Beyond the Classroom WWU Nursing Professor Teaches Health in Guatemala Last spring, Walla Walla University (WWU) associate professor of nursing Sallieanne Brewer got an unexpected phone call. Her cousin, a member of the United Methodist Church of Ocala, Fla., had learned that the focus of an upcoming church mission t... Read more
Skagit Students Practice Fire Safety The lower grades at Skagit Adventist School celebrated fire prevention week by discussing safety, drafting an escape route, and putting their plans into action through a safety drill.To start the week of fire prevention education, a fire departmen... Read more
'God Must Have Sent You' Seattle Area Volunteers Aid New Orleans In New Orleans, if your house isn’t boarded up properly, city officials will red tag the home for demolition at the owner’s expense. If the owner can’t pay, the land is repossessed.Such was the potential case for one elderly Adventist woman who ow... Read more
Cypress School Hosts a Paint Party A 10-year-old dream for Cypress recently came true. Bob Grady, president of Seniors in Action for God with Excellence, brought about 25 SAGE volunteers to paint the exterior of four buildings on the Cypress Adventist School campus in Lynnwood, Was... Read more
Learning in Nature Students Participate in Outdoor School Nearly 200 children and adults participated in Outdoor School at Sunset Lake Camp this fall.Fifth- and sixth-grade students from 11 Washington Conference schools participated with support from teachers, parents, a camp nurse, a camp pastor, and ju... Read more
Auburn Seniors Select Class Leaders, Grow Spiritually The thundering surf and the somewhat sandy shores of the Puget Sound annually draw seniors from Auburn Adventist Academy. For 14 consecutive years, seniors have come together for a retreat at Fort Flagler to choose leaders, to grow spiritually and... Read more
Education is Their Lifeblood PSAA Welcomes New Staff Education runs deep in their blood and Puget Sound Adventist Academy (PSAA) is delighted to welcome four new dedicated staff members to the team.Scott Carlson returned to serve his alma mater as a taskforce worker this year. A PSAA graduate from 2... Read more
Power of Prayer Grays Harbor Starts Prayer Ministry at Food Bank When Cristian Bobocea, Grays Harbor Church pastor, suggested a prayer ministry last spring at the Grays Harbor Adventist Food Bank, Kathleen Abbott, Jo Ann Drake, Patti Kramer and Doris Tsuha eagerly started the Still Waters Prayer Ministry.When s... Read more
Native American Ministry Growing Northwest Couple Shares Health Message in British Columbia Leif and Zanna Ove are two Upper Columbia Conference members with a mission. Their passion: to be the hands and feet of Christ among the Native American Indians in the Inland Northwest and beyond. To do this, they want to reach members of local tr... Read more
