Church Growth Coordinator Retires After 42 years of service in the Adventist church, Jim and Fran Kilmer retired on Aug. 1. Kilmer was the Church Growth Coordinator for the Upper Columbia Conference since 1997. Before that he served as the director of Adult Sabbath School and Chil... Read more
Republic Family Baptized Sabbath, Sept. 23, was a very special day for Jake, Lynda, and Shelby Wheaton as they officially joined the Republic Church family through baptism.The story begins when Lynda was a child and attended the church with her parents, Ken and Diane Demp... Read more
New Staff Start at Upper Columbia Academy The students weren’t the only ones excited about starting the new school year. Upper Columbia Academy's (UCA) faculty and staff were excited as well, and they welcomed several new members into their ranks this year.According to Jeff Bovee, UCA pri... Read more
WWVA's Senior Class Officers "Do we have to build our shelters while it’s raining?” was the plaintive question asked by one senior on a wet September afternoon in the backwoods of Camp MiVoden. With her classmates she was about to experience the five-and-a-half days of WWVA’s... Read more
Kids for Christ Are a Mission Field A Magnificient Investment Most Christians are familiar with the 10/40 Window (a geographic region containing the largest population of non-Christians in the world), sometimes called the most challenging area of the world for Christian mission.However, there is another impo... Read more
Spokane Valley Celebrates 10 Years in New Sanctuary Spokane Valley Celebrates 10 Years in New Sanctuary Read more
Harvest Fair At Bonners Ferry Church Arm wrestling was a high point of the fun and fellowship at the Bonners Ferry Church Harvest Fair on Oct. 14. A Sabbath evening vespers followed by a potluck soup and bread supper started off the Harvest Fair. Held in the school gym, the evening f... Read more
Music, Melons and Ministry Anchor Point Outreach The Anchor Point church plant in Stanfield, Ore., wanted to tell people in the community about their church and ultimately of God. On Sept. 2, Anchor Point hosted Lisa Marie Buster in concert at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds in Hermiston, Ore.St... Read more
A New Kind of Happy Hour Vacation Bible School season may be over, but not in Troy, Idaho. “Why can’t we have it all year long?” chorused the group led by sisters Yvonne Nelson and Brenda Hunt. Hunt had long felt the need to reconnect with the kids more than just once a y... Read more
