All Nations Center Involved in Community Outreach The Bible says, "And three thousand were added to their number that day" (Acts 2:41, NIV). Can you imagine that happening today in your local Seventh-day Adventist Church? Everyone would want to know how it was done and how they could replicate th... Read more
Baptisms at Spirit Lake, Idaho Michael Collins and Sharon Erickson were baptized in the Spirit Lake Church on succeeding Sabbaths, Collins on the last Sabbath of 2006 and Erickson on the first Sabbath of 2007.Collins, 12, had recently moved from Vancouver, Wash., where his moth... Read more
3ABN Brings a Family to Church In Irrigon, Ore. Jesse and Kimberly James moved to Umatilla, Ore., with their family recently. Not only were they new in the area and not acquainted with many people, but Kimberly also had the cable TV canceled, feeling that it absorbed too much time.Kimberly and ... Read more
Yakima Mission to Guatemala "The girl I sent to Guatemala was not the same girl who came back." These were the words of the father of a non-Adventist girl when she returned from helping to build a church in Ixobel, Guatemala. That father obviously felt the experience changed... Read more
New Hispanic Coordinator Joins Upper Columbia Conference A new Hispanic coordinator, Walter Pintos Schmidt, recently started work for the Upper Columbia Conference. He and his wife, Liliana, and their two children, Karel and Nikolas, moved here from Beltsville, Md.Pintos attended the River Plate Univers... Read more
Sheridan Meadows Hosts Inaugural Camp Meeting The first Northeastern Washington Camp Meeting was held at the beautiful, newly purchased Sheridan Meadows campgrounds. What was formerly a 55-acre golf course is located about 5 miles west of Republic, Wash. About 200 people in attendance Sabbath... Read more
Anxiously Waiting Have you ever known someone who is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church but has never seen the inside an Adventist church, and probably never will? The Falls City Church has a member who meets this description; her name is Joyce.Joyce has ... Read more
Sunshine and Blue Skies For Southern Oregon Women's Retreat Sunshine and blue skies greeted the more than 75 ladies as they crossed the covered bridge spanning the Umpqua River in June onto the beautiful Milo Academy campus to enjoy the second annual Southern Oregon Women's Retreat.Guest speaker, Kay Rizzo... Read more
Sharon Church Inspirational Choir Shares Heaven The Sharon Church Inspirational Choir has been busy carrying out the theme of the choir for this year—Staying Ready for Heaven in 2007. Many times we get so busy focusing on things of this world that we forget this earth is not our home. Therefore... Read more