Lacey Burns Promissory Note The Lacey (Wash.) Church has paid off the debt on Tuttle Hall, the church's fellowship hall, and celebrated with a public burning of the promissory note during a recent church service.Members borrowed $110,000 toward expenses of $380,000 to build ... Read more
Why Members Leave Church What Can We Do About It? Why do some members leave church? And how do we bring them back?These are core questions for those who have a concern for their church family.A group of pastors and lay members contacted Dave Livermore, Upper Columbia Conference church growth coor... Read more
Men of Power Camp MiVoden Hosts Men's Retreat Jim Hohnberger, a popular author and speaker, found himself morally confronting a major airline CEO recently. He shared his story with more than 120 attendees at the Men of Power—Upper Columbia Conference Men’s Retreat hosted at Camp MiVoden the w... Read more
God's Closet Doors Open Wide A new ministry, God's Closet, opened in Spokane, Wash., on Friday, Feb. 13, and welcomed its first clients. The ministry was launched by Merryl Tschoepe who imagined a group who would gather children's clothes and other donations and have days whe... Read more
Colville and Kettle Falls Host Amazing Facts Seminar The Colville and Kettle Falls (Wash.) churches joined together in November 2008, to host the Amazing Facts seminar series called Cracking the Prophecy Code. The series ran for 22 nights, with more than 110 people attending per night. Emmanuel Baek... Read more
Pathfinder Retreat Filled With Learning and Fun Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinders and staff gathered recently at Camp MiVoden for a weekend of learning, fellowship and fun. The theme of the retreat was God created each one of us to be a winner. Ron Hessel, weekend speaker and pastor, used h... Read more
A Roof for Lorraine Do good things everywhere you go. "After a while the good you do will return to help you" Ecclesiastes 11:1 (The Everyday Bible).Over the years, Lorraine Enos, member of the Irrigon (Ore.) Church, has contributed to countless church and community ... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Students Serve UCC Churches Several times a year, groups of Upper Columbia Academy students travel to small churches or church plants in Washington, Oregon and Idaho to conduct Sabbath morning church services. Each group consists of a handful of students and an adult sponsor... Read more
Prayer Lights the Path Reimche is Next Oregon Conference President Al Reimche accepted the invitation to serve as Oregon Conference president on Monday, Feb. 23. Reimche succeeds Don Livesay.Reimche has served as Oregon Conference vice president for administration for the past seven years, and brings a broad reco... Read more
