UCC Members Plan Hospitality Weekends At the recent Upper Columbia Conference pastors' retreat at Camp MiVoden, Bob Folkenberg Jr., UCC president, shared an initiative to help members be intentional about their outreach efforts.The Share the Table initiative encourages members to plan... Read more
UCA Students Visit Churches Area Church Service Day There’s a van parked outside Upper Columbia (Wash.) Academy’s front campus promptly at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Four students get in and the van drives off. Then at 7:45 a.m., another group of youth get in another van and drive off. Another two groups ... Read more
Community Welcomes Post Falls Church Health Outreach Post Falls folks heartily received the health and vegetarian cooking classes in a row sponsored by the Post Falls Church in Post Falls, Idaho. Sixty-five people attended the Live Vegetarian Cooking Show presented by celebrity chef Mark Anthony of ... Read more
Becky Barts Fills Associate Superintendent Position The Upper Columbia Conference executive committee voted to invite Becky Barts to serve as associate superintendent of education. Barts, who is currently a teacher at the Spokane Valley (Wash.) Adventist School, has accepted the invitation and will... Read more
Pendleton Spanish Baptizes New Members The Pendleton (Ore.) Spanish Church is celebrating several newly baptized members who have decided to become part of the local and worldwide mission of the Adventist church. Pictured here from left are: Alicia Huervo, Isabel Lopez, Pastor Kessle H... Read more
Historic Church Makes New History Fruitland Pioneer Church Opens Doors Again On Nov. 19, 2010, Friday evening, three couples invited their neighbors to a Friday-night soup and bread supper and candlelight service at the 114-year-old historic Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fruitland, Wash. The event filled the old church w... Read more
Four Little Towns of Bethlehem In Yakima, Hermiston, Spokane and Wenatchee What makes more than 12,700 people travel to Yakima, Wash.; Hermiston, Ore.; Spokane, Wash.; and Wenatchee, Wash., the first weekends of December? What causes nearly 700 people to dress in Bible costumes, become parking attendants, or hot chocolat... Read more
UCA Fox Concert Creates Memorable Opportunities For the fourth year, the Upper Columbia Academy band, string and choral groups performed a Christmas musical concert in the Fox Theater in downtown Spokane, Wash. The Dec. 18 event was held as a gift to the community and opportunity for students t... Read more
WWVA Offers Aviation Class Students learn about aircraft in a hands-on way Last year Walla Walla Valley Academy was given the opportunity by aviation professors at Walla Walla University to help in restoring and partially rebuilding a Pietenpol Air Camper for class credit. John Deming, principal, and Keith Wells, vice pr... Read more
