Adventist Health News Notes Pavilion Opens at Adventist Medical CenterAdventist Medical Center, in Portland, Ore., recently held a grand opening event for its new pavilion, drawing hundreds of attendees. The celebration featured a program with local and state dignitaries, a ... Read more
White Center Grows as a Church White Center Spanish Church, in Seattle, Wash., is the fastest growing church in the Northwest — and it didn't exist before December 2007.Eighteen people from area Spanish churches fasted 23 hours a day for two months before their first meeting on... Read more
Youth Experience Joy of Service Working together, spending time with friends, and service were rolled together into one weekend at the Local Teen Mission Trip in July.Fifty-four teens and chaperones descended on Chehalis, Wash., with the theme "Stand Up, Reach Out and Experience... Read more
AAA Welcomes New Faculty A Campus Committed to Christ Auburn Adventist Academy is pleased to welcome the arrival of seven new faculty members to our team.Marvin Mitchell, from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has accepted the position of interim principal. In addition to his passion for youth, he enjoys spendin... Read more
Spiritual Revival Marks Camp Meeting Spiritual revival marked Washington Adventist Camp Meeting in June as attendees prayed for the Holy Spirit.Speakers — from Dan Bentzinger, Washington Conference evangelist, and Shawn Boonstra, It Is Written speaker/director, to Ty Gibson, Light Be... Read more
Re:Frame Seattle Leaders Examine Postmodern Culture and Ministry Leaders and members in Washington Conference explored cultural shifts in relation to ministry through two sets of presentations on postmodernism. In April, Ty Gibson, Light Bearers Ministry co-director, provided pastors with a foundational underst... Read more
UCC Hispanic Camp Meeting Sharing the Mission The Upper Columbia Conference Hispanic Camp Meeting, July 17–18, in College Place, Wash., featured speakers Robert Folkenberg Jr., UCC president; Ramon Canals, NPUC vice president for Hispanic ministries; Aldo Joel Perez, union secretary in Cuba; ... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting With nearly a hundred people in attendance during the week and more than 400 on the weekend, Sheridan Meadows Camp Meeting, in Republic, Wash., is a growing family camp meeting."The family atmosphere is what we like the most about Sheridan Meadows... Read more
Seeing Jesus Through Children's Eyes A Vacation Bible School, Creation Camp, was recently held on the reservation near Plummer, Idaho. Diana Pierce, VBS coordinator, says, "Native Americans already believe in the Creator so that was our starting point." There were nearly 50 Native Am... Read more
