The Rains Came Down And the Floods Came Up June Hadland had her first canoe ride several weeks ago. Flood waters rose up to 44 inches in her now—lakeside home of 24 years in Adna, Wash. Jerry Swena, Chehalis Church head deacon, was a first responder who got trapped and needed to be rescued... Read more
New Administrative Office Built Debt-Free More than 150 conference staff members, construction vendors and guests celebrated in December 2007 the grand opening of a new administrative office in Federal Way."I remember driving down Weyerhaeuser Way and thinking this would be a great place ... Read more
Students Learn Joy of Giving Second-, fourth- and sixth-graders at Skagit Adventist School in Burlington, and conference employee children have a new appreciation for gift giving.During the holidays, the 66 students in these three grades bypassed the usual classroom gift exch... Read more
Pathfinders Help 70 Families With Food The Cascade Eagles Pathfinders collected more than twice as much food as they planned to furnish Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. Their original goal was 75 bags. Through the extra effort of seven Pathfinder families, the number was more t... Read more
Three Young People Join Chehalis Church The Chehalis Church recently welcomed three young people in baptism.Christin Beierle, whose father, Cameron, manages the local Christian radio station KACS, always knew she wanted her grandpa to baptize her. Her grandfather, Albert Beierle, is a p... Read more
Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Read more
Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Read more
Slavic and Linwood Church Services Go Live on the Web The Spokane Slavic Church has experience with international broadcasting. For more than a year, the sermons from Volodymyr Nesteruk, pastor, have been broadcast on the Hope Channel Europe (HCE) and can be seen as far away as his native Ukraine. No... Read more
Boot Camp 2007 Lay Evangelism Off to a Great Start More than 167 lay people joined a ShareHIM boot camp held Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2007, at Camp Mivoden. We arrived with a common interest, a hunger and thirst for soul winning. From opening night it was obvious the unity we felt, was fueled by our passio... Read more
