'Such an Army of Youth' Provides Newport Worship Service April 12, a sunny Sabbath, was Youth Day at the Newport (Wash.) Church. The young people were engaged in every aspect of the worship service, including picking up the offering, giving the announcements, leading the song service, reading Scripture,... Read more
CCA and Wenatchee Church Hold Belize Mission Trip Thirty-four students and adults from Washington's Cascade Christian Academy (CCA) and Wenatchee Church flew to Belize on March 9, 2014. Their mission: to build a security fence around the King’s Children’s Home (KCH), an Adventist orphanage manage... Read more
WWVA String Orchestra Reaches Out Benjamin Gish conducts the string orchestra from Walla Walla Valley Academy while Pedro Bautista-Peraza prepares communion on April 6 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Walla Walla, Wash. The school orchestra has made the annual tr... Read more
Beaconaters Lego Robotics Team Visits Conference This fine group of third- through fifth-graders from Beacon Christian School in Lewiston, Idaho, are called the Beaconaters. This Lego team presented a skit to the staff of Upper Columbia Conference. They chose the topic “Nature’s Fury” for their ... Read more
Yakima Doctor's Life Celebrated A celebration of life service was held for Jay Randall Sloop on April 26 at the Yakima Church. Family and friends packed the church to remember the gentle, fun-loving and godly doctor who disappeared in May 2013 while helping to set up two lifesty... Read more
Pathfinders Pay It Forward in Moses Lake Much can be accomplished with volunteer labor. Just ask the teens who volunteered to join a local mission trip, the Teen Pathfinder Mission Adventure. This local outreach to Moses Lake, Wash., began the first Sunday of spring break.On the group's ... Read more
Athena Members Reach Out to Reservation The Blue Mountain Valley Mission Church outreach team from Athena, Ore., believes God will do a mighty work on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and team members are excited to be a small part of it.As members were visiting people door to door to p... Read more
Bible Experience Comes to Spokane Nine Pathfinder teams from around the Northwest gathered at the Upper Columbia Conference office in Spokane, Wash., on March 8 for the North Pacific Union Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) event.Teams of four to six young people were asked 90 ques... Read more
Tri-City Adventist School Holds Math Fun Fair On a brisk March evening the gymnasium at Tri-City Adventist School in Pasco, Wash., was abuzz with eager elementary and middle school students and their families. The excitement was generated by the challenges and the fun of participating in a wi... Read more
