VBS Revived in Oroville The Oroville (Wash.) Church decided they would like to offer a Vacation Bible School after at least 10 years without doing one. There wasn't a lot of time to prepare, but the church members decided to have their VBS July 10–14.The Goldens in the B... Read more
From Typhoid to Preaching The Goldendale (Wash.) Church was privileged to have Stephanie Roberts, 15, give a slide presentation about her first evangelistic series in West Papua. Stephanie has lived there with her family since she was a baby.Last year, a member of Global E... Read more
First Baptism in New Sanctuary The Kennewick Church family witnessed the first baptism in the new unfinished sanctuary on April 8, 2006. Pastor Fred Christensen baptized Lisa Cauble, Margaret Cox and the twin daughters of Richard and Margaret Laubach, Courtney and Caitlin.Caubl... Read more
Donald Sargeant First Plastic Surgeon in West Africa Donald John Sargeant, M.D., died March 26, 2006, at 91 after a long career as a plastic surgeon, including 24 years in international medical mission service.Sargeant graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1944 and after an ... Read more
Early Childhood Education Essential to Return to God In spite of many years in Adventist schools and growing up in an Adventist family, Gary Evans drifted away from God. Gary’s dad, Benny Evans, was an Adventist pastor in the Oregon Conference, but he passed away while Gary was quite young.Losing a ... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy's senior class officers Representing Upper Columbia Academy's class of 2006 were, from left: (front row) Karlan Wolfkill, pianist; Aleigh Montgomery, treasurer; Ryan Billington, chaplain; Alice Kravig, chorister; Darcy Sturges, secretary; (back row) Dayton Osborn, histor... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Honors Retirees During their recent alumni weekend, Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) honored four outstanding professionals who are retiring from Adventist education this year.Phyllis (Starr) Bretsch has served the church for 30 years in various accounting positions ... Read more
Taking a Stand for the Ten Commandments JoAnn and Ron Miller with their son, Colby, (center) took part with other Ritzville Church members in passing out the little booklet Taking a Stand for the Ten Commandments during the Ten Commandments weekend.Even though the Ritzville Company has ... Read more
