On Your Mark, Ready, Set, Go About 70 students from three Adventist schools gathered in Anchorage May 19 for the second annual Track and Field day, organized by Zach Pratt, Anchorage Junior Academy PE teacher. Both Mat Valley Adventist School in Palmer, and Golden Heart Chris... Read more
Auburn Academy's Sylvan Chorale Tours Alaska The 31 members of the Sylvan Chorale from Auburn Adventist Academy toured Alaska for a week in mid-April 2006, singing at churches and schools from the Matsu Valley to the Kenai. Led by director John Neumann, the group performed 11 sacred concerts... Read more
Student Prayer Warriors I’ve always known that our Lord loves to hear what our kids have to say. And He loves to watch as their faith grows from their conversations with Him! During recent years, it has been a huge blessing to watch my students at Juneau Adventist School... Read more
Alaska Students Shine At LEGO Robotics Meet Teams of students from Nome and Anchorage traveled to Walla Walla College in April to participate in the college-sponsored LEGO Robotics regional competition. However, the five-member team representing Nome’s one-room Adventist school never expect... Read more
Frigid Temperatures Don't Stop Baptism When Geraldine Felder-Noongwook gingerly entered the steaming waters of the outdoor baptismal tank in Savoonga, Alaska, on March 25, the thermometer read five degrees! A relative of one of the original Adventists in Savoonga, she was determined to... Read more
Palmer Church Welcomes New Pastor Dave and Veronica Crocket Move to Alaska Members of the Palmer Church welcomed their new pastoral team, Dave and Veronica (Milward) Crocket, in April. Before getting his ministerial degree, Dave spent 15 years in the construction trade as a carpenter. For the past three years, he has pas... Read more
Ross Prevo Ordained Ross Prevo was ordained as a minister of the gospel on Sabbath, March 4, in Dillingham, Alaska.Prevo first felt the call to ministry as a student at Oak Park Academy in Iowa, where he preached his first sermon. However, after graduating from acade... Read more
Flood Destroys Palmer School Basement Church and Community Rally Builder Rob Carleson discovered a flood in the basement of the newly completed Mat Valley Adventist School (Palmer, Alaska) one Sunday morning in February. Overflow water from a nearby culvert came in such a torrent that the metal garage doors int... Read more