Auburn Brass Featured at College Church The members of the Auburn Adventist Academy (AAA) Brass are well on their way to fitting in at college. Directors Bradon Beck (formerly at AAA) and Wes Bradford (current AAA director) shared the platform on Nov. 8 as the academy and college brass ... Read more
Upper Columbia Hosts New Member Open House More than 100 new Adventist members attended the annual New Member Day open house at the Upper Columbia Conference office on Nov. 9. This event gives new members a better understanding of the church organization and its methods of accomplishing it... Read more
UCA's Technology Fair Reaches Full Capacity Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) in Spangle, Wash., launched its first Technology Fair under the guidance of Chuck Paulson, UCA technology instructor. Registration quickly filled to capacity with nearly 160 students and their sponsors.Following a gene... Read more
The Ordination of AJ Grant When Ronda and Bob Backman invited 17-year-old Aman Joseph "AJ" Grant to attend camp meeting with them, they didn't know God's plan for him, and neither did AJ. Now the Milton (Ore.) Church associate pastor, AJ was ordained to the gospel ministry ... Read more
Maxson Presents Stewardship Seminar in Spokane Ben Maxson, General Conference (GC) stewardship director, held a weekend seminar, "A Look at Discipleship," for the Spokane (Wash.) Valley Church in October as a conclusion to the church's Lordship Challenge stewardship awareness program.A church ... Read more
Echos of Praise Church Reaches Out Kittitas Echoes of Praise Church (Ellensburg, Wash.) has been reaching out this year, both to the community and to its members, with service projects.On the first Sabbath of each month, the church serves a hearty pancake breakfast. In August, we p... Read more
Sandy Breaks Ground on New Church When Adventist congregations outgrow buildings, they build larger ones. When old churches fall apart, they get replaced.But Sandy, Ore., members have chosen to replace a church building that is neither overcrowded nor falling apart, and on Oct. 12... Read more
PAA Receives WWII Newspaper Collection Linda Usher, a recent Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) board member, donated a newspaper collection to Marc Patchin, PAA history, global studies and German teacher, for student use. The collection is comprised of front pages and headlines publishe... Read more
