Midtown Members Witness at Fur Rondy Winter in Anchorage, Alaska—it‘s long, dark and often cold. But downtown comes alive every February during the annual Fur Rendezvous (Fur Rondy), a festival harkening back to the days when trappers, miners and traders brought their wares from the ... Read more
500-mile Sabbath School Brings Members Together How do you discuss the Sabbath School lesson when you are the only Adventist family for miles? Rick Pearson and Richard and Ruth deGraaff have Sabbath School together even though they are separated by about 500 miles. They discuss the lesson, miss... Read more
14th Regular Constituency Session Notice is hereby given that the 14th Regular Constituency Session of the Alaska Conference will be held in the Palmer Auditorium on Maud Road June 20, 2004, at 9:00 a.m.The purpose of the Constituency Session is to receive reports of conference ac... Read more
Dual Mission to Uzbekistan Serves God and Country When Vernon Osborn, a Hillside-O’Malley Church member, is deployed with the Alaska Air National Guard, he always knows God will provide him with an opportunity to spread His word.Prior to departing in September to Karshi, Uzbekistan, he asked the ... Read more
Nome Students Valued by Major Store In Nome, Alaska, even the local store manager values Adventist education. "I am very impressed with the students from Nome Adventist School,” said Bill Cash, manager of Nome's Alaska Commercial Company (AC) store.Cash has been using upper-grade st... Read more
Dental Team Treats 500 in Fiji When a 26-member interdenominational dental team traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Vatuvonu, Fiji, in September, "picking out the spiritual campfire songs was the challenge!” according to Pam Libby, trip leader. “[They] all grew up singing diffe... Read more
Kincaid Receives Courageous Administrator Award Conference Secretary Recognized for Taking Risks At the sixth annual Sprout Convention held in Naperville, Ill., Jim Kincaid, Alaska Conference secretary, was presented the Courageous Administrator Award given annually to an administrator willing to take risks. Kincaid has a history of church pl... Read more
Web Site and Telephone Lead to Baptism Sometimes coming fully to God takes time—15 years in the case of Dale Van Sandt, a new Eagle River Valley Church (Eagle River, Alaska) member. Long ago, his was a lifestyle of selfishness and instant gratification. When he lost Lori, the only woma... Read more
