San Juan Islanders Celebrate Creation on Earth Day San Juan Islanders and friends converged in Friday Harbor to celebrate Earth Day with a Creation Fest in mid-April."Earth Day is about celebrating our Creator," explains William Hurtado, district pastor.The day's festivities featured John Baldwin,... Read more
Grays Harbor Ministers in Prison I was "in prison, and ye visited me not," will not be said of Tom and Pamela Stone, Howard and Berta Brenton, Kathleen Abbott, and Cristian Bobocea, who minister to inmates at Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Grays Harbor, Wash.The ministry be... Read more
Kenya Mission Projects Bring Answers to Prayer Missionaries from western Washington returned for the fifth time to Kenya, Africa, to assist Andrew and Debbie Aho of African Mission Services with projects for the Olopikidong'oe (o-le-picka-dong-way) Mixed Boarding School.Girls typically receive... Read more
Washington Women Pray for the Holy Spirit Ever wonder what 400 women pray for? If you listened to the prayer requests shared at the conclusion of the annual Washington Conference women's ministry day program this spring, you would have heard requests for non-believing spouses, healing in ... Read more
AMC Provides Emotional Support Through Palliative Care Like so many mothers, Linda's life was busy, working and taking care of her husband and three children. Then last spring, when the 47-year-old mother went to her doctor, he admitted her to Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore., with shortness... Read more
School of Engineering Hosts Youth for LEGO Challenge Nineteen teams participated in the FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League competitions in April on the campus of Walla Walla University.FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology— was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen, New... Read more
World News Briefs - May Italy20 Years of Religious FreedomSeventh-day Adventist representatives join Italy’s prime minister in celebrating the 20th anniversary of a law legalizing independent relations between the church and the Italian state. Adventists are among the fi... Read more
Samoans Organize Church Consecrate New Facility It was a dream, and on Sabbath, Feb. 9, the dream came true. In 2001, when Lauilo Poua moved to Anchorage, Alaska, as the pastor of the 37-member group, he dreamed one day they would have their own building and be a full-fledged church. In Februar... Read more
Pathfinder Teams Excel in Bible Achievement Idaho Conference Pathfinders have been exercising their knowledge of the Bible in two recent competitions, and one team is headed on to compete at the North American Division level in Berrien Springs, Mich.In mid-February, the conference hosted ni... Read more
