HOPE House Builds Strong Communities and Second Chances More than just a shelter, HOPE House fosters a Christian community for former inmates, encouraging relationships with neighbors and promoting self-reliance. Read more
Volunteers Lead Youth Upward and Onward Throughout a year of waiting for a new youth ministries director, Washington Conference area coordinators and volunteer leaders stepped up to fill a leadership gap to continue providing spiritual programming and life mentoring for Adventurers. Read more
Refuge Grows in Seattle Refuge started five years ago as a church plant focusing on Hispanic students and young professionals. As Refuge has grown, their ministry context has grown as well. Read more
Mission Trip Gives Hands-On Experience An annual spring break mission trip to Pagudpud, Philippines, organized by In His Service Amianan is a highly esteemed activity for Auburn Adventist Academy students for more than 18 years often inspiring them to pursue medical and dental careers. Read more
Emerald City Strikes a Gospel Note Emerald City Community Church introduced an unusual friendship evangelism approach recently: major gospel concerts to make new friends and increase the church’s visibility in the community. Read more
Ben Carson Makes Surprise Visit to Auburn Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon, presidential candidate, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and author of hundreds of articles and six books including his autobiography Gifted Hands, made a surprise visit to Auburn Adventist Academy. Read more
One Team Bridges Gaps in Youth Discipleship To better address the four gaps in discipling young people, Washington Conference is adopting a “One Team” approach that specifically encompasses children’s ministry, youth ministry, young adult ministry and family ministry. Read more
Olympia Grows Young Leaders The National Junior Honor Society is one of many ways Olympia Christian School is growing young leaders. They recently inducted three new members. Read more
Bellevue Adventist Church Holds Multicultural Sabbath Bellevue Adventist Church members are excited to learn more about others' cultural backgrounds and how God works in those cultures and nations. Read more
