Students Summit Mt. Ellis Mt. Ellis Academy students carried out the tradition of climbing Mt. Ellis, the mountain for which the academy was named. Many of this year's students climbed Mt. Ellis for the first time this year. Paul Curtis, the first boy up, made it in one ho... Read more
Quartet Shares Music, Worship and Fellowship Only "enthusiastic interaction" can adequately describe the concert presented by the quartet CHOSEN (Children Holding Our Savior Eternally Near) at the Lewistown (Mont.) Church on a Friday evening last fall.Sponsored by the Montana Conference summ... Read more
MEA Seniors Survive Week Outdoors Mount Ellis Academy seniors traveled to the Shields River area in the foot hills of the Crazy Mountains for a week of Senior Survival and camping.Spiritual survival, plant-eating survival and outdoor-living survival are among the classes the senio... Read more
Miracles Bring Second Chance This is a story about happy endings—and second chances.In August 1954, a very young girl named Donna gave birth to an unnamed baby girl. This baby girl, later known as Debra, was adopted as soon as Donna gave birth.In 1954, having a baby out of we... Read more
Gem State Special Ops Called Up for Christmas Duty The buzz of excitement hung in the air as the Gem State Adventist Academy Rangers prepared to load the bus for yet another special operation, this time to help with last minute gift-wrapping at the Nampa Lighthouse Rescue Mission.The Rangers are s... Read more
Dental Team Treats 500 in Fiji When a 26-member interdenominational dental team traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Vatuvonu, Fiji, in September, "picking out the spiritual campfire songs was the challenge!” according to Pam Libby, trip leader. “[They] all grew up singing diffe... Read more
Kincaid Receives Courageous Administrator Award Conference Secretary Recognized for Taking Risks At the sixth annual Sprout Convention held in Naperville, Ill., Jim Kincaid, Alaska Conference secretary, was presented the Courageous Administrator Award given annually to an administrator willing to take risks. Kincaid has a history of church pl... Read more
Web Site and Telephone Lead to Baptism Sometimes coming fully to God takes time—15 years in the case of Dale Van Sandt, a new Eagle River Valley Church (Eagle River, Alaska) member. Long ago, his was a lifestyle of selfishness and instant gratification. When he lost Lori, the only woma... Read more
