Women of Spirit Dinners Five Women’s Ministry leaders of Kitsap county churches hosted a dinner for 65 women at the Port Orchard Church fellowship hall, on Oct. 17. Members from all the area churches were encouraged to come and bring friends and neighbors. This was a tim... Read more
Each of Us Can Make a Difference One of the most wonderful things about having been raised in the interior of Alaska with a bush-pilot father and a colportuer mother was traveling to many of the remote towns and villages that dot this wild region.The people fascinated me with the... Read more
Positive Life Radio Listeners Provide Relief for Cambodian Flood Victims Positive Life Radio's (PLR) fund-raising campaign, Rice for Cambodia, recently brought in a total of $82,393.32 to purchase rice for victims of flooding in Cambodia. The money will purchase 317 tons of rice, or 12,675 50-pound bags of rice. Each 5... Read more
Organ Artist Brings Us Baroque Kraig Scott didn’t set out to become an organist. But he did have an intense interest in music. “Many people don’t realize that there has been more music composed for pipe organ than for any other instrument—a repertoire spanning almost 700 years,... Read more
Night Duty: Answering God's Call Tom Stafford unlocked the door to the chaplain’s office and flipped on the light. Everyone was gone for the day, but as a relief chaplain at Adventist Medical Center (AMC) in Portland, Ore., Tom had just finished his evening rounds on the units. A... Read more
Preserving the Spirit of Healing: The Chaplains' Endowment At AMC, chaplains are a critical component of patient care. To that end, the hospital has established a Chaplains' Endowment Fund with the ambitious goal of raising $6.2 million. After four years, more than $5.2 million has already been donated an... Read more
North Pacific Missionaries Testify at Maranatha Convention The inevitable rustlings of a crowd of more than 600 people dissolved into silence at the words of Ken Lauren, family practice physican from Redmond, Wash.“I think I represent a significant number of people who had left the Adventist Church and we... Read more
Maranatha Fast Facts • The 2004 Convention celebrated the 35th anniversary of the organization.• Maranatha was founded in 1969 by John Freeman, then a resident of Berrien Springs, Michigan.• Over the years, Maranatha has mobilized 55,000 volunteers in 61 countries.• I... Read more
Maranatha Convention Project: Big Lake Youth Camp More than 100 volunteers occupied Big Lake Youth Camp in Sisters, Ore., Sept. 22–Oct. 7 for the Maranatha Convention mission project. Volunteers, who stayed in RVs or camp cabins for the duration of the project, worked on renovations throughout th... Read more
