Gifts for the Homeless Seattle Pathfinders Create Toiletry Totes The Pathfinders at Breath of Life Church in Seattle, Wash., gave back to the community during the holidays.The club prepared toiletry gift bags to hand out to the homeless of Seattle. Under the direction of Pathfinder leaders Tracy Johnson, Desire... Read more
Spreading the Love of Jesus School Serves as Drop-off for Operation Christmas Child The Baker View Christian School in Bellingham volunteered in November 2006 to be the drop-off center for Operation Christmas Child for Whatcom County.Operation Christmas Child, a part of the Samaritan’s Purse ministry, sent more than 6 million Chr... Read more
It All Adds Up Students Enjoy Math Day at Skagit Adventist School Recently K-4 teachers at Skagit Adventist School (SAS) joined together for an in-house “Math Day.”Teachers planned activities based on the theme of Thanksgiving, while focusing on mathematical concepts.The students divided into groups and rotated ... Read more
Sandbagging for Jesus Auburn Adventist Academy Students Respond to Area Disaster It was a soggy November night when 36 teenagers and four faculty members piled into a school bus, leaving Auburn Adventist Academy’s (AAA) campus to help a community in need.Mount Vernon mayor Bud Norris had declared a civil emergency and requeste... Read more
Community Witness St. Maries Float The St. Maries (Idaho) Church entered a float in the town's Christmas parade Dec. 2, 2006. Several of the children from the church and from the St. Maries Christian School participated. Church members handed out 150 books during the parade. This f... Read more
Troy Church Celebrates 60th Anniversary By the mid-1940s, the Swedish Baptist Church on a Troy, Idaho, country road had long been standing empty because many of the members had moved away. Rumor had it that the church was going to be used for a chicken coop.Roy Nelson, whose father and ... Read more
Have a Homecoming And They Will Come Everyone has something that excites them—what they want to do for ministry. Steve Walker says, “Mine feels like it should be helping the community get to know each other—meaning the community in general and also 'community' meaning other church or... Read more