Homeless in Seattle Burien Youth Find a Way to Help Homeless at Christmas. What could be worse? To be homeless and a child at Christmas. The Burien Church youth group decided to help make a difference by participating in Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children, a strictly volunteer-operated organiz... Read more
Finding God's Purpose Women's and Teens' Retreat 2005 What is God’s purpose for each of us? This is a question that Washington Conference women explored at the Sept. 30 Women’s and Teens' Retreat. Featured speaker, Carla Gober, from the religion faculty at Loma Linda University, shared a powerful mes... Read more
Serving on God's S.W.A.T. Team Serving on God’s S.W.A.T. Team earlier this year, Rachele Deininger, a Bremerton (Wash.) Church member, stumbled across the book, 101 Ways to Reach Out to Your Community by Steve Sjogren. Deininger shared the book with the Friday Night Live (FNL) ... Read more
Conference Office Breaks Ground for New Office in Federal Way The Washington Conference Executive Committee along with officials from the North Pacific Union Conference and the city of Federal Way met May 12 on the new conference office property to break ground for the new office building. The new property, ... Read more
Puget Sound Christian Youth Chorale European Cathedral Tour There were many teary eyes as the students from Puget Sound Christian Youth Chorale (PSCYC) sang their last concert in the Koln, Germany’s magnificent cathedral, on July 4. This was the last performance of a very busy 16-day European cathedral mus... Read more
Formal Fundraising Banquet Planned by UCA Students Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) students had already raised more than $1,700 for Katrina relief but wanted to do more. They decided to host a formal fundraising banquet. With their creative lighting and decorating, the gym became an elegant banquet h... Read more
SEEDS Northwest Conference Spotlights Church Planting Nearly 300 people from all over the Northwest traveled to the Spokane Valley Adventist Church Oct. 21–23 to attend the SEEDS Northwest Conference on church planting. Enthusiasm ran high as participants enjoyed inspirational sermons, educational pr... Read more
New Executive Secretary for Upper Columbia Conference Doug R. Johnson has recently accepted the invitation of the Upper Columbia Conference Executive Committee and Nominating Committee to be the executive secretary of the conference. Gordon Pifher served in this position for nine years before being e... Read more