Olson Named NPUC Disaster Response Coordinator Dennis Olson was recently elected as the North Pacific Union disaster response coordinator. As an unsalaried volunteer, Olson is accountable to the elected officers of the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) and receives counsel and support from... Read more
Northwest Teams Target Philippines for Christ Northwest teams joined others from around the world in the Philippines for Christ evangelistic series during the last two weeks of March. Through the efforts of the Global Evangelism organization directed by Robert Folkenberg, teams from as far aw... Read more
Hope Channel Launches Web Site with Broadband Video Last December, the Adventist Television Network launched the Hope Channel, a 24/7 broadcast designed to reach people searching for Bible truth and the real meaning of life.Now the Hope Channel has hit the cyber world with streaming video on its ne... Read more
NPUC Strategic Plan Mid-Term Report When Jere Patzer was reelected as North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) president in 2001, he publicly introduced a 10-part strategic plan for the five year term. At the recent NPUC executive committee meeting in College Place, Wash., he tendered ... Read more
Portland Hosts Adventist Leadership Convention The Adventist Leadership Convention, "Growing a Family of Grace," was held in Portland, Ore., Oct. 16–19. More than 450 people attended the convention, which featured specific ministry tracks and more than 120 seminars tailored to fit the needs of... Read more
Academy Bible Conference Helps Youth Face the Real World This year's Academy Bible Conference brought academy, home school and public high school students from across the North Pacific Union Conference for an October weekend of spiritual enrichment at Camp Berachah near Auburn, Wash.The theme for the we... Read more
Libby Roundup Only a few times in a family’s history do memories and reality interface and create a moment never forgotten. One of those times was Labor Day weekend, when more than 90 Libby family members gathered at the remote and peaceful Granger Butte Ranch ... Read more
Music + Three Teens = 130 Baptisms Dad and Mom Herr (pronounced “her”) married in 1915 and settled in McClusky, N.D, a community of about 800. By 1935, they had 10 strong, healthy children. They worked hard and worshipped together at the Evangelical Reform Church. The oldest, Ted, ... Read more
