Congress Passes Pension Protection Act of 2006 Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) can now be rolled over to a charity without being included in taxable income. This benefit is only available to individuals 70 and a half years or older for the balance of 2006 and all of 2007. Congress only r... Read more
New DVD Traces Northwest Adventist History NW Spotlight on Mission Available Now The Northwest Spotlight on Mission DVD was sent in late October to key leaders in each church in the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) and features a half-hour special report tracing the historical highlights of Adventist growth within the Nor... Read more
Christmas Gift for Northwest Adventist Families Northwest Adventist families will soon be receiving in their mailboxes a very special Christmas gift: a brand-new version of The Desire of Ages.This freshly updated edition replaces the archaic language of the original Bible references with the fr... Read more
Sidebar for Constituency story The following individuals were elected to serve on the North Pacific Union Conference Executive Committee for the next term of 2006–11. Their names are listed here pending their final acceptance.Donald R. AmmonDoug BarahonaKami BorgRamon CanalsDic... Read more
North Pacific Union Conference Constituency Session Delegates Re-elect Officers North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) delegates, meeting in Portland on Sunday, Oct. 1, re-elected officers Jere Patzer, president, Bryce Pascoe, secretary, and Norman Klam, treasurer, for the 2006 through 2011 term. All three were elected by more... Read more
Share the Light Northwest Adventist Leadership Convention Almost all of the Northwest’s Adventist pastors were missing from their pulpits on Sabbath, Sept. 30. While they were not at their churches, they were in Portland, listening to Jere Patzer, North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) president, as he pr... Read more
Christmas in July Raises Hunger Awareness Santa hats on a day when the temperature topped 100 degrees might seem a bit out of place. But not if you are familiar with Positive Life Radio’s “Christmas in July” food drive. This year, the July 25th event brought in more than 14,760 pounds of ... Read more
Tumwater Canyon Near Leavenworth Claims Two Lives Two Adventist women, Meghan Doggett, 21, and Mindy Cosaert, 16, died by drowning in the Wenatchee River near Leavenworth, Washington, on July 15.Cosaert and a friend were crossing the river on an air mattress and were caught in an unexpectedly str... Read more