Pastors Ordained At Idaho Camp Meeting On June 14, two Idaho pastors were ordained to the gospel ministry. Tomm Lemon, with his wife Michelle, pastor the Payette, Cambridge and Weiser congregations. He has also worked at Cloverdale and McCall. Lemon is a third-generation Adventist past... Read more
Alaska Constituents Re-elect Officers And Recognize a New Church Alaska constituents voted unanimously to re-elect incumbent officers to new four-year terms on Sunday, July 20, in Palmer, Alaska, at the conference's 15th regular constituency session and considered new methods to "Share the Light."The 214 delega... Read more
Northwest Missionaries of the Blind Reach Beyond the Printed Page Ruth Edwards is 84 and just joined the Missionaries of the Blind. In fact, she is one of 11 people in the North Pacific Union Conference who belong to the MOB organization.MOB is an outreach initiative of Christian Record Services for the Blind, t... Read more
World News Briefs - September 2008 GhanaAdventist University President Receives National HonorSeth Abang Laryea, president of Ghana’s Valley View University, recently received the Order of Volta, one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. Ghana’s president, John Agyekum Kuffor, p... Read more
Richard Litke Receives Generosity in Service Award At Walla Walla University's commencement in June, Richard Litke received the first Generosity in Service Award, which has been created to recognize those who continuously uphold WWU's mission statement: "Excellence in thought; Generosity in servic... Read more
Walla Walla General team Goes to Guyana In May, a three-person team from Walla Walla General Hospital set out on a whirlwind journey of love. Leaving the comforts of the Northwest, they flew a two-stop trip to Georgetown, Guyana. After just two days in the tropical town, they left again... Read more
Janet Goltz Retires When Janet Goltz began working in food service at Lodi Academy in California, she brought her young daughters to work with her. Her oldest daughter, age 4, would help crack eggs and other easy tasks while her youngest daughter mostly slept.Later, ... Read more
Pathfinders Memorize Gods Treasure Washington Conference hosted the union level challenge of the Bible Achievement Program where young people in grades five through ten memorize selected portions of the Bible.This year each six-member team—plus an alternate—memorized the book of Ma... Read more
Hispanic Family Camp Meeting Increases Momentum Each of the nearly 200 individuals on stage at the Hispanic Family Camp Meeting in May was there for a reason. They were all baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2008.Hispanic pastors and leaders met several months ago and prayerfully... Read more
