Montana Churches Join for a Sabbath Delight March 21 brought a special district Sabbath to Libby, Mont. Members of the Libby, Trout Creek and Eureka Churches joined together for a Sabbath seminar. More than 100 people attended from the three churches and beyond. Everyone agreed it was nice ... Read more
Kis Brings Faith in Focus at MEA "Be perfect as your Father is perfect" was the challenge Miroslav Kis, Andrews University theology professor, gave to those who attended the April 3–4 Faith in Focus weekend at Mount Ellis Academy. In spite of the seemingly impossible goal, Mirosl... Read more
Man Fixes Baptistery Before Being Baptized The Ontario (Ore.) Church has had several baptisms since moving into their new church.However each had to be done under difficult conditions. Members and another who wanted to be a member began a project to improve the situation.Frank Felder was b... Read more
Gem State Honors Mr. Blue At the recent Gem State Adventist Academy homecoming, Ray Blue received a standing ovation as Steve McPherson, Idaho Conference president, presented him with the Distinguished Service Award.Blue first began devising algebra problems, plotting geom... Read more
From Alaska to Africa Don Bliss, in charge of truck maintenance at Klondike Concrete in Chugiak, Alaska, heard about the ShareHIM campaign being held in Tanzania, East Africa. Bliss still doesn't quite know how he got involved. He called the conference asking questions... Read more
Tok Youth Leads Harvest in Hispaniola Tok (Alaska) Church is used to having the coldest temperatures in the winter for the North American Division but members there are still feeling the warmth from helping to sponsor Betty C. C. on her mission to the La Trinidad Church in the Dominic... Read more
Palmer Members Celebrate Purim Festival Wearing exotic costumes, members of the Palmer (Alaska) Church celebrated the second annual Purim festival, a joyous, noisy Jewish feast commemorating the brave and beautiful Queen Esther.For the March 21 event, the fellowship hall was transformed... Read more
World News Briefs - June Web Only Because this section doesn't amount to much without its page design, it is not available here. You can see the World News Briefs page for this month by looking in the print edition of GLEANER or by clicking on the PDF version. To get to the PDF ve... Read more
A Journey of Joy and Belonging One Grad Shares Her Story I wrote a poem on graduation day called "Execution."Most of my black-capped friends were giddy with anticipation that sweltering afternoon, but I struggled with a profound sorrow. My time at Walla Walla University was finished. I knew that meant b... Read more
