Answering the Call Bill and Elouise Hawkes were attending the Carolina Conference camp meeting at Lake Junaluska, N.C., and responded to an appeal to be missionaries. Every evening they listened to Ken Crawford, Alaska Conference president, give an ongoing mission s... Read more
World News Briefs - April 2009 SudanOutreach for War-torn RegionSeventh-day Adventist Church members recently held outreach meetings in south Sudan, an area experiencing an influx of displaced persons returning home after 20 years of war. The meetings were well attended and inc... Read more
WWU Students Make a Difference In Their Backyard Walla Walla University's School of Theology requires all theology majors to spend one year with a pastor mentor within the Walla Walla Valley.Joseph Radelfinger, senior theology and mass communications major, was assigned to the Northside Church i... Read more
Care Continues Despite Winter Weather An epic snowstorm ravaged the Walla Walla Valley in December 2008, putting a crimp on most activities—but not patient care at Walla Walla General Hospital in Walla Walla, Wash.With many people unable to leave home without a four-wheel drive and mu... Read more
Youth Live Loud in Seattle Mike Yankowski remembers sitting in a fast food restaurant, hungry, with no money, eavesdropping on a Christian Bible study group, and waiting for the group of Christians to share a meal with him and his friend. It didn’t happen.This encounter and... Read more
Snohomish Welcomes Four Members The Tolt River had just receded from a flood when Larry Lesher stepped into the rushing waters with tethered, retired pastor, Leonard Klein, for baptism. Read more
Shelton Opens Child Care Center Shelton Valley Christian School, established in 1901, is a small elementary school that has faced its ups and downs in enrollment over the years yet continued its commitment to educating young people.A vision for creating a child development cente... Read more
Healthy Cooking Attracts Community Linda Gleim, Ferndale Church member, noticed a growing list of health-related prayer requests and felt God prompting her to begin a cooking school to teach people healthy ways to prepare food.Her first class in February 2008, attracted only five w... Read more
Auburn Embraces Diversity From ice-capped mountain villages to quiet lotus gardens, sandy desert towns to tree-top jungle homes, the world is full of colorful cultures, customs, and communities. Nestled in the foothills of Mount Rainier, Auburn Adventist Academy is compris... Read more
