Ready to Help Arlington Assists in Flood Control The Arlington Adventist Disaster Response team jumped into action on Jan. 27 after receiving a call for volunteers from the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management.A large amount of rain caused flooding on the north fork of the Stillag... Read more
Women Find Fresh Impact For Small-group Ministry Fresh Impact, an interactive women’s ministry event, explored the power of small-group ministry in early February.Presenters Wilma Bing, Melissa Leddy and Joyce Washington, leaders on the conference Women's Ministries Board, covered many how-tos: ... Read more
Eight Weeks to Wellness Presented at North Cascade Church Don Hall, M.D., president of Wellsource Inc., recently presented an “Eight Weeks to Wellness Seminar” at North Cascade Church in Burlington, Wash. Each week, 30 to 40 people attended the series, which culminated with a vegetarian feast.The seminar... Read more
Hot Chocolate, Fruit Baskets and Sweets AAAs Recipe for Ministry If you think personal evangelism is losing its palatability, you are in for a big surprise!Auburn Adventist Academy students are cooking up creative ways to minister to the community. Every Sabbath afternoon, students and staff pile into vans to s... Read more
New Russian-speaking Company Formed in Tacoma The Tacoma Russian group gave thanks on Feb. 11 as conference officials accepted the group into company status in the Washington Conference.“We have great gratitude to God and to the Washington Conference for this opportunity to grow,” said Vitaly... Read more
Inside Out Teen Pathfinders Get a Makeover More than 120 teenagers learned about radically transforming their lives during the annual Pathfinder Teen Retreat.“Our theme was Extreme Makeover—Heart Edition, where we’re talking about changing our lives from the inside out,” explained Walter T... Read more
SAGE Ministers Abroad and at Home Nearly 50 SAGE (Seniors in Action for God with Excellence) members ventured to Kenya in early January to provide medical and dental care for more than 1,000 patients, build and furnish a church in seven days, conduct evangelistic and children’s me... Read more
Church Under the Pines A Spokane Youth Ministry Youth from Spokane-area churches convened at Dishman Hills Natural Area last August for "Church Under the Pines,” which was organized by the Spokane Central Church youth and collegiates. It was an opportunity to worship and fellowship with other l... Read more
Two Out of Three Isn't Good Enough "If you aren’t smoking and you’re on a good running program,” the doctor told us, “you don’t need to worry about nutrition.”It was 1972, and we doctors had just heard about the special health benefits of running from Jack Schaff, a cardiologist fr... Read more
