Long Creek Hosts Community Christmas Dinner Sixty people met at the fellowship hall of the Long Creek (Ore.) Church Dec. 10, 2014, for a communitywide Christmas dinner and fellowship. Read more
Oasis Church Focuses Attention on LaVida Mission The Oasis Church in Vancouver, Wash., is helping the LaVida Mission in New Mexico. It began with an earnest prayer that led to multiple ways to help the LaVida. Read more
Enterprise Kids Serve Seniors' Lunch At 10:30 a.m. on the first Monday of the month when school is in session, two or three students from the upper grades of the Enterprise Seventh-day Adventist School arrive at the Wallowa County Senior Center in Enterprise, Ore. The students set up... Read more
Auburn Adventist Book Center Seeks New Owner The Adventist Book Center (ABC) based in Auburn, Wash., is moving into a new chapter of its business history as it seeks a new owner. Read more
Advisory Paves Way Forward for Regional Ministry The African-American churches in western Washington face many challenges. As a result, the Washington Conference executive committee appointed a regional advisory committee to address these challenges the African-American churches are facing. Read more
WWU Social Work Professor Models Generosity in Service In this race of life, “we don’t all start at the same place,” says Janet Ockerman, Walla Walla University (WWU) social work and sociology professor. “That doesn’t mean you aren’t going to be at the same ending place. It just means that you might n... Read more
PAA Celebrates 'Linda the Legend' Finishing 44 years of teaching in Adventist education and her 31st year at Portland Adventist Academy, music teacher Linda Neel was celebrated at the last Christmas concert of her career. Read more
LAA Art Lesson Provides Learning and Earning Over the years Sharon Cutz, fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at Livingstone Adventist Academy (LAA) in Salem, has used an opportunity to teach several lessons at once. Her students submitted illustrations for a calendar contest in October 2014. Mid-... Read more
Spokane Churches Find Unique Ways to Reach Community What do you get when you combine nine churches, willing hands, buses, billboards and community outreach and then bake them for more than two years with Holy Spirit power? In Spokane, Wash., you get the Jesus Cares campaign. Read more
