Jim Jenkins Ordained One of the Sabbath blessings at the 2006 Montana Conference Camp Meeting was the afternoon ordination service for Jim Jenkins, pastor of the Bozeman/Whitehall district. A native of Montana, he was born in Great Falls in 1964.Jenkins first sensed a... Read more
Montana Camp Meeting 2006 "The Church Triumphant” was the theme for this year's Montana Conference Camp Meeting. About 675 adults came Sabbath morning and as many as 200 kids.Clifford Goldstein, the Adult Sabbath Study Guides editor, was the speaker Wednesday through Sabba... Read more
Camp Meeting Youth Speaker Redefines Romance High school youth were encouraged to give God control of their dating and romance at the Idaho Conference Camp Meeting June 6–10. “I believe that God is the creator of romance, intimacy and all things lovely,” says Sarah Asaftei, the young woman f... Read more
Olive Tree Children Remember Passover During Communion "I liked the foot washing," said 7-year-old Patrick Dover, when he was asked what he liked best about their reenactment of Jesus' last supper. Thirty-six members and friends of The Olive Tree Ministry Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, met on Friday eve... Read more
On Your Mark, Ready, Set, Go About 70 students from three Adventist schools gathered in Anchorage May 19 for the second annual Track and Field day, organized by Zach Pratt, Anchorage Junior Academy PE teacher. Both Mat Valley Adventist School in Palmer, and Golden Heart Chris... Read more
Footsteps of Faith Northwest Convocation Celebrates 30th Anniversary More than 2,000 people gathered May 11–14 at Camp Berachah in Auburn, Wash., to celebrate the 30th annual North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) Regional Convocation. The theme was “Time: Growing Closer, Faith: Getting Stronger.”The idea started as... Read more
New Program Gives Tangible Meaning to TCGHs Mission When you’re ill, nothing seems quite as comforting as a soft, warm blanket—even more so when it’s a handmade gift from someone who has lovingly connected each stitch to create something more meaningful than a simple piece of cloth.That’s the purpo... Read more
A Hand of God The Wilma Hepker School of Social Work and Sociology It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy, road for the social work program at Walla Walla College (WWC), but God’s hand has been firmly steering it along the way. Just ask Wilma Hepker, School of Social Work and Sociology dean.“I had to do a lot of stand... Read more
