Peaceful Valley Christian School Holds Graduation Nearly 60 people attended a graduation and promotions ceremony for Peaceful Valley Christian School June 5 at the Oroville (Wash.) Church. Seven students were promoted and the only eighth-grade student, Xandrix Kenn Montecalvo, graduated.Montecalv... Read more
Pathfinders Gather Food and Bibles More than 775 Pathfinders and staff gathered at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho, on Sabbath, May 17, for the annual Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinder Fair.Anthony Oucharek, Tri-Cities Junior Academy principal, was the featur... Read more
UCA Selects New Principal Troy Patzer has been named the new principal for Upper Columbia Academy.Patzer has been an asset to UCA for over 10 years. He began as a business intern in the accounting department in 1997, going on to become the treasurer/accountant after gradua... Read more
NW Adventist Singles Ponder Mud Pies and Mirrors Mud Pies and Mirrors" was the seminar topic of this year's Memorial Day Northwest Adventist Single Adult Ministry retreat, presented by Mike Aufderhar, pastor and his wife Brenda. Singles learned how to be good listeners using effective communicat... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Creates Orphan Bible Shelf The Upper Columbia Academy library had a problem. Students would borrow a Bible for class, but often it would never be seen again. While Bibles are good books to have, the school could not afford to continually replace Bibles at $20 apiece. Here i... Read more
Academy Church Reaches Out to Students The Upper Columbia Academy Church reshaped its mission to focus on students. As a church family they were convicted to do more than simply hold church services and prayer meetings.Hours of prayer and discussion led to action, and the result was th... Read more
Milton-Stateline Walk-a-thon Breaks $20K Mark Taking a break from classes for a day, Milton-Stateline School faculty, staff and students laced up their tennis shoes on May 2 for the fifth annual walk-a-thon at the Walla Walla University track.This year, the walk-a-thon raised money for restro... Read more
Youthful Yakima Musicians Share Talents for God A hush came over the Yakima Capitol Theater on April 29 as the Yakima Youth Symphony Orchestra began a concert. Many in the audience were from the Yakima (Wash.) Church and had come specifically to hear Jonathan Sharley and Nicole Kim.Sharley is t... Read more
The Little School Who Could Starting with just three students two years ago, the Dayton Community Adventist School now has nine students in grades one through seven. This steady growth has caused the church building committee to look at either adding an addition to the churc... Read more
