Medical Volunteers Treat 3,000 in the Philippines Greater Seattle Filipino-American Church members completed their seventh medical-dental mission trip to the Philippines this year. The 40-person, Seattle-based medical team, led by Grace Gamponia, a Seattle-area doctor, includes medical doctors, d... Read more
SAGE Volunteers Paint Historic Adventist Village Since beginning 15 years ago, Seniors in Action for God with Excellence has made a difference in communities locally, nationally and internationally.Recently, nine SAGE volunteers from the Pacific Northwest, with an average age of 70, traveled to ... Read more
Prayer Alerts Change Lives at Tillamook County General Hospital With the stressors of daily life bearing down, it can be easy to forget — God has the power to help anyone with any problem.That's why employees at Tillamook County General Hospital are making a conscious effort to create a culture of prayer, not ... Read more
A Slice of Heaven WWU's Marine Lab is Unforgettable Since 1954, Walla Walla University has enjoyed ownership of the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory near Anacortes, Wash. WWU's biology majors spend a summer studying marine biology at Rosario and all of them look forward to their turn with anticipati... Read more
World News Briefs - July 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
Dillingham Experiences a Pizza Miracle The Dillingham Adventist School is a mission school in "bush" Alaska, located about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage in Bristol Bay. Only two students come from Adventist homes, and almost half the students are sponsored by local church members, o... Read more
Kodiak Church Launches Fishers of Men Ministry Kodiak, Alaska, is a wild, scenic and unspoiled island, known locally as "The Hawaii of Alaska." Members of the tiny Kodiak Seventh-day Adventist Church recently launched a ministry to plant a church in each of the five native villages on the isla... Read more
Amazing Adventures Attracts Salmon Children Twelve-year-old Miranda didn't know what to expect. When Lorraine and Eddie Hamilton showed up to invite her to Amazing Adventures she wasn't sure. But she came the first night.The first night's topic, The Treasure Map, left Miranda listening so c... Read more
Spiritual Renaissance Builds Momentum The 2008–2009 spiritual renaissance at Gem State Adventist Academy continues this summer as students fan out across the conference and beyond to share Jesus.Samiu Moala, senior, will be a speaker for the Revelation of Hope meetings held in Phoenix... Read more