UCC Creates New Multicultural Ministries Department The Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) executive committee invited Walter Pintos-Schmidt in July 2018 to lead a new department — multicultural ministries. This new department will encompass Hispanic, Slavic, Native American and multiethnic ministries... Read more
Hayden Lake Shares Jesus' Love in Cuba The Hayden Lake (Idaho) Church sent out a team of 14 missionaries to the island country of Cuba last April. After much discussion and planning, many hurdles and, above all, God's help, the group arrived in Cuba and got their equipment through cust... Read more
Colville's Graham Retires June Graham retired at the end of the 2017–2018 school year. She has been a teacher and principal at Colville (Wash.) Valley Junior Academy for the last five years. Read more
Monique Finds God through Hardship When Monique was 5 years old, her family moved from Corvallis, Ore., to the Pacific Coast resort town of Ixtapa, Mexico, where her dad got a job driving a tour bus. The family moved in with her father’s parents. It was not an ideal situation for r... Read more
UCA Begins Internship Program Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., will be adding a required internship for all juniors beginning with the 2018–2019 school year. Students will be released from regular schoolwork to get a taste of their future occupation for two week... Read more
Upper Columbia Conference Welcomes New President Minner Labrador Jr. joined the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) team as president in June 2018. His road to the Northwest began years ago in New Jersey. Read more
Pathfinders 'Come to the Table' "Come to the table. Come join the sinners who have been redeemed. Take your place beside the Savior. Sit down and be set free. Come to the table" (lyrics by Sidewalk Prophets). Read more
Spokane Central Hosts Summer Camps at Discovery Junction “What can I do this summer?” is a question some kids ask when school ends and the first empty days are over. Neighborhood children around the Spokane (Wash.) Central Church were offered a choice this summer between watching TV and playing video ga... Read more
Ten Times Wise in Clarkston Are you wise? Some of us can be wise in our own eyes, but Ten Times Wiser was a program that taught us to be wise in our health. John and Lisa Quade, the authors of Ten Times Wiser, came to Clarkston, Wash., to help set up and teach members how to... Read more
