Torkelsen Gets a Firsthand Look When Max Torkelsen, North Pacific Union Conference president, arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, on a warm spring weekend recently, his first comments were "this beauty is amazing. I want to see a moose!"After preaching at the Northside Church, Torkels... Read more
World News Briefs - May 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
Forgiving Isn't Easy Professors Conclude Forgiveness Research Jesus told us we are to forgive 70 times seven—in other words, a whole lot! But is it really that simple?Pastoral and counseling experiences with people who have trouble forgiving others indicate knowing what Jesus said about our need to forgive d... Read more
Emergency Enthusiast Comes Home Even as a young boy, Eric Swanson had emergency medicine in his blood.When his mom moved the family to Tillamook, Ore., in 1973, to be the nurse anesthetist at what is now Tillamook County General Hospital, Swanson spent a lot of time observing em... Read more
Young Adults Encounter God in Seattle An Adventist-sponsored event called "Relentless," which is part of a larger movement called GODencounters, was held in late January at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. Attendance was nearly 200 on Sabbath morning. Jeff Gang, GODencou... Read more
Kent Renovation Whacked Into Action The Kent (Wash.) Church raised money for their church renovation and kicked off the long-awaited project by selling the rights for the first whack at the wall. It was much like a groundbreaking, but instead it was a wall breaking. The wall between... Read more
Lacey Burns Promissory Note The Lacey (Wash.) Church has paid off the debt on Tuttle Hall, the church's fellowship hall, and celebrated with a public burning of the promissory note during a recent church service.Members borrowed $110,000 toward expenses of $380,000 to build ... Read more
Why Members Leave Church What Can We Do About It? Why do some members leave church? And how do we bring them back?These are core questions for those who have a concern for their church family.A group of pastors and lay members contacted Dave Livermore, Upper Columbia Conference church growth coor... Read more
Men of Power Camp MiVoden Hosts Men's Retreat Jim Hohnberger, a popular author and speaker, found himself morally confronting a major airline CEO recently. He shared his story with more than 120 attendees at the Men of Power—Upper Columbia Conference Men’s Retreat hosted at Camp MiVoden the w... Read more
