Blue Mountain Hosts Many Visitors at Tribute Members of the Blue Mountain Valley Adventist Church, on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m., honored police, fire, and emergency services personnel from the towns of Adams, Athena, Helix, and Weston.Pastor John Nichols of the First Baptist Church of Athena pre... Read more
Liberty by the Lake “Butch” Otter (center), US Congressman for Idaho District #1, greets Diana Justice, North Pacific Union Conference Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (NPUC PARL) associate director, and her husband, Harry, at a July rally in Hayden Lake, Idaho. ... Read more
Moses Lake Enjoys New School Building Only six months after breaking ground for a new school in March 2001, Moses Lake, Wash., members were able to begin using their partially completed 40,000-square-foot building.To make it all possible, they donated approximately 2,000 man-hours, wo... Read more
California Youths Discover UCC "Mission Field" Fifteen youths and young adults from the Roseville Adventist Church in California discovered a worthy mission field this summer in the Upper Columbia Conference. Read more
Patriotism Keys Troy Community Dinner Women in the small Adventist church of Troy, Idaho, recently hosted 88 at their congregation’s Annual Community Dinner.Coordinators and hostesses chose a post-Sept. 11 patriotic theme and used prize-winning patriotic quilts (created by members Dar... Read more
Umapine Celebrates 25 Years Fifty charter members planted a new Adventist Church in Umapine, Ore., in 1977, and on July 12 and 13, the now-90-member congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary.The congregation serves the Umapine area in the Walla Walla Valley with weekly Sa... Read more
Cookies Retreat Centeru Dedicated Sabbath, Aug. 24, was a big day in the Upper Columbia Conference and North Pacific Union.Polly’s Place Ministries of the Northwest held a dedication ceremony for Cookie’s Retreat Center, a Christ-centered healing retreat for women and children who... Read more
Preacher in the Paper Publishes Glad Tidings For more than two years, retired evangelist Dick Rentfro has written a weekly inspirational column for the “Daily Record” newspaper in Ellensburg, Wash.The popularity of the column has brought many opportunities for him to witness personally to re... Read more
Stanfield Group Organized as Adventist Company Members of the Stanfield, Ore., Adventist congregation celebrated their organization as an official company of Adventist believers, June 1.Speakers at the event included Max Torkelsen II, Upper Columbia Conference president; Pastor Kevin Wilfley, ... Read more
