UCA Students Enrich Their Community For more than 20 years, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) has been providing HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) to the Spokane, Wash., area. Linnea Torkelsen, UCA alumni and development director, was the first HOPE coordinator. Her assignment was t... Read more
Milton-Stateline Adventist School Kids Are Growing With Jesus Located on 10 acres of country land with a pristine view of the Blue Mountains, Milton Stateline Adventist School (MSAS) in Milton-Freewater, Ore., has a reputation for its quiet demeanor, with about 100 preschool through eighth-grade students. Read more
Lewiston Students Help Clothes for the Cause This year Beacon Christian School in Lewiston, Idaho, partnered with Clothes for the Cause, a fundraising company that collects used clothes in exchange for cash. The fundraising event raised money this year to help the Beacon Budget Boost fund. Read more
UCA Surprised by Friendship Tournament Walla Walla University has an annual Friendship Tournament that provides the opportunity for different Adventist academy basketball teams to come and play each other. Held in several gyms in the area, the three-day event is a highlight for basketb... Read more
Tri-City Students Immerse Themselves in Kindness “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). Read more
Upper Columbia Conference Holds 77th Constituency Session During the 77th Upper Columbia Conference constituency session, held May 31 in Spangle, Wash., nearly 500 Upper Columbia Conference delegates overwhelmingly voted to approve the reelection of all four conference officers. Paul Hoover will continue... Read more
Irrigon Restarts Canned Food Drive When Shirlene Stahl returned home from working in Guam, she started a project that would involve her group of youth who had no ties with the church except to come to Sabbath School and Wednesday evening meeting. Read more
Irrigon 'Angels' Support Incarcerated Mothers The Irrigon (Ore.) Church was contacted by a representative from the Oregon Prison Fellowship Program in November 2014. The letter said there were several children living in foster care in Irrigon whose mothers were incarcerated. The church was as... Read more
Irrigon Reaches Out to Community Every year Irrigon, Ore., has a one-day Watermelon Festival in the local marina park on the last Saturday in July. The event begins Saturday morning with a parade at 10 a.m. Throughout the day, there are several raffles for prizes, amateur contest... Read more
