UCA Borneo Trip Brings Unusual Results Borneo students are becoming missionaries in their own country, thanks to the efforts of Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) student missions."This was a result of our mission trips that we hadn’t anticipated,” grins Fred Riffel, UCA chaplain and one of ... Read more
Pendleton Leaders Experience Sunday Churches It was Sunday morning, and I was getting ready for church. The problem was, the local church was not listed in the Yellow Pages. Frustrated, I did a search on the Internet and found a general listing of and directions to churches but no times for ... Read more
Ten Men Bless Seventy Members of the men's ministry at the Spokane Central Church were inspired to invite their church neighbors to a fellowship dinner last December.The outreach provided an opportunity for a core group of about 10 men's ministry members to reach out a... Read more
Four Winds Celebrates Baptism Tom Cusick was raised in a large Catholic family as the middle child of seven. He attended Catholic school in Auburn, Wash., through the eighth grade. After he moved away from home, he stopped attending church and didn't return until he met Jan, h... Read more
White Swan Yuúmaash Provides Safe Place for Kids More than two years ago, the All Nations Center (ANC) staff embarked on a dream of beginning a new work in White Swan, a town with many needs located 20 miles west of the ANC. In the words of a White Swan elder, “For the past several years the you... Read more
Education Rallies Help Families Build Sense of Community Education rallies have been held this year in Lewiston, Idaho, as well as in Yakima, Wash., Pendleton, Ore., and Sandpoint, Idaho. Building a sense of community, each rally celebrates the talents and testimonies of local students and their familie... Read more
UCA Hosts Band Clinic For Upper Columbia Schools Upper Columbia Academy’s 60-member concert band and their director, Jerry Lange, were pleased to host the 17th Biennial Band Clinic for schools in the Upper Columbia Conference.One hundred guest students from grades six through 10 arrived on UCA’s... Read more
Russian Exchange Planned for Camp MiVoden In an effort to establish a summer camp exchange program in Russia, Floyd Murdoch, Zaoksky Adventist Theological Seminary vice president, invited Richard Parker, Camp MiVoden director, to come to Russia.Parker saw firsthand the land where the semi... Read more