Lava Flows in Pendleton An Explosive VBS Reaches Kids For Christ Jesus' love flowed like lava during the Pendleton (Ore.) Church Vacation Bible School week, Aug. 3–8. Children visited Lava, Lava Island and learned about Jesus' love in an explosive way.Suzette McCrary and volunteers worked hard each evening at L... Read more
Intentional Friendship Leads to Baptism Tom and Sharon Hughes looked radiant as they prepared for their baptism June 20.They recently moved from California to Deary, Idaho, where they lived most of their lives.Upon arriving in Deary, Tom and Sharon enlisted Lon Boothby, a local Adventis... Read more
Cowboy Camp Meeting Draws a Crowd The most recent Adventist Horseman's Association Cowboy Camp Meeting was held June 30–July 4 at Tamarack Springs, outside Ellensburg, Wash. Highlights of the 27th annual Cowboy Camp Meeting included stunning scenery, rich spiritual food and good f... Read more
Camp Chelan Adventure Recently the Wenatchee youth ministry department, Crossw@lk, took 40 youth and ministry staff to Camp Chelan, Wash., for a weekend of paintball, swimming, snorkeling, boating, jet skiing and worship. Camp Chelan is a Seventh-day Adventist owned ca... Read more
Baptism Becomes Witnessing Opportunity When 11-year-old Beth Ann Dobson came to live in Northport, Wash., last fall she didn't know what was in store for her life. She only came to spend six months with her great aunt and uncle due to family difficulties.Soon Dobson began to enjoy the ... Read more
UCC Hispanic Camp Meeting Sharing the Mission The Upper Columbia Conference Hispanic Camp Meeting, July 17–18, in College Place, Wash., featured speakers Robert Folkenberg Jr., UCC president; Ramon Canals, NPUC vice president for Hispanic ministries; Aldo Joel Perez, union secretary in Cuba; ... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting With nearly a hundred people in attendance during the week and more than 400 on the weekend, Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting, in Republic, Wash., is a growing family camp meeting."The family atmosphere is what we like the most about Sheridan Meadows... Read more
Seeing Jesus Through Children's Eyes A Vacation Bible School, Creation Camp, was recently held on the reservation near Plummer, Idaho. Diana Pierce, VBS coordinator, says, "Native Americans already believe in the Creator so that was our starting point." There were nearly 50 Native Am... Read more
Blue Mountain TV Takes Second Channel Digital Blue Mountain Television's Channel 21, located atop Pikes Peak, Ore., is no longer broadcasting in analog, following the July 19 transition to a digital signal.The viewer-supported Christian broadcaster's analog transmitter went dark at 9 a.m. Sun... Read more
