UCA Volunteers Put Up Greenhouse There has been talk on and off at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., about putting up a greenhouse. It is no longer just talk as UCA began putting up a greenhouse 24 feet wide by 96 feet long. Read more
2014 Marks a Successful Year for Youth Rush About seven weeks through her experience at Youth Rush, Ina received a phone call from a young lady who lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The lady, only 22 years old, had donated for The Great Controversy several weeks before. “I’ve been reading that... Read more
Sunnyside Celebrates High Sabbath July 26 was a high Sabbath for the Sunnyside (Wash.) Church family as two new members were added. Alicia Angelique Martinez and Jocelynne "Josie" Martinez are active Pathfinders. Larry Mays, Sunnyside Church pastor, had been studying with them to ... Read more
God Guides and Provides in Moses Lake VBS Shrieks and giggles erupts from the “Israelites” marching through the fabric waves of the Red Sea as water sprays on them from a hidden volunteer. “God is with us,” Moses, played by Jeff Wallen, intones, “so ... trust God.” Read more
UCA Foundation Founder Retires Tom Stanyer, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) class of 1950 and a founder of Upper Columbia Academy Foundation, recently stepped down after serving the foundation for more than a decade — first as a key visionary, then as its first vice president, its... Read more
Spokane Youth Help Feed Homeless Children If you had visited Spokane Valley (Wash.) Church on Wednesday evenings or the Spokane (Wash.) Valley Adventist School on Thursday mornings, you would have heard the snappy rustling of paper bags being stuffed with food. The school kids were fillin... Read more
Teen Has Zeal for Missions Caleb Rittenour hails from a quiet corner of north Idaho. He is 16 years old, the middle sibling of five, all home-schooled by their mother. Caleb is a junior deacon at the Spirit Lake Church in Idaho, where he spoke recently about his second miss... Read more
Connections Church of Yakima Hosts Vacation Bible School Connections Church of Yakima, Wash., hosted a Vacation Bible School July 7–11 with the help of His Travelers, a group of traveling VBS leaders from the Upper Columbia Conference. The theme, “Wilderness Escape,” focused on God’s loving provision fo... Read more
Salty Christians Teaching His followers how to live in their communities, Jesus told them, “Be salty and to be like a light shining on a hill.” A thousand years before this, King Solomon said, “Doing right elevates a nation and when righteous people bless a city, ... Read more
