Lacey Fellowship Hall Named The Lacey Church held their first banquet/business meeting on Feb. 23. The banquet featured food by ladies of the church and dinner music by the Sound of Praise quartet. After a “State of the Church” address by pastor Steve Shipowick, members chos... Read more
Puyallup Church Burns Mortgage A spirit of celebration greeted church members as they arrived April 5 for the Puyallup (Wash.) Church mortgage burning. Since breaking ground in October 1994, the building fund has been paid in full. A full program was emceed by Bob Paulsen, with... Read more
Apple Pie, Sushi and Lefsa “It’s a foretaste of heaven,” says Howard Munson, Puget Sound Adventist Academy, (PSAA) Bible teacher, speaking of the cultural diversity on the campus. He quotes Psalm 133:1: “Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in ... Read more
Blueberries, a Magazine and a Ministry Marvin Zweegman, 53, had reached the end of his rope. With the collapse of his 18-year marriage and mounting financial problems, nothing seemed to matter, not even the other things he had always valued and enjoyed like his family, religion and his... Read more
Ephrata Treasurer Honored When Andrew McCrary, Ephrata (Wash.) Church pastor, invited Clara Fitzgerald up to the podium, she was in for one of the biggest surprises of her life! The church honored Clara’s 22 years of treasury service with a corsage, a beautiful plaque, a f... Read more
Goldendale Baptism Shirley Magnuson felt the need to come back to the church she had been away from for so long. For the past year and a half, she has been reaching out to the Adventist church by completing the Voice of Prophecy Discover Bible studies and the Amazin... Read more
A Fighting Chance for Academic Success The peer tutoring program at Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) is designed to give students a fighting chance for academic success.“Sometimes students need more one-on-one attention than the teachers can give them,” says Joy Turner, UCA’s tutorial prog... Read more
So, Change My Perspective Spokane Junior Academy’s Spiritual Retreat 2003 Students in the upper grades at Spokane Junior Academy (SJA) headed to Camp MiVoden, Hayden Lake, Idaho, for a spiritual retreat focused on bringing students closer to God and to each other.The weekend retreat’s topic, “So, Change My Perspective,”... Read more
Kenya Mission Trip Mark Witas, Wenatchee youth pastor, led a team of 39 youth and adults on a mission trip to the Trans-Mara region of Kenya from March 18 through April 1. The group completed a brick-and-mortar church in six days and delivered school supplies, socce... Read more
