Cle Elum Member Awarded Eagle Scout A Court of Honor was held Jan. 28 at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Church to present Arill Bartrand, a Cle Elum (Wash.) Church member, with the rank of Eagle Scout. This is the highest rank that can be earned as a Boy Scout, for which Bartrand had to fir... Read more
Kids Do the Work of Angels at County Food Bank "Our kids are amazing," says Barc Seibly, Clarkston (Wash.) Good News Fellowship member, whenever he speaks of the help provided by Beacon Christian School (Lewiston, Idaho) students to the Asotin County Food Bank in Clarkston.Seibly and Vern Dimk... Read more
Sunnyside Celebrates Two Baptisms Maggie Ramirez came to the Sunnyside (Wash.) Church for a cooking class more than two years ago. Then more recently she took Bible studies from the church's Bible-worker, Dale Cordes. With Cordes' patient guidance, Ramirez realized she needed to b... Read more
Palisades Seventh Graders on Secret Mission Showing God's Love The seventh-grade Bible class of Palisades Christian Academy (Spokane, Wash.) went on a secret mission for God during Valentine's week in February. After studying about getting to know who God is and how much He loves them, students began a missio... Read more
Youth Mission Adventure to Guatemala The Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) youth mission trip to Guatemala was about more than just building a church and holding some meetings for the people of Poptun. Mission trips are about people and their relationships with God. Some would say the ... Read more
Richland Welcomes New Family Member from Half a World Away Richland (Wash.) Church members welcomed a new sister in Christ from half a world away as they celebrated the baptism of Wenjing Ma on Dec. 24, 2011.Wenjing, a Chinese student, met fellow countryman, Yafan Zhao, 18 months ago while both were study... Read more
Share the Life Statistically Impacts Church Growth The Upper Columbia Conference (UCC) believes effective evangelism takes place when the people we’re trying to reach know and trust us. This can only happen as we’re living fully surrendered to Jesus Christ. When He directs our daily activities, we... Read more
Inland Washington Welcomes New Spanish Churches The new year began with great blessings in the inland Washington area of the Upper Columbia Conference (UCC).New Congregation in Richland, Wash.The Kennewick Spanish Church in Kennewick, Wash., is one of the youngest congregations in the UCC terri... Read more
Finding Kind at Walla Walla Valley Academy "It's Girl World, and it's harsh, cruel and lonely." These candid words come from the documentary Finding Kind, which was shown at Walla Walla (Wash.) Valley Academy (WWVA) on Feb. 23.Finding Kind, which is part of the nationwide Kind Campaign to ... Read more
