Special Connection Between Great Falls Church and School Five Falls Christian School Leads Out in the Church Service Great Falls Church members smiled as they watched the students from Five Falls Christian School in front of church April 14. Each child had a part as they led song service, read scripture, picked up offering, sang special music and gave the benedi... Read more
30-Hour Famine Mt. Ellis Academy Students Raise Funds and Awareness to Help Fight Hunger Students and faculty at Mt. Ellis Academy participated in a unique event—a famine—the weekend of Feb. 23–24. The famine, a 30-hour period of fasting, was an activity to raise awareness of hunger and poverty and a fundraiser for World Vision, an or... Read more
You Don't Know How Much It Means Until It's Over Seventh-day Adventist education is without a doubt one of the greatest opportunities you can experience. Today, if I had never attended Seventh-day Adventist schools (Gem State Academy), I don't know where I'd be. The schools, education, experienc... Read more
New Idaho Conference Executive Committee Stephen L. McPherson, chairmanDonald A. Klinger, secretaryHarold R. Dixon III, treasurerPaulette Jackson, superintendent of schoolsJamie Miller, teacher representativeMike Schwartz, GSAA principalTim Gray, pastorDwayne Kluchesky, pastorEdwin Lopez... Read more
Idaho Conference Delegates Re-elect Officers, Discuss Academy's Future Idaho Conference delegates, met Sunday, May 20, and re-elected officers Stephen L. McPherson, president, Donald A. Klinger, secretary, and Harold R. Dixon III, treasurer.Delegates also confirmed several departmental positions: Klinger, who serves ... Read more
How Much Is It Worth? How does a church run a school with only one student? Sacrificially! Fifteen months ago, the Nome Church voted to do whatever it took to keep the school open for another year. The worst-case projection was that it would be in debt to the conferenc... Read more
Ferry Cafeteria Becomes Music Hall The students and teachers of the Sitka and Juneau schools embarked on a combined music performance and Native cultures trip to Ketchikan and Metlakatla April 18 through 25 via the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system. Charles Geary, Ketchikan Church... Read more
Changes in California Health Care Saying Goodbye to Paradise Valley Hospital In 1904 when founders established the sanitarium that would eventually become Paradise Valley Hospital (PVH), life was dramatically different compared to today. The average person's life expectancy was a mere 47.6 years, and after heart disease, h... Read more
First International Tour Steel Drums in Bermuda Shortly before midnight on March 14, 15 people boarded a quiet plane. The members of the Walla Walla College (WWC) Steel Drum Band drifted off to sleep or into the world of satellite television as the plane flew 3,700 miles from Seattle to Bermuda... Read more
