Creation or Evolution Seminar Impresses Attendees Most of the 250 attendees were surprised when they entered the gym at the Kettle Falls Middle School and saw the 14 tables loaded with artifacts brought by Doug Newton, M.D., to illustrate his lectures on creation or evolution. For 10 hours, the p... Read more
It's All About Jesus Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinder Fair It started with a vision. After listening to her church pastor preach about the sanctuary, Jeri Hicks was inspired. She shared this with her husband, Wayne Hicks, UCC Pathfinder director, and together with Richie Brower, JoySpring pastor in Spokan... Read more
It's All About Jesus Sidebar #1 Community ResultsNumber who visited the Sanctuary: 3,987Number requesting Sanctuary study: 210Number of Bible study requests: 149Vacation Bible School requests: 143Studies in Bible prophecy requests: 104Health seminar interests: 82Breathe Free req... Read more
It's All About Jesus Sidebar #2 Messiah's MansionMessiah's Mansion is a life-size replica of the Mosaic Sanctuary that God gave instructions for Moses to build in the wilderness. It is a to scale copy of what it would have looked like to the children of Israel to the best of our... Read more
Maximum Perspectives Presidential Blog A recent addition to the front page of the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Web site is the presidential blog, Maximum Perspectives. This interactive site provides a venue for Max Torkelsen, UCC president, to share his perspectives on a variety of ... Read more
Young Disciples' Seventh Mission Experience Participant Decides to be Baptized I've always wanted to be a missionary. I got a glimpse of mission work on Young Disciples' (YD) Seventh Mission Experience to Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, from Feb. 27 to March 29. We held 14 nights of evangelistic meetings using New Beginnings f... Read more
Finding Peace and Safety A Client's Story After 17 years of marriage, my husband's controlling and domineering behavior exploded in a terrifying episode of abusive anger. My young son locked himself in the bathroom during the abuse.During the next few days while I tried to hide the bruise... Read more
A Time for Every Season In the Fairfield Church Recent weeks at the Fairfield Church have reminded us of God's words in Ecclesiastes, which tells us that to everything there is a season. This scripture reminds us that our joys and our sorrows, our struggles and triumphs are all part of the plan... Read more
Quilts of Love Kids at the Northwest Children's Home are Covered Four women from the Lewiston (Idaho) Church have made it their mission to create handmade quilts to help the more than 80 children at the Northwest Children's Home in Lewiston. In December, the Children's Home received 25 quilts and in the last se... Read more
