Caldwell Student Wins Pacific Press Alice Doll Contest Ali Edge, a Caldwell (Idaho) Adventist Elementary School fifth grader, won the national Alice Doll contest sponsored by Pacific Press Publishing Association to promote their new book series, Alice, an Adventist Girl. Edge was one of almost 100 con... Read more
Garden Valley Church Burns Mortgage and Consecrates Church The Garden Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church celebrated a consecration service and mortgage burning on Sabbath, Jan. 7, 2006. Stephen McPherson, Idaho Conference president, officiated along with Rick Roy, Idaho Conference treasurer, and Dennis P... Read more
Gem State Academy Business Club Holds Benefit Concert The Gem State Academy business club partnered with Christian singer Bobby Michaels through a concert Jan. 20 at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene. The concert was well-attended and raised more than $2,300 for the club's trip to Cambodia, wher... Read more
General Youth Conference A Pastor's Perspective As a pastor and teacher of Seventh-day Adventist youth, I have never experienced anything like the General Youth Conference. Anticipated attendance was around 2,000. Sabbath’s attendance of close to 4,000 people was only one of countless blessings... Read more
Train Ride Unites Church and School Here comes the Bible train chugging 'round the bend …These words were carried through the air on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, as students from Eagle Adventist Christian School sang their school theme song on an open car on the Thunder Mountain Railroa... Read more
Youth Conference Inspires Students for the New Year In the few final days of 2005, I had the opportunity to meet with youth my age at the 4th annual General Youth Conference (GYC), held in Chattanooga, Tenn. While enjoying lectures and workshops from various authors and evangelistic speakers such a... Read more
Honoring Thelma Clark Thelma Clark, 87, was recently honored by the Vale (Oregon) Adventist Church as she retired from 54 continuous years as church clerk. She was presented with a special plaque made for the occasion.Thelma came to the Vale area with her parents at ab... Read more
Students Help Make Thanksgiving Meal Wonderful smells had been filling the halls of Eagle Adventist Christian School in Eagle, Idaho, for two days as students and volunteers led by Debbie Messecar, our Home and School leader, prepared homemade rolls; pumpkin, chocolate and apple pies... Read more
Auction Supports Christian Education Four years ago a board member, John Kurlinski, decided to initiate an event that would raise much-needed funds for Gem State Academy. “Other private schools raise a lot of money through auctions,” he said. “Why can’t we?”David Kramer, a former Gem... Read more
