A Spiritual Feast Port Angeles Church Distributes Literature During the national Ten Commandments Day in May, the Port Angeles Church obtained permission from a major retailer to set up an outdoor display at their entrance.In two afternoons, members distributed more than 3,500 pieces of literature, includin... Read more
A Better Plan God Leads the Lives of Two Ministers Eric Williams thought being a pastor would be boring—that is, until he started working at summer camp and discovered that Christianity could be "very, very fun.""I started getting addicted to watching people come to Jesus," Williams recalled. Late... Read more
Hilda's Brigade Arlington Church Participates in Cancer Walk When Hilda Pouli, a member of the Arlington Church, recently lost her battle with cancer, Arlington members knew they wanted to do something to honor Hilda's battle.Kathy Patrick, another Arlington member who is battling cancer, found out about th... Read more
A Place to Belong Sunset Lake Camp Celebrates 50 Years of Camping Excellence A horse with its young rider wandered off the path. When the accompanying wrangler saw the problem, she calmed the girl down, guided the horse back and said, "Just like horses drift off the path, we also drift off God's path. Jesus leads us back."... Read more
All Nations Center Involved in Community Outreach The Bible says, "And three thousand were added to their number that day" (Acts 2:41, NIV). Can you imagine that happening today in your local Seventh-day Adventist Church? Everyone would want to know how it was done and how they could replicate th... Read more
Baptisms at Spirit Lake, Idaho Michael Collins and Sharon Erickson were baptized in the Spirit Lake Church on succeeding Sabbaths, Collins on the last Sabbath of 2006 and Erickson on the first Sabbath of 2007.Collins, 12, had recently moved from Vancouver, Wash., where his moth... Read more
3ABN Brings a Family to Church In Irrigon, Ore. Jesse and Kimberly James moved to Umatilla, Ore., with their family recently. Not only were they new in the area and not acquainted with many people, but Kimberly also had the cable TV canceled, feeling that it absorbed too much time.Kimberly and ... Read more
Yakima Mission to Guatemala "The girl I sent to Guatemala was not the same girl who came back." These were the words of the father of a non-Adventist girl when she returned from helping to build a church in Ixobel, Guatemala. That father obviously felt the experience changed... Read more
New Hispanic Coordinator Joins Upper Columbia Conference A new Hispanic coordinator, Walter Pintos Schmidt, recently started work for the Upper Columbia Conference. He and his wife, Liliana, and their two children, Karel and Nikolas, moved here from Beltsville, Md.Pintos attended the River Plate Univers... Read more