Eastgate Ponders Lifestyle, Spiritual Gifts, Creation The Walla Walla, Wash., Eastgate Church recently hosted three sets of seminars—on lifestyle change, spiritual gifts, and creationism.Dan Ngaruiya conducted the lifestyle seminar each Friday evening for a month.Ngaruiya, who has a master’s degree i... Read more
MiVoden Singles Weekend Energizes Campers Singles from around the Northwest and as far away as North Carolina and Minnesota gathered at Camp MiVoden over Memorial Day Weekend.They will not soon forget the “Pondering from the Energizer Bunny,” presented by speakers Al and Beth Reimche, fro... Read more
Omak Church Celebrates 80th Anniversary Members and visitors—a crowd of about 150—gathered June 22 in Omak, Wash., to celebrate the church’s 80th anniversary.Bannered by the theme “Welcome Home,” participants traced the Omak congregation’s history back to 1912, when the first Adventist ... Read more
Wapatos Camp Lakayxitlama Focuses on The Light The All Nations Center’s mission in Wapato, Wash., is “to empower all people toward spiritual, physical, and emotional healing through service to the Creator.” By offering a summer day camp this year, members put that philosophy to work among youn... 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
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
Blue Mountain TV Sees Providence at Work Blue Mountain Television, a Christian station serving the Walla Walla area of Eastern Washington, had been raising funds to buy three new Sony digital cameras, valued at $100,000.A big surprise came in mid-May, however, in the form of an opportuni... Read more
Camp Meeting Theme Honors Those Who Sacrifice All “Scars and Stripes Forever” was this year’s theme for the Upper Columbia Conference annual Camp Meeting, in College Place, Wash., June 12-15.While pointing to the price Jesus paid to redeem the world from sin, the theme also encompassed a special ... Read more
Spokane Junior Academy to Relocate After much prayer and counsel, Spokane Junior Academy’s (SJA’s) board and constituent church members have voted to move their campus.Last November, SJA bought a 32-acre track of land about two miles from its current facility, west of the city in a... Read more
