A Class with Heart Creates Hope Memorial The Gem State Academy Class of 2003 stands apart in many ways: they’re smart, and they love Jesus. Since eight of the 35 members of the Class of 2003 have lost parents, siblings, grandparents or close friends during their academy experience, they’... Read more
Eden’s Edibles Vegan Cooking Seminars In the spring of 2002, members of the Garden Valley Church cautiously decided to host a two-night vegetarian cooking school in the midst of their meat-eating, mountain resort community. But, the Lord had a surprising lesson in store. Imagine how s... Read more
Idaho Conference’s 50th Constituency Session Our Passion: Telling the Story Elizabeth Parker sat in one of the front rows of the Gem State Adventist Academy gymnasium. Her knitting needles worked rhythmically on an afghan, but she listened intently along with nearly 350 other delegates who had come from all points of the ... Read more
Weiser Maranatha Church Sponsors New Church in Madagascar Idaho’s Weiser Maranatha Church members sponsored a Global Mission Pioneer worker to begin a new work in a remote, predominately Muslim, fishing village on the northwest coast of Madagascar. The six-month project, which began in February 2001, has... Read more
Boise Valley Students Tell What Freedom Means What does freedom mean to me? The seventh- and eighth-graders of Boise Valley Adventist School (BVAS) were recently challenged to answer this thought-provoking question. Several of them entered their “200-words-or-less” essays into the Boise Elks ... Read more
Gem State Academy Hosts Cool Ringings Handbell and Chimes Festival What do you do with two music teachers, two and a half days, and 101 elementary students on your hands? Why, you teach them to play bells of course! Just borrow 12 bell and chime sets, enlist the help of 12 high school students, take over both mus... Read more
From Terror to Trust For my whole life, I had no clue about God. I grew up with a mother who was straying from the religious path and an abusive, atheistic father.In February 2001, my mom was involved in a terrible automobile accident. After the accident she began thi... Read more
Gem State Academy Seniors Recognized It’s funny… when you plan big events with creative people, ideas turn into reality. That is exactly what happened for the Senior Recognition weekend at Gem State Academy. Our theme for the weekend was “What Matters?”The Friday night vespers was ve... Read more
Legal Notices Idaho Conference SessionNotice is hereby given that the 50th Regular Session of the Idaho Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in the gymnasium of Gem State Adventist Academy, 16115 S. Montana Avenue, Caldwell, Idaho, on Sunday, April... Read more
