Gem State Makes Adventist Education Accessible Gem State Adventist Academy leaders have been reviewing programs and systems to ensure efficiency, relevancy and effectiveness. As a result, they have developed two new programs for the 2009–2010 school year.The Distance Learning Program will enab... Read more
Men Enjoy May Retreat at Ida-Haven Men enjoyed fellowship and sharing during their mid-May retreat at Camp Ida-Haven, in McCall, Idaho. They worked together on a project which taught them firsthand how difficult it is to put something together without instructions, even when others... Read more
Doug and LoWana Blair Doug and LoWana Blair have chosen to respond to the Savior's call to be missionaries to Bethel, Alaska. They presently attend the Northside Church and have worked in Anchorage for many years. Doug is an estimator for a large heating company, and L... Read more
Togiak Welcomes New Bible Worker Wrangler, guide, pilot, octogenarian and front-line missionary to the arctic — Dan Rotthoff has joined the Arctic Mission Adventure team as a Bible worker in the Native village of Togiak, Alaska.Three years ago, someone offered to donate money to ... Read more
Adventist Chaplain Promoted to Highest Office Chaplain Colonel Thomas G. Evans, Hillside-O'Malley member, was recently inducted to the highest chaplaincy office in Alaska. In his new role, he will be supervisory chaplain for all active duty Army chaplains in Alaska as well as dispatching chap... Read more
World News Briefs - August 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
A Life of Learning WWU's Oldest Student Turns 99 Most people count down the days to graduation from college with excitement and impatience. Desires to get out into the "real world" and experience life as an adult with a degree—getting a job, starting a family—overshadow everything else.For Effie... Read more
Northwest Women's Ministries Announces New Directors NPUC Conferences' women's ministries directors for 2009–2010 are as follows:Wilma Bing/Washington32229 Weyerhaeuser Way SouthFederal Way, WA 98001(253) 681-6008 (o)(206) 963-7011 (c)Wilma.bing@wc.npuc.orgCheri Gatton/Idaho2153 N. Pollard LaneStar,... Read more
Defining Moments, Touching Lives: Pre-med Students Help Hospice Patients In the face of death, volunteers at Adventist Medical Center seek the meanings of life. Their purpose is to honor the dying and comfort the surviving, but in the end, all are blessed.By taking part in Defining Moments, a program capturing the live... Read more
