Pend Oreille Valley Adventist School Marks Good Year The Pend Oreille Valley Adventist School held a special ceremony to celebrate the end of the school year. The program included music (piano solos, bell choir and chimes), recitation of scripture and a recounting of the year's miracles. Staff, pare... Read more
UCA HOPE Taskforce Serves Community Upper Columbia Academy students regularly work on Habitat for Humanity building projects as part of the school’s quarterly community outreach program, called Helping Other People Everywhere (HOPE) Taskforce program. But in March, one of the studen... Read more
Teachers in India Learn About Health Chuck and Ruth Stafford, Ellensburg Church members, went to India in April for six weeks to coach and instruct Sabbath School teachers in four cities. Using material prepared by John McGee and the Southern Asia Division, they taught first aid prin... Read more
Peaceful Valley Christian School Holds Graduation Nearly 60 people attended a graduation and promotions ceremony for Peaceful Valley Christian School June 5 at the Oroville (Wash.) Church. Seven students were promoted and the only eighth-grade student, Xandrix Kenn Montecalvo, graduated.Montecalv... Read more
Pathfinders Gather Food and Bibles More than 775 Pathfinders and staff gathered at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho, on Sabbath, May 17, for the annual Upper Columbia Conference Pathfinder Fair.Anthony Oucharek, Tri-Cities Junior Academy principal, was the featur... Read more
UCA Selects New Principal Troy Patzer has been named the new principal for Upper Columbia Academy.Patzer has been an asset to UCA for over 10 years. He began as a business intern in the accounting department in 1997, going on to become the treasurer/accountant after gradua... Read more
NW Adventist Singles Ponder Mud Pies and Mirrors Mud Pies and Mirrors" was the seminar topic of this year's Memorial Day Northwest Adventist Single Adult Ministry retreat, presented by Mike Aufderhar, pastor and his wife Brenda. Singles learned how to be good listeners using effective communicat... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Creates Orphan Bible Shelf The Upper Columbia Academy library had a problem. Students would borrow a Bible for class, but often it would never be seen again. While Bibles are good books to have, the school could not afford to continually replace Bibles at $20 apiece. Here i... Read more
Academy Church Reaches Out to Students The Upper Columbia Academy Church reshaped its mission to focus on students. As a church family they were convicted to do more than simply hold church services and prayer meetings.Hours of prayer and discussion led to action, and the result was th... Read more
