Making Connections Students Meet Alumni Through Annual Phonathon Nearly every afternoon and evening, students filled the basement of the Havstad Alumni Center last quarter, hoping to connect with Walla Walla College (WWC) alumni.Those 25 students were part of the annual Phonathon, a yearly effort to stay in tou... Read more
International Food Fair Raises Funds to Help Complete School Building The Poulsbo Adventist School combined food and fun during their annual International Food Fair on Oct. 15, 2006. With foods from India, the Philippines, Italy, Honduras and beyond, the hungry guests experienced the world via their taste buds!In ad... Read more
Cascade Eagle Pathfinders Collect Food Donations For Thanksgiving and Christmas The North Cascade Eagles Pathfinder Club, of Burlington, Wash., dropped off empty grocery bags in mid-November to nearby neighborhoods asking for food donations.The Pathfinders returned to pick up the bags two days later and received 74 bags of do... Read more
North Creek Invites Community To Hear Mansfield Testimony North Creek Christian Fellowship (NCCF) northeast of Seattle invited Ken Mansfield in early November to share his testimony with members of the community.Mansfield is a born-again Christian, former Beatles road manager and former vice president of... Read more
Empowering the Laity School of Evangelism Teaches Tools for Soul Winning People across Washington Conference are accepting the challenge of evangelism, not just abroad, but here at home too. And when the Bible says to preach the gospel to all the world, this is exactly what the Spanish members in Washington Conference ... Read more
SAS Auction School Involves Students, Parents and Community in Fundraiser What’s the most you have ever spent for a tray of cookies? How about salsa? Would you give $50 for a dish full? How about $550 for a Brazilian dinner?At the end of October, Skagit Adventist School (SAS) hosted the eighth annual “Light Up A Star” a... Read more
Shredded and Burned Churches Eliminate Debt It's a proud moment in a church's history when a mortgage is paid in full.Two churches in Washington Conference recently celebrated this milestone: Auburn Academy Church and Tacoma South Side Church.Six years ago, the Auburn Academy Church secured... Read more
AAA Students Return to Mississippi To Aid Hurricane Victims For the second consecutive year, Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) students and sponsors traveled nearly 3,000 miles by bus to bring aid to hurricane victims.Despite the 52-hour drive from Auburn, Wash., to Pearlington, Miss., the students were eager... Read more
The Hidden Disability Undetected Vision Problems "Eight-year-old Brooke passed the 20/20 eye chart test with flying colors—yet she saw letters move around on the page, words and letters disappear, and the print go in and out of focus. When asked if she had ever told her parents or the teacher th... Read more