read more
Bing and Lizzi Receive Pastoral Commissions Washington Conference commissioned two pastors in May.Growing up as the youngest of four children in a home where her parents were Seventh-day Adventist converts, Judy (Cuccia) Lizzi never aspired to be a pastor's wife or attain recognition in min... Read more
Equally Yoked More than two hundred years of marriage and service The three Gerking siblings count over two hundred years of marriage between them. With that kind of record, Marjie, Darlene, and Duane owe a lot to the solid foundation laid by their parents.It all began when an adventuresome young lady came west ... Read more
