Maximum Perspectives Presidential Blog A recent addition to the front page of the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) Web site is the presidential blog, Maximum Perspectives. This interactive site provides a venue for Max Torkelsen, UCC president, to share his perspectives on a variety of ... Read more
Young Disciples' Seventh Mission Experience Participant Decides to be Baptized I've always wanted to be a missionary. I got a glimpse of mission work on Young Disciples' (YD) Seventh Mission Experience to Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, from Feb. 27 to March 29. We held 14 nights of evangelistic meetings using New Beginnings f... Read more
Finding Peace and Safety A Client's Story After 17 years of marriage, my husband's controlling and domineering behavior exploded in a terrifying episode of abusive anger. My young son locked himself in the bathroom during the abuse.During the next few days while I tried to hide the bruise... Read more
A Time for Every Season In the Fairfield Church Recent weeks at the Fairfield Church have reminded us of God's words in Ecclesiastes, which tells us that to everything there is a season. This scripture reminds us that our joys and our sorrows, our struggles and triumphs are all part of the plan... Read more
Quilts of Love Kids at the Northwest Children's Home are Covered Four women from the Lewiston (Idaho) Church have made it their mission to create handmade quilts to help the more than 80 children at the Northwest Children's Home in Lewiston. In December, the Children's Home received 25 quilts and in the last se... Read more
Upper Columbia Academy Visits Carnegie Hall An Experience of a Lifetime A group of Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) students, former students, and parents recently returned from a trip to New York City where they performed Jackson Berkey’s work “South Dakota Shadows.” They were part of a festival chorus performing at Carn... Read more
New Master Guides in Grants Pass "When God taps you" was the title of the Pathfinder Sabbath Program at the Grants Pass Church Feb. 24. Pathfinders related how God called Noah, Moses, Abraham, Jonah and Elisha. The club's response was summed up in the words of the song "I am Will... Read more
To Cuba With Love Sutherlin Church Holds Meetings in Cuba A group of 10 members from the Sutherlin congregation, plus two members from the Roseburg congregation, set out for the island of Cuba in February to share the love of Jesus with the Cuban residents. Most of the 12 members who began this journey w... Read more
Baptism at Williams Creek The day was sunny and warm but Williams Creek was icy cold when Robert Heisler, Williams Church pastor, baptized Laura Lee Ferrasci.Prior to her baptism, Ferrasci gave her testimony. She said the devil had a stranglehold on her and she had contemp... Read more
