Shredded and Burned Churches Eliminate Debt It's a proud moment in a church's history when a mortgage is paid in full.Two churches in Washington Conference recently celebrated this milestone: Auburn Academy Church and Tacoma South Side Church.Six years ago, the Auburn Academy Church secured... Read more
AAA Students Return to Mississippi To Aid Hurricane Victims For the second consecutive year, Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) students and sponsors traveled nearly 3,000 miles by bus to bring aid to hurricane victims.Despite the 52-hour drive from Auburn, Wash., to Pearlington, Miss., the students were eager... Read more
Family Returns Kindness, Gives Back to Community Service Center A special dietary needs program is one of the services Tacoma Adventist Community Services (TACS) provides.One family—Daniel, Amy and Camille Evans—have tapped into this program before, and now they are giving back.Recently, Amy organized “A Day o... Read more
Sharing Christ with the Deaf More than 2,300 Deaf people attended the DeafNation Expo in Seattle, Wash., this fall.DeafNation travels around the United States, hosting expos in various cities, celebrating Deaf culture.Nancy Brown of Seattle, and Jim and Bunny Hovey of Adventi... Read more
Bursting at the Seams North Cascade Church Grows From Beginners to Youth The North Cascade Church is growing and starting to burst at the seams! The beginners/cradle roll class recently welcomed its 34th regularly attending member.Leader Joan Smith has more than 40 years of experience teaching beginners, with 31 of tho... Read more
Mysteries of the Deep AAA Students Earn Scuba Certification The ocean has been guarding many mysteries since the beginning of time. For the past two-and-a-half months, however, students at Auburn Adventist Academy have been shedding light on some of these deep dark secrets by attending scuba class.“Once yo... Read more
Bringing the Joy of Camp Back Home Families Learn How to Affirm a Childs Decision for Baptism Sunset Lake Camp is providing a new support network for parents of campers who want to prepare for baptism.Summer camp is typically a high energy time, and often that energy decreases once a camper returns home. Fall Family Retreat in October allo... Read more
Roadside Ministry Community Service Center Stocks Refreshments and Serves Prayer When the Arlington, Wash., Adventist Community Service Center signed up to stock a Rest Area Coffee Kiosk, they planned to use this opportunity as a fundraiser, but God had other plans.“The Lord started sending us all kinds of people asking for pr... Read more
Team of Twelve Builds Two Churches, Raises Money for Bibles Exciting things happen on a mission trip when the majority of the participants are skilled construction workers or experienced mission trip participants. Instead of building one church in Peru, the Washington Conference mission trip team worked on... Read more
