Nome Students Participate in Disaster Drill November 6, 2002, was a normal Wednesday afternoon just like every other in Nome, Alaska, except for the bodies laying on the airport tarmac. Victims from a 747 crash littered the runway as rescue personnel rushed to assist them.Perception shifts.... Read more
Midtown Fellowship Reaches Out to Needy Midtown Christian Fellowship, an Adventist congregation that meets at a public school in Anchorage, recently conducted a Halloween-night food drive, collecting nearly 300 cans in one hour.They then used the canned goods and other food items to pre... Read more
Aleknagik Baptism Jasmine Kritz, 9, gave her heart to the Lord at summer camp, last year, and then faithfully studied each Sabbath afternoon for a year, preparing for baptism.On summer camp Sabbath, this year, she publicly declared her decision to follow Jesus, thr... Read more
Pathfinder Food Drive Vern Osborn, Anchorage Pathfinder director (back row, far right), rallied his troops for a traditional Halloween canned food drive, collecting 1,567 food items for Thanksgiving food baskets distributed in the area. Read more
Alaska Youth Challenge Reaches 26,000 Homes Directed by college students Jonathan Kincaid, Stefan Kim, Hailu Gabriel, and Alisha Palmer, 16 Alaska Youth Challenge members this summer sold more than $33,000 worth of Adventist Christian literature to homes in the Anchorage area.Kincaid and Ki... Read more
Alaska Schools and Churches Remember 9-11 With Americans across the nation, Alaskan Adventist schools and churches paused this fall to reflect on the events and aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.Adventist churches and schools hosted a number of commemorative events. Lorraine Carpenter, Dillingh... Read more
Busy in Bethel Members of the small Bethel, Alaska, Church rejoiced this summer as a traveling team of builders and a separate entourage of vacation Bible school leaders achieved outstanding results in the Bethel District.Seven volunteer builders from Canada and... Read more
Samoan Company Organizes Members of the Anchorage Samoan Seventh-day Adventist group saw long-held dreams come true, July 20, as they became an officially organized church company.In his sermon, Alaska Conference President Russell Johnson encouraged them to persevere to t... Read more
Berglin Ordained In Camp Meeting Service Brant Berglin, pastor of the Midtown Christian Fellowship Church in Anchorage, Alaska, was ordained Aug. 10 to the gospel ministry. The ceremony was held as part of the annual Palmer Camp Meeting.A native of Oakland, Calif., Berglin graduated from... Read more
