Youth Follow Jesus at Big Lake During Family Camp at Big Lake on Sabbath, Aug. 21, five young people from Hood River, Ore., were baptized by Pat Milligan, pastor. They are Madison and Josie Baird, Amanda and Tommy Marx, and Emma Wolford. Each of them made the decision to be bap... Read more
Truck Run for Hurricane Ike Early in September, the third major hurricane of the season tore through the Caribbean and Gulf Coast, leaving a pathway of destruction. Hurricane Ike has been blamed for more than 150 deaths, including 68 in the U.S., and 74 in Haiti. There are a... Read more
Montana Conference Holds Third Boot Camp The Montana Conference sponsored their third evangelism boot camp in September. Two previous camps have been held in Bozeman, and another is planned for the fall in 2009. These camps use the ShareHim curriculum to help educate and equip people to ... Read more
Bozeman Church Hosts Quiet Hour Rally The Bozeman Church hosted a Quiet Hour rally with Bill Tucker, president, and his wife Jackie Sept. 13. Mrs. Tucker began the Sabbath church service with an overview of the ministries of The Quiet Hour. Pastor Tucker's sermon focused on Jesus comi... Read more
Garden Valley Elder Prepares for Alaskan Mission Along with family and friends, 54 Garden Valley Church members gathered at the Garden Valley airport on Sabbath, Sept. 13, to dedicate a 1959 Cessna-182 aircraft slated for a Togiak, Alaska, mission project. Russ Johnson, retired Alaska Conference... Read more
Timberline School Raises a New Flag When Nadine Messer, head teacher at Timberline Adventist Elementary School near Vale, Ore., noticed the school's outdoor flag was faded and worn, she presented the need to the Vale Church. The Thelma Clark family of Vale responded by contributing ... Read more
Gem State Students Bond at Camp Ida-Haven As Gem State faculty and students loaded blankets, pillows and travel gear into the bus, some looked around discreetly to get a glimpse of the newcomers. Others greeted one another with hugs and high-fives. This was the first day of school, and th... Read more
Rescue Helicopter Joins Alaska Outdoor School As a rescue helicopter approached Camp Tukuskoya near Wasilla, Alaska, students, who were learning first aid techniques, ran to observe the unexpected landing. Chad Bigelow, first aid instructor of Anchorage, Alaska, had secretly arranged for a cr... Read more
Tribal Court Judge Ends Search for Bible-keeping Church A trip to her local Fred Meyer store in Fairbanks, Alaska, two years ago, began a journey for Blanche Vest, a Tanana Chiefs Conference tribal court judge, that resulted in her baptism in Harding Lake during Alaska's Interior Camp Meeting in June. ... Read more
