CAA Welcomes New Teacher Columbia Adventist Academy welcomed Keith Kerbs to this year's staff as a religion and U.S. history teacher.Most recently a teacher at Platte Valley Academy in Nebraska, Kerbs is especially anxious to encourage in his students a desire to know and... Read more
Glide Breaks Ground for New Helping Hands Building The Glide (Ore.) Church broke ground Aug. 1 for a community services building that will house their Helping Hands program.Helping Hands works with the Umpqua Community Action Network food bank to distribute food in the Glide area and also provides... Read more
Gladstone Park Holds Daniel Seminar The Gladstone Park Church sponsored a Daniel Seminar from February through March at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City, Oregon. Follow-up meetings were held in the church's fellowship room in April.Leroy Klein, local elder and seminar speaker, sa... Read more
Eureka Launches Radio Station With Leaps of Faith The small Adventist congregation in Eureka, Mont., experienced firsthand that God’s time is not necessarily the same as their time. What started more than three years ago as an impression on the hearts of two church members finally culminated in t... Read more
Middleton Celebrates River Baptism Jamie Alwes was baptized on April 24 in the Payette River between Horseshoe Bend and Banks, Idaho, by Rodney Dale, retired pastor. In his determination to follow Jesus example, Alwes chose to be baptized in a river despite the water's chilly tempe... Read more
Retreat Begins Gem State Year Nervous excitement filled the air as Gem State Adventist Academy students unloaded at Camp Ida-Haven in McCall, Idaho, for a two-day work-and-fun retreat. Students worked hard to expand the camp amphitheater and also enjoyed boats, tried the chall... Read more
New Pastor for Elgin-Enterprise District The Enterprise district welcomed new pastor Steve Gilmore in July. Read more
Birthday Baptism Don Kuhn was baptized Aug. 16 on his 72nd birthday in celebration of his new life in Jesus. He invited his non-Adventist family and neighbors to come to the special Monday-night celebration at the Hillside-O’Malley Church (Anchorage).Kuhn’s wife, ... Read more
Traxler Ordained Brad Traxler, Kenai-Homer district pastor, was ordained on July 31 in the Kenai (Alaska) Church. The service was well attended by members of both Kenai and Homer churches. Jim Kincaid, Alaska Conference executive secretary, and Neil Biloff, Alaska... Read more
