UCC Teacher Receives National Award Anita Roberts, third- and fourth-grade teacher at Lake City Junior Academy (LCJA) in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was presented with a national award at the close of the 2011–2012 school year. The award includes a $2,000 gift and a medallion.Roberts was ... Read more
$20,000 Awarded for Diaper Program The Tri-Cities Diaper Bank (TCDB) recently received a $20,000 grant from the North American Division Adventist Community Services (ACS) to support its work. The TCDB, a ministry of ACS, includes volunteers from the Pasco, Richland and Kennewick ch... Read more
UCC Sends Warm Blessings to Guatemalan Families The Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) distributed a bulletin announcement last November about collecting blankets for a Guatemala mission trip, with a goal of gathering about 50 blankets. The blessings of blankets started arriving in January and con... Read more
Kettle Falls Church Reaches Out to Community Three successive recent outreach programs brought nearly 100 visitors in contact with ministry from Kettle Falls (Wash.) Church members.Ron Reeves, the church's head deacon, organized Dinner with the Doctor, a series for parents and students of th... Read more
UCA Celebrates 20 Years of 'HOPE' Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., is celebrating its 20th year of the HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) Taskforce. HOPE is a community service program in which all the students and staff go into the community to assist and serve... Read more
ACS of Love Serves Victims of Domestic Violence Adventist Community Services (ACS) of Love, a ministry of the Moses Lake (Wash.) Church, provides a unique service to the New Hope Domestic Violence Shelter. Most families fleeing domestic violence leave with only the clothes on their back. So the... Read more
WWVA Visits Belize during Spring Break The Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) mission trip began with a late-night bus ride in March from the academy in College Place, Wash., to the Portland (Ore.) International Airport in time for a 6 a.m. flight to Belize.Right on schedule, the MD-80 ... Read more
Cle Elum Member Awarded Eagle Scout A Court of Honor was held Jan. 28 at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Church to present Arill Bartrand, a Cle Elum (Wash.) Church member, with the rank of Eagle Scout. This is the highest rank that can be earned as a Boy Scout, for which Bartrand had to fir... Read more
Easter Outreach Events Reach Thousands and Plants Seeds for the Kingdom The doors of the Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) Church opened Easter weekend to receive more than 700 people who came to experience The Borrowed Tomb, an Easter musical. With a cast of more than 50 people, colorful costumes, professional lighting, special ... Read more
